Asset Manager News & Perspectives

October 24, 2016

Investment Program Association Honors Mark Goldberg with Lifetime Achievement Award

Investment Program Association Honors Mark Goldberg with Lifetime Achievement Award Rosemarie Thurston and Todd Lockwood Honored with Outstanding Service Award Oct 19, 2016, 11:05 ET | NEWS PROVIDED BY Investment Program Association (IPA) ELLICOTT CITY, Md., Oct. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The Investment Program Association (IPA) is proud to honor Mark Goldberg, Chairman of Carey Financial,…

October 20, 2016

REITs Poised For More Gains, Driven By Demographics

REITs Poised For More Gains, Driven By Demographics OCTOBER 17, 2016 | BY NATALIE DOLCE | GlobeSt.com CHICAGO—Millennials and seniors are seen as key drivers for the REIT market, underpinning demand for multifamily housing and senior care facilities Despite some uncertainty about US Federal Reserve plans for interest rates in December and a slight slowdown…

October 20, 2016

Investors still upping real estate allocation, but more defensively — survey

Investors still upping real estate allocation, but more defensively — survey BY ARLEEN JACOBIUS | OCTOBER 18, 2016 1:24 PM | UPDATED 1:32 PM Worldwide institutional investors' average target allocation to real estate is expected to reach 10.3% in 2017, up from 9.9% this year and 9.5% in 2015, according to Cornell University's Baker Program…

October 20, 2016

Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Acquires Iron Medical Office Building Portfolio in Alabama

Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Acquires Iron Medical Office Building Portfolio in Alabama Tuesday, October 18, 2016 4:22 PM UTC | EconoTimes BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 18, 2016 -- American Healthcare Investors and Griffin Capital Corporation, the co-sponsors of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, Inc., announced today that the REIT has acquired Iron Medical Office Building Portfolio, comprised…

October 20, 2016

Newmark Grubb Parent Launching Non-Traded REIT into Evolving Market

Newmark Grubb Parent Launching Non-Traded REIT into Evolving Market Cantor Fitzgerald’s Rodin Global Property Trust to Focus on Single-Tenant, Net Leased October 19, 2016 | By Mark Heschmeyer | CoStar While the non-traded REIT sector has been struggling of late, the parent of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank is jumping into the turbulent business by sponsoring…

October 18, 2016

Industrial Property Trust Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2016 Acquisition Activity

Industrial Property Trust Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2016 Acquisition Activity October 14, 2016 14:57 ET | Source: Industrial Property Trust DENVER, Oct. 14, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Industrial Property Trust Inc. (“IPT”), an industrial real estate investment trust that owns and operates distribution warehouses throughout the United States, announced today that, during the third quarter…

October 18, 2016

Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT I, Inc. Acquires Two Grocery-Anchored Shopping Centers

Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT I, Inc. Acquires Two Grocery-Anchored Shopping Centers October 13, 2016 09:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT I, Inc. (the “Company”) today announced the strategic acquisition of two grocery-anchored shopping centers, expanding the Company’s portfolio in Florida and Illinois. Harbour Village is a 113,004 square foot…

October 18, 2016

REIT Returns Falter As Q3 Ends

REIT Returns Falter As Q3 Ends OCTOBER 10, 2016 | BY PAUL BUBNY | GlobeSt.com Barclays and Trepp cite recent underperformance by the REIT sector generally, leading to investor questions about whether real estate trusts and their properties are overvalued. REITs’ debut as a standalone sector within the Global Industry Classification Standard coincided with a stretch…

October 18, 2016

The Dog That Didn’t Bark at SmartStop

The Dog That Didn’t Bark at SmartStop October 19, 2016 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault Sherlock Holmes, in one of his more famous cases, called attention to the fact that a watchdog hadn’t barked in the night, indicating the “intruder” was known to the dog. Sometimes it is something that is not there…