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Carey Watermark Investors 2 Completes $154 Million Acquisition of San Jose Marriott July 15, 2016

Carey Watermark Investors 2 Completes $154 Million Acquisition of San Jose Marriott

    Carey Watermark Investors 2 Completes $154 Million Acquisition of San Jose Marriott JUL 14, 2016, 07:30 ET | News provided by Carey Watermark Investors 2 Top performing Silicon Valley property connected to San Jose Convention Center NEW YORK, July 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Carey Watermark Investors 2 Incorporated (CWI 2), a non-traded real estate investment trust…
Dividend Investors Should Check Into Hotel Stocks July 15, 2016

Dividend Investors Should Check Into Hotel Stocks

    Dividend Investors Should Check Into Hotel Stocks Despite lackluster economic growth, many hotel stocks and hotel REITs look good on the charts. July 13, 2016 | By MICHAEL KAHN | Barrons While I am generally skeptical about the stock market’s recent new highs, there are always pockets of strength to be found. Despite lackluster growth…
REITs Become Separate Sector in September July 15, 2016

REITs Become Separate Sector in September

    REITs Become Separate Sector in September July, 2016 GMT | Daily Forex Between September 16th and 19th, a new sector will be introduced on Wall Street. Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) which own commercial real estate and generate dividends from the rents that are levied, will be split off from all other financial…
Broker-dealers eye level commissions to reduce risk under DOL fiduciary rule July 14, 2016

Broker-dealers eye level commissions to reduce risk under DOL fiduciary rule

    Broker-dealers eye level commissions to reduce risk under DOL fiduciary rule Such a strategy is meant to reduce the appearance of a conflict of interest when using commission products in retirement accounts Jul 11, 2016 @ 12:27 pm | By Greg Iacurci | Investment News Broker-dealer executives are strongly considering a strategy whereby investment products…
KBS Growth & Income REIT Makes Second Acquisition July 14, 2016

KBS Growth & Income REIT Makes Second Acquisition

    KBS Growth & Income REIT Makes Second Acquisition July 15, 2016 | by Beth Glavosek | Blue Vault [caption id="attachment_8296" align="alignleft" width="109"] By Ajbenj at English Wikipedia - Self-made by author[/caption] KBS has announced that its Growth & Income REIT purchased the 219,742-square-foot Commonwealth Building in Portland, Oregon for $69 million. This is…
House spending bill includes provision to kill DOL fiduciary rule July 13, 2016

House spending bill includes provision to kill DOL fiduciary rule

    House spending bill includes provision to kill DOL fiduciary rule Congressional Republicans continue to fight the measure that requires advisers to retirement accounts to act in clients' best interest Jul 7, 2016 @ 12:25 pm | By Mark Schoeff Jr. | Investment News House lawmakers approved a spending bill Thursday that included a provision to…
Dividend cuts possible at AR Global REITs, analysts say July 13, 2016

Dividend cuts possible at AR Global REITs, analysts say

      Dividend cuts possible at AR Global REITs, analysts say The REITs are paying distributions to shareholders that exceed cash flow, in some cases by a wide margin Jul 11, 2016 @ 1:02 pm | By Bruce Kelly | Investment News Investors in a number of AR Global-sponsored real estate investment trusts face the potential…
Office Outlook In A Word: ‘Vigorous’ July 13, 2016

Office Outlook In A Word: ‘Vigorous’

    Office Outlook In A Word: ‘Vigorous’ JULY 12, 2016 | BY JOHN SALUSTRI | GlobeSt.com CALABASAS, CA— “Steady office improvement with balanced development buoy investor interest,” says Marcus & Millichap in its quarterly market report. Office vacancy rates might still hover higher than pre-recession averages, but the outlook for the market remains positive, reports…
JLL-Managed REIT Returns To Office Investment with $122 Million Purchase July 13, 2016

JLL-Managed REIT Returns To Office Investment with $122 Million Purchase

    JLL-Managed REIT Returns To Office Investment with $122 Million Purchase JLL Income Property Trust Makes its Largest Single-Asset Buy in 12-Year History July 12, 2016 | By Mark Heschmeyer | CoStar  JLL Income Property Trust, a non-traded REIT managed by JLL’s LaSalle Investment Management, acquired Pioneer Tower, a 17-story, 296,329-square-foot, multi-tenant, Class A…

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