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Gemdale Properties & Investment and Hines Partner on Transformational Boston Development May 18, 2016

Gemdale Properties & Investment and Hines Partner on Transformational Boston Development

May 13, 2016 | Blau Journal Global real estate firm Hines and Gemdale Properties & Investment Corporation Limited(“Gemdale PI”), today announced a new joint venture to redevelop Boston’s South Station into a transportation hub and mixed-use complex. The first phase of this transformational project will include the tallest building in Boston’s financial district and fourth-tallest…
KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT to Buy San Francisco Office Building for $170 Million May 17, 2016

KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT to Buy San Francisco Office Building for $170 Million

KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT Inc., a publicly registered non-traded business development company, entered into an agreement to purchase 353 Sacramento in San Francisco for $169.5 million plus closing costs. The seller, Pacific EIH Sacramento LLC, is not affiliated with the company. Built in 1982, the class A, 284,800-square-foot office building sits on 0.35 acres of…
Corporate Capital Trust II to Begin Disclosing Net Asset Value on a Monthly Basis May 17, 2016

Corporate Capital Trust II to Begin Disclosing Net Asset Value on a Monthly Basis

Orlando, Fla., May 12, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Corporate Capital Trust II, a new, non-traded business development company (BDC), announced that beginning in May 2016, it will publish its net asset value on a monthly basis. This data point is generally provided on a quarterly basis among those in the industry, making Corporate Capital Trust…
Hines Said to Offer $5.5 Billion Real Estate Portfolio Sale May 17, 2016

Hines Said to Offer $5.5 Billion Real Estate Portfolio Sale

May 13, 2016 — 4:52 AM EDT | by Jack Sidders | Bloomberg An office building leased by Morgan Stanley in London’s Canary Wharf district is being offered for sale by U.S. real estate company Hines as part of a $5.5 billion property portfolio disposal, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The Houston-based company, which…
KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT Buys Washington Portfolio for $128 Million May 13, 2016

KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT Buys Washington Portfolio for $128 Million

May 12 2016 | by DI Wire KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, a publicly registered non-traded real estate investment trust, purchased the Westpark Portfolio in Redmond, Washington for $128 million. “The dynamic location of the Westpark Portfolio presents a compelling opportunity for KBS, and tenants will enjoy the live-work-play environment, mass-transit options and accessibility,” said Jeff…
Franklin Square Closes on over $370 Million of Q1 Private Deals May 13, 2016

Franklin Square Closes on over $370 Million of Q1 Private Deals

Alts leader exceeds $250 million mark in direct lending for 14th consecutive quarter 09:03 ET from Franklin Square Capital Partners | PR Newswire PHILADELPHIA, May 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Franklin Square Capital Partners (Franklin Square), a leading alternative investment manager, announced that its business development company (BDC) direct lending platform committed over $370 million to private deals…
LPL, Cambridge and others in ‘serious’ talks to buy Foothill Securities May 13, 2016

LPL, Cambridge and others in ‘serious’ talks to buy Foothill Securities

"It's not a lot of fun to be a broker-dealer these days," says firm chairman John Burroughs May 10, 2016 @ 11:34 am | By Bruce Kelly | Investment News Foothill Securities Inc., an adviser-owned independent broker-dealer with 220 registered reps under its roof, is in “serious discussions” to be acquired by a larger firm, according to…
Strategic Storage Trust II, Inc. (SST II) Enters Sacramento Market; Acquires 530-Unit Self Storage Facility May 13, 2016

Strategic Storage Trust II, Inc. (SST II) Enters Sacramento Market; Acquires 530-Unit Self Storage Facility

Market Wired | May 11, 2016 12:25 ET Strategic Storage Trust II, Inc. (SST II) -- which is sponsored by SmartStop Asset Management, LLC -- recently purchased a self storage facility located in the Sacramento-Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The five-building facility totals approximately 530 units and approximately 61,200 rentable square feet. "We are excited to…
Colony Capital in talks to merge with NorthStar Asset Management May 11, 2016

Colony Capital in talks to merge with NorthStar Asset Management

BY ARLEEN JACOBIUS | MAY 9, 2016 4:25 PM | UPDATED 4:54 PM | Pensions & Investments Colony Capital, real estate money management firm NorthStar Asset Management Group and NorthStar's former parent NorthStar Realty Finance are in exclusive merger negotiations, said a joint statement. Colony and NorthStar Realty Finance are jointly proposing a tri-party all-stock…

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