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Capital Square Launches $41.85 Million DST for Newly Constructed Townhome Community Near Orlando
The offering seeks to raise $41.85 million in equity from accredited investors.
CIM Group Closes $154 Million in Hotel Loans on Three Properties Continuing Hospitality Industry Focus
These significant loans are representative of CIM Group’s ongoing focus on the hospitality industry which includes select-service and extended stay properties in addition to the full-service sector.
Nontraded BDC Fundraising Falls, Returns Rally in Q4 2025
Of all 22 open nontraded BDCs tracked by Blue Vault, 10 reported distributions exceeding the average of 9.15%.
What Working With 50+ Alternative Investment Firms has Taught Us About Marketing Bottlenecks
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September 30 Filing Timeline: What’s Coming Up
September 30, 2025 marks the end of the third quarter for nontraded REITs and nontraded BDCs. These issuers are required to file their Form 10-Qs with the SEC no later than...
Of the nontraded BDCs that Blue Vault tracks, Blackstone Private Credit Fund raised the most capital in Q2 2025 ($2.2 billion). How much has it raised in its public offering since being introduced in 2021?
Answer: The Blackstone Private Credit Fund has generated approximately $32.2 billion in its public offering since being introduced in 2021, including $2.2 billion in the...
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Austin: Cottonwood Group Backs BillionToOne Expansion with $105M Construction Loan
Cottonwood Group Cottonwood Group, a private equity real estate investment firm, has closed a $105 million senior construction loan to support the development of a...
CIM Real Assets & Credit Fund Announces Monthly Dividends
CIM Group CIM Real Assets & Credit Fund (“CIM RACR” or the “Fund”) announced today that its Board of Trustees has declared monthly cash dividends of $0.147 per share of...
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What is Document Custody for Private Investments?
What is Document Custody for Private Investments? April 28, 2023 | Pete Bergman | UMB Document custody for private investments is the practice of securely storing and managing legal agreements, contracts, transaction records, and other relevant documents. Private...
Understanding Fund Custody: Private Versus Publicly Offered Fund Vehicles
Understanding Fund Custody: Private Versus Publicly Offered Fund Vehicles May 12, 2023 | Amy Small | UMB When managers of private funds decide to launch a strategy as a registered mutual fund–such as an interval fund, tender fund, or a daily NAV fund— the topic of...
Wave Of Distressed CRE Loans Reaches $64B, With Retail, Office Hardest Hit
The long-anticipated wave of distressed CRE assets is closer to realization, with total distressed assets coming in at $64B during Q1 2023, Bloomberg reports, citing a new report by MSCI Real Assets…
Owl Rock Capital Corporation Announces Upcoming Name and Ticker Change to Blue Owl Capital Corporation
Owl Rock Capital Corporation (NYSE: ORCC, or the “Company”) today announced that it will soon be changing its name, ticker, and website. The Company’s board of directors has already approved these changes and no shareholder vote is required…
California Self Storage Operator Vaults to Fifth Largest Player in Canada
California-based SmartStop Self Storage REIT is expanding in Canada’s largest city, adding eight facilities in the greater Toronto area for $CA300 million…
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. ...
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