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Logistics Demand Regains Momentum in a More Disciplined Market
Recent data shows that demand gains have been concentrated in assets supported by clear demand drivers, including build-to-suit and functionally aligned logistics facilities.
Pasadena Private Lending and Eagle Point Credit Management Announce $105 Million Strategic Capital Partnership
This partnership builds on PPL’s recent expansion of its senior credit facilities and represents a significant milestone in the firm’s continued institutionalization and growth.
CIM Group Completes Coro 168-unit Apartment Community in West Adams Neighborhood of Los Angeles
For more than 20 years, CIM Group has acquired and developed real estate and infrastructure assets across communities now designated as Opportunity Zones.
SEI Reports Fourth-Quarter 2025 Financial Results
Relative to the fourth quarter 2024, EPS increased by 16%, and revenue and operating income grew by 9% and 11%, respectively, with operating margin increasing to 27%.
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SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. Highlights AI Strategy at Ai4 2025, North America’s Leading Artificial Intelligence Conference
SmartStop SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (“SmartStop”) (NYSE: SMA), an internally managed real estate investment trust and a premier owner and operator of...
Bridging the Gap: Why Marketing and Sales Need to Work Together
Marketing Intent In the world of alternative investments, where complexity is the norm and advisor relationships are everything, your marketing and sales efforts can’t...
SEI Investments (Europe) Limited Makes Two Key Board Appointments
SEI SEI® (NASDAQ: SEIC) today announced that Diane Seymour-Williams has been appointed as Board Chair of SEI Investments (Europe) Limited (SIEL), and David Lawton has been...
ExchangeRight Strengthens National Accounts Team with Michele Drummond’s Promotion to SVP
ExchangeRight We are excited to announce the promotion of Michele Drummond to Senior Vice President of National Accounts, further enhancing ExchangeRight’s Distribution...
SEI Appoints Robert Hum to Lead Investment Product Development and Activation
SEI SEI® (NASDAQ: SEIC) today announced that Robert Hum, CAIA, has joined as Head of Investment Product Development and Activation, reporting to Michael Lane, Head of SEI’s...
Eagle Point Securities Offers Institutional Private Credit Strategies to Private Wealth Clients
Eagle Point Securities Eagle Point Securities LLC (“Eagle Point Securities”), a wholesale distributor of alternative investment strategies to private wealth clients,...
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Stacy Chitty: When Dividend Yields Can Be Deceptive
There are two reasons why dividend yields increase. Do you know them? Find out in this Blue Vault Minute with Stacy Chitty (Managing Partner, Blue Vault).
ExchangeRight Fully Subscribes $98 Million Net-Leased Portfolio Designed for Recession Resilience
Warren Thomas, a managing partner at ExchangeRight, explained that NLP 59 is designed to focus on tenants and industries that have been historically resistant to economic downturns
June 2023 Reported Nontraded REIT Sales Down 11.3% from May 2023
Blue Vault received June 2023 sales totals for ten nontraded REIT program offerings as of July 19, 2023. Sales reported by those ten NTRs totaled $176.0 million, down 11.3% from $198.4 million in May for the same ten NTRs, and down 72% Y-O-Y from the $630.7 million in sales in June 2022. FS Credit Real Estate Income Trust led the reporting REITs once again with $55.3 million in June, down 58% from $133.2 million in May. Next was Nuveen Global Cities REIT with $25.6 million, down 21% from the REIT’s May sales of $32.5 million.
Carron Schmick: Use Cases for Alts
Carron Schmick highlights how alts can meet clients’ needs, how she explains alts to clients, and how receptive the clients are.
Carron Schmick: Evaluating Alts for Your Practice
In this Blue Vault Minute, Carron Schmick walks through some of the metrics her firm uses to evaluate asset managers.
Which nontraded REITs had the top five distribution yields for REITs with closed offerings as of March 31, 2023?
Which nontraded REITs had the top five distribution yields for REITs with closed offerings as of March 31, 2023? Answer: The five REITs with the highest distribution yields among the closed REITs as of March 31, 2023, were Lightstone Value Plus REIT I, Procaccianti...
West Coast Cities Slam Brakes on Housing Production Amid Worsening Crisis
Up and down the West Coast apartment construction sites are falling quiet despite high demand in a worsening housing shortage. Fewer multifamily projects have broken ground this year from Seattle to San Diego in one of the slowest starts to apartment construction in a decade. In San Jose, no apartments have broken ground after more than 7,000 started construction last year. In Seattle, 3,433 apartments started building in the first six months, a drop of nearly 60% from the same time last year.
Public Storage to acquire Simply Self Storage for $2.2 billion
Self-storage operator Public Storage (PSA.N) said on Monday it has entered a deal to buy Simply Self Storage from Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT) for $2.2 billion, as it looks to expand its market presence. Demand for storage space has waned from the heights of the pandemic, as people return to offices, and some analysts expect more consolidation in the sector….
REIT Trends in Property Sector Allocations by Actively Managed Real Estate Funds
One of the unique aspects of REITs is the large, actively managed, dedicated REIT investment community; actively managed funds represent 7% of REIT market capitalization and they have been a key element in REITs’ long-term success because of their combined real estate and equity investment expertise and analysis.
PetSmart’s Owner Sells Minority Stake to Apollo
BC Partners has agreed to sell a minority stake of its PetSmart holdings to funds managed by affiliates of Apollo…









