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ExchangeRight Details 721 Structure of Dow Campus Acquisition
ExchangeRight’s Essential Income REIT acquired the Dow Texas Innovation Center through a 721 exchange with Brixton Capital. The transaction highlights how property contributions, financing, and operating partnership units shape acquisition economics.
Hard Assets, Low Obsolescence: Leitbox’s Perspective on HALO Investing
Leitbox Storage Partners explores the HALO framework—Hard Assets, Low Obsolescence—and why durability of use matters alongside careful investment underwriting.
Ares Capital Agrees to Acquire MidCap Financial Investment
Ares Capital agreed to acquire MidCap Financial Investment in a transaction with approximately $2.6 billion in enterprise value. Closing is expected in the first half of 2027, subject to approvals and other conditions.
Bluerock Names Keith Lampi CEO of New Tax Solutions Division
Bluerock appointed Keith Lampi to lead its new Tax Solutions division, expanding the firm’s tax-advantaged investment platform for the private wealth channel.
Recent News
ExchangeRight REIT Expands Portfolio Through Sponsor DST Transactions
ExchangeRight Essential Income REIT has reportedly acquired two additional Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) portfolios previously offered by its sponsor. The transactions...
11 DST Sponsors Providing Historical Performance Data
Recognizing the value of historical closed and full-cycle DST reporting. When evaluating a DST offering, advisors examine projected distributions, financing, the property,...
CAZ Launches a Growth-Focused GP Stakes Interval Fund
CAZ Investments announced the launch of the CAZ GP Stakes Growth Fund on October 5, 2026. The registered interval fund is designed to provide exposure to the long-term...
Blue Owl’s Repurchase Update Puts Liquidity Limits in Focus
Blue Owl’s latest shareholder updates highlight an important distinction for advisors: a fund’s repurchase limit and the percentage of an investor’s request fulfilled are...
DST Performance Is Easier to Evaluate When the History Is Visible
Evaluating a DST sponsor starts with understanding how much of its historical performance is available for review. The next question is what that history actually tells us....
What Can You Learn from a DST Sponsor’s History?
What Can You Learn From a DST Sponsor’s History? When evaluating a DST, advisors often review the property, projected distributions, financing, fees, and exit provisions....
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Before You Use a DST: What Do You Know About the Sponsor?
A DST offering may be new, but the sponsor is not. Blue Vault’s closed and full-cycle data can help advisors evaluate distribution history, exit outcomes, equity exposure and, where relevant, the REIT that may sit at the end of a 721 strategy.
How a $1 Billion Joint Venture Can Help a Nontraded REIT Unlock Capital Without Selling the Portfolio
Starwood’s latest transaction demonstrates how a nontraded REIT can tap the value of its real estate portfolio without simply putting properties up for sale.
HPS Corporate Lending Fund Receives Repurchase Requests for 11.5% of Outstanding Shares
HPS Corporate Lending Fund has released new figures concerning its third-quarter liquidity window, recent repurchase activity, and portfolio performance.
InPoint Cuts Monthly Distribution by 75% and Plans Strategic Review
InPoint Commercial Real Estate Income has outlined changes to its approach to shareholder income and its plans for the portfolio.
Inland Acquires Class A Self-Storage Facility in Joliet, Illinois
Since inception, Inland Acquisitions has facilitated more than $56 billion of purchases across all asset types, with a more recent focus on self-storage, senior living, student housing, multifamily and manufactured housing communities.
In Private Real Estate, “Mission Critical” Is Becoming a Strategy of Its Own
A €1.6 billion fundraise is drawing attention to a private real estate strategy built around a question that goes beyond traditional property sectors.
Private Credit Is Growing Up—and Its Technology Infrastructure Has to Catch Up
Private credit has attracted enormous amounts of capital, but a new technology venture is targeting a less visible challenge created by the market’s rapid growth.
A 1% Tender or a 5% Repurchase Program? Why the Details Matter for Nontraded BDC Investors
A recent nontraded BDC tender offer illustrates why two investments in the same product category can provide shareholders with very different paths to liquidity.
Private Credit’s Liquidity Test Isn’t Over: BCRED Repurchase Requests Remain Elevated
BCRED is facing another quarter of elevated repurchase requests, but a closer look at the numbers reveals an important wrinkle for advisors following the private credit market.
Cottonwood Communities Plans $614 Million Multifamily Merger With Mandel Group
Cottonwood Communities has entered into a multifaceted transaction that would expand both its apartment portfolio and property-management operations.










