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Ares Makes Significant U.S. Data Center Investments in Northern Virginia
Transactions underscore acceleration of Ares’ vertically integrated digital infrastructure investment capabilities.
SEI Honors Founder Alfred P. West, Jr. as He Retires from Executive Chairman Role After 57 Years of Innovation
Board appoints Independent Director Carl A. Guarino as Chairman as part of planned transition
Eagle Point Closes $30 Million Financing with Circular Services
The tailored financing reflects Eagle Point’s disciplined underwriting, focus on strong asset coverage and commitment to designing capital solutions that enhance long-term value creation for investors.
$65.9 Million Net-Leased Portfolio 70 DST Fully Subscribed, Strengthening Essential Income REIT Pipeline
The portfolio comprises 15 long-term net-leased properties diversified across 14 markets in 11 states and 198,723 square feet.
Recent News
NexPoint Launches Lodging I DST Offering for the Residence Inn Salt Lake City – West Jordan
NexPoint NexPoint, a multibillion-dollar alternative investment firm, today announced the launch of NexPoint Lodging I DST, a Delaware Statutory Trust (“DST”)...
Blue Vault Publishes New Interval Fund Reports
Blue Vault’s research catalog now includes the following March 31, 2025, Interval Fund Individual Performance Pages (IPPs) : Interval Funds BlueBay Destra...
Essential Income REIT – Only in its Class to Fully Cover 2024 Distributions with AFFO According to Blue Vault
ExchangeRight ExchangeRight has announced that the Essential Income REIT was the only Growth and Stabilizing Non-Traded REIT (“NTR”) that fully covered its distributions...
How many new nontraded BDCs entered the market in the first quarter of 2025?
Answer: Only one new nontraded BDC was introduced in Q1 2025: First Eagle Private Credit Fund, which became effective on March 11, 2025. Discover...
Over the last five years, which quarter saw the highest capital raise for nontraded REITs?
Answer: Fundraising for nontraded REITs peaked at $12.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2021, reflecting the sector’s strongest fundraising quarter to date. Discover...
Bluerock Value Exchange Launches $37.8 Million 1031 Exchange BR Churchill Downs Multifamily DST in Pinehurst, NC
Bluerock Value Exchange Bluerock Value Exchange (BVEX), a 20-year, national sponsor of 1031 exchange and Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) investment programs, announced the...
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SmartStop Adds Eight Self-Storage Facilities in the Greater Toronto Area for Approximately CAD $300 Million
SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (“SmartStop” or the “Company”), a self-managed and fully integrated self-storage company, announced today that its affiliates, Strategic Storage Trust VI, Inc. and Strategic Growth Trust III, Inc…
How Cash Ratios Are Trending for NTRs
A recent article on S&P Capital IQ stated that the cash ratios of non-investment grade-rated companies were “squeezed further” in the first quarter of 2023. The article used the median measure of cash and equivalents as a share of total liabilities of companies rated…
ExchangeRight Successfully Completes 32nd Full-Cycle Event, with Annualized Returns Ranging 8.25%–9.75%
ExchangeRight, one of the nation’s leading providers of diversified real estate DST and REIT investments, has announced the successful completion of its Net-Leased Preferred Equity Fund 3 (“NLPEF 3”), a fund that consistently generated 8.25%–9.75% annualized returns to investors throughout the offering’s six-year lifespan. The liquidation of NLPEF 3 marked the 32nd successful full-cycle event ExchangeRight has executed on behalf of investors out of a total 87 offerings created…
Real Estate Cap Rates and the Slow Wheels of Progress
Differences in cap rates capture the divergence that occurred between U.S. public and private real estate markets in 2022, with public real estate cap rates (REIT implied) higher than their private real estate counterparts (transaction and appraisal). As expected, the gaps between REIT implied…
Q1 2023 Published Reports as of June 23
Q1 2023 Nontraded REIT and BDC Published Performance Reports as of June 23 Nontraded REIT (newly published performance reports are in bold font) All Q1 2023 individual performance pages are now published and the full NTR Industry Review will be published soon. ...
Stacy Chitty: BV Interval Fund Performance Reports
In this Blue Vault Minute, Stacy Chitty (Managing Partner, Blue Vault) highlights some of the data included in Blue Vault’s semi-annual interval fund individual performance pages.
Stacy Chitty: NAV REIT Performance Reporting
NAV REITs monthly returns are a reflection of several factors. Find out what they are in this Blue Vault Minute with Stacy Chitty (Managing Partner, Blue Vault).
Peachtree Group Strengthens Its Capital Markets Team with Key Appointments
Peachtree Group has further strengthened its leadership team within its broker-dealer affiliate, Peachtree PC Investors (“PPCI”), with the appointment of industry veteran Brian Cho…
Q1 2023 Published Reports as of June 22
Q1 2023 Nontraded REIT and BDC Published Performance Reports as of June 22 Nontraded REIT (newly published performance reports are in bold font) American Healthcare REIT Q1 2023 Apollo Realty Income Solutions Q1 2023 (limited operations) Ares Industrial Real Estate...
Dan Goodwin: Explaining Alternative Investments to Clients
In this Blue Vault Minute, Dan Goodwin (Chief Investment Strategist and Fiduciary, Provident Wealth Advisors) talks about introducing the idea and concept of alternative investments to clients.











