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Blackstone’s New Non-Traded REIT Begins Selling Shares September 9, 2016

Blackstone’s New Non-Traded REIT Begins Selling Shares

Blackstone's New Non-Traded REIT Begins Selling Shares September 7, 2016 | By Mark Heschmeyer | CoStar Blackstone Real Estate has officially gone to market with shares for its newly launched and first-ever non-traded REIT -- Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust Inc. The PE giant is looking to raise up to $5 billion for the REIT…
Capital Square 1031 Surpasses $500 Million in Assets Under Management September 7, 2016

Capital Square 1031 Surpasses $500 Million in Assets Under Management

Capital Square 1031 Surpasses $500 Million in Assets Under Management Section 1031 exchange sponsor acquires 220-unit multi-family community in San Antonio SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 30, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Capital Square 1031, LLC, a leading sponsor of replacement property for Section 1031 exchanges, announced today that the firm has surpassed $500 million in assets under…
Shopping Malls’ New Product: Fun September 7, 2016

Shopping Malls’ New Product: Fun

Shopping Malls’ New Product: Fun Many U.S. malls are experimenting with entertainment-focused tenants Aug. 30, 2016 3:47 p.m. ET | By ESTHER FUNG |Wall Street Journal Go-kart racing, indoor rope climbing and laser tag aren’t activities typically associated with back-to-school shopping, but that is what some shoppers at a Syracuse, N.Y., mall are doing. Entertainment offerings…
Data Center Properties Create a Powerful Pull September 7, 2016

Data Center Properties Create a Powerful Pull

Data Center Properties Create a Powerful Pull Sep 6, 2016 | Diana Bell | National Real Estate Investor Technology is evolving exponentially. On all fronts—business, consumer, user—the Internet has become a necessity. Whether saving company files to the cloud, shopping on Amazon or streaming Netflix, all this data flows through one commercial real estate property type: data…
InvenTrust Properties Corp. Announces Acquisition of Windward Commons in Alpharetta, GA September 7, 2016

InvenTrust Properties Corp. Announces Acquisition of Windward Commons in Alpharetta, GA

InvenTrust Properties Corp. Announces Acquisition of Windward Commons in Alpharetta, GA September 1, 2016 OAK BROOK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- InvenTrust Properties Corp. (“InvenTrust or “the Company”) today announced that it has acquired Windward Commons, a 99% occupied, 117,234 square foot Kroger-anchored retail center in Alpharetta, GA, for $27.65 million. “We are excited to announce the acquisition…
American Realty Capital – Retail Centers Of America, Inc. (“RCA”) And American Finance Trust, Inc. To Merge, Creating A Diversified Real Estate Investment Trust With A Retail Focus September 7, 2016

American Realty Capital – Retail Centers Of America, Inc. (“RCA”) And American Finance Trust, Inc. To Merge, Creating A Diversified Real Estate Investment Trust With A Retail Focus

American Realty Capital - Retail Centers Of America, Inc. ("RCA") And American Finance Trust, Inc. To Merge, Creating A Diversified Real Estate Investment Trust With A Retail Focus Current Shareholders Will Receive Total Consideration per Share of Approximately $10.26 in an Acquisition Valued at $1.4 Billion; Transaction Results in Material Cost Savings Combined Company Achieves…
SEC steps up scrutiny of adviser use of social media September 6, 2016

SEC steps up scrutiny of adviser use of social media

SEC steps up scrutiny of adviser use of social media New rule to include site information on Form ADV part of evolving regulations on the web tool Sep 1, 2016 @ 1:00 pm | By Mark Schoeff Jr. | Investment News The Securities and Exchange Commission is taking a closer look at advisers' use of social media…
Property Investors Are Obsessed With the A/C in Your Office September 6, 2016

Property Investors Are Obsessed With the A/C in Your Office

Property Investors Are Obsessed With the A/C in Your Office Investors are looking for ways to measure the environmental risk in their real-estate portfolio. September 2, 2016 — 2:45 AM EDT | Siobhan Wagner | Bloomberg Real estate investors might have more reason to care about the air conditioning in your office than you do. As energy-related emissions…
Is the Era of High Returns Coming to an End? September 6, 2016

Is the Era of High Returns Coming to an End?

Is the Era of High Returns Coming to an End? August 31, 2016 | Diana Bell | National Real Estate Investor Is the window for oversized returns on commercial real estate behind us? Quite likely, according to Goldman Sachs, which recently issued a report implying real estate stocks may now be too risky for investors.…

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