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Joseph Shanley Joins CIM Group as Managing Director in Continued Expansion of Firm’s Credit Platform
Mr. Shanley brings more than two decades of experience in property acquisitions, structured finance, and ground lease investments.
Hines Private Wealth Solutions Completes More Than $1 Billion Across Seven DST Offerings
$199.8 million HREX 7 DST offering delivered a high-quality, logistics investment opportunity to investors interested in a 1031 exchange.
Recent Blue Vault Research Releases
Blue Vault added new Individual Performance Pages – and data points – for seven Interval Funds and Tender Offer Funds
Griffin Capital Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund II, L.P. Announces the Completion of Construction on a 292-Unit Multifamily Community in Madison, TN
Station A consists of a four-story apartment community featuring a variety of floor plans, including studios, one-, two-, and three-bedroom units.
Recent News
Blue Vault Begins Publishing Q1 2025 NTR Research Pages
Blue Vault began publishing new Q1 2025 research reports covering non-traded REIT (NTR) offerings. These pages provide expanded insights into the latest performance metrics,...
Blue Vault Q1 2025 Nontraded BDC Performance Report Update 5-29-2025
This quarter’s full industry review will include 23 complete Individual Performance Pages. Twenty-two pages are available for members to view now (newly published...
ExchangeRight’s First Essential Income DST Offering Fully Subscribed, Enabling Accelerated REIT Access
ExchangeRight ExchangeRight, one of the nation’s leading providers of diversified REIT and DST investments, has announced that the company has fully subscribed its first...
Eagle Point Credit Company Inc. Announces First Quarter 2025 Financial Results and Declares Third Quarter 2025 Common and Preferred Distributions
Eagle Point Credit Company Eagle Point Credit Company Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: ECC, ECCC, ECC PRD, ECCF, ECCU, ECCV, ECCW, ECCX) today announced financial...
FSI Launches FinancialCareers.org to Attract Next-Gen Financial Advisors and Industry Leaders
The Financial Services Institute The Financial Services Institute (FSI) has launched FinancialCareers.org, a dynamic new online platform designed to attract and inform...
CIM Group and Partners Announce the Grand Opening of Miami Worldcenter, 27-acre $6 Billion Mixed-use Development in the Heart of Downtown Miami
CIM Group CIM Group announced today the grand opening of Miami Worldcenter, a 27-acre, 10 block mixed-use development that has transformed downtown Miami, creating a new...
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SmartStop Self Storage Sponsors ‘Flight for Hope’ Round-the-World Journey
SmartStop Self Storage REIT Inc., a self-managed real estate investment trust, is sponsoring the plane for Flight for Hope, a round-the-world journey by Callum Wallace to raise awareness and funds for the nonprofit Home Suite Hope and other charities. An advisor at real estate firm Engel & Völkers Oakville, Wallace is the fourth Canadian to attempt the challenge, according to a press release….
Overall QOF Equity Bounces Back in Second Quarter, but Far Behind 2022 Numbers
Qualified opportunity funds (QOFs) tracked by Novogradac reported raising $2.01 billion in equity over the first six months of 2023, including $1.33 billion during the second quarter of the year. Equity reported by QOFs tracked by Novogradac reached a cumulative $36.10 billion as of June 30, 2023. Novogradac is tracking 1,731 QOFs, of which 1,330 report a specific amount raised…
Stephen Lovell: Begin with Education
When introducing clients to alternative investments, Stephen Lovell (Lovell Wealth Management) advises you start by educating them. Learn more in this Blue Vault Minute.
Stephen Lovell: Advising Clients Through a Negative Alts Experience
Stephen Lovell (Founder & President, Lovell Wealth Management) recounts how he navigated through a negative experience with alts in this Blue Vault Minute.
Chad Clark: Alts Differentiate Your Practice
What does Chad Clark (Partner, Senior Advisor at Redemption Capital) think an advisor should know about adding alternative investments to their practice for the first time? Find out in this Blue Vault Minute.
Of the eighteen nontraded BDCs covered by Blue Vault, how many reported a total return greater than 3% in the first quarter of 2023?
The number of nontraded BDCs…
Nontraded REITs Don’t Own Floundering Enclosed Mall Assets
Using Blue Vault’s exclusive database, we looked at the properties held by nontraded REITs as of March 31, 2023, to see if those assets could be categorized as “older, low-end malls”…
WiserAdvisor announces the successful acquisition of Indyfin
WiserAdvisor, a leading marketplace for wealth management firms, proudly announces the successful acquisition of Indyfin and its investor experience platform August 2, 2023 | Wiser Advisor Today, WiserAdvisor, a leading investor referral generation platform for...
Chad Clark: Know Who Is Responsible
In this Blue Vault Minute, Chad Clark (Partner, Senior Advisor at Redemption Capital) explains how his advisory firm selects alts to incorporate into its practice.
Blackstone & QTS to spend $8bn building new data centers, as investor prepares for “once in a generation” AI boom
Blackstone’s $68 billion flagship property fund is selling assets and preparing to spend billions on data centers. The Financial Times reports that the Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, or Breit, plans to pump $8bn into building new data centers through its asset QTS Data Centers, as it predicts a surge in artificial intelligence workloads…











