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Eye on Alts: April 15
Get up to speed on industry happenings: interval funds, BDCs, wealthtech, and more!
TIFIN ‘Playbook’ Aims to Fill AI Knowledge, Guidance Gap
The TIFIN AI Policy and Adoption Playbook is designed to help wealth advisors thoughtfully and securely integrate artificial intelligence into their operations.
CAIS Expands Investment Solutions Suite Through Newly Formed Capital Markets Division
Newly formed division will provide financial advisors access to structured investments, hedging and monetization strategies, trade execution, and managed solutions.
Weekly Alts News Roundup: April 8, 2025
Blue Vault’s Weekly Alts News Roundup gets you up to speed on industry happenings: new offerings, regulation, technology, and more.
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Cantor Fitzgerald and Silverstein Properties Announce the Closing of a $165 Million Construction Loan for 44-01 Northern Boulevard in Astoria
Affiliates of Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P., (“Cantor Fitzgerald”) a leading global financial services firm and real assets investment company, and Silverstein Properties...
Building the Brand: Leading With Hut Family Values
Building the Brand: Leading With Hut Family Values February 21, 2023 | Yum! Brands In 1959, the year after the first Pizza Hut® opened in Wichita, Kan., the Carney...
US Hotel Metrics Show Positive Movement in Week Ended February 18
US Hotel Metrics Show Positive Movement in Week Ended February 18 February 24, 2023 | Muhammad Hammad Asif | S&P Capital Market Intelligence U.S. hotel metrics improved...
Wall Street Firms Fight SEC Push to Change Mutual-Fund Pricing
Wall Street Firms Fight SEC Push to Change Mutual-Fund Pricing February 23, 2023 | Emily Graffeo | Bloomberg BlackRock Inc., Charles Schwab Corp., Fidelity Investments and...
‘You’ve Driven Past Them A Million Times’: The $200B Opportunity Of Industrial Outdoor Storage
‘You’ve Driven Past Them A Million Times’: The $200B Opportunity Of Industrial Outdoor Storage February 21, 2023 | Patrick Sisson | Bisnow Industrial outdoor...
January 2023 Reported Nontraded REIT Sales Down 50.3% from December 2022
January 2023 Reported Nontraded REIT Sales Down 50.3% from December 2022 February 28, 2023 | James Sprow | Blue Vault Blue Vault received January 2023 sales totals for...
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KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT Recommends Rejection of $7.23 Per Share Tender Offer
In a letter to shareholders dated October 16, 2019, Peter McMillan, President and Chairman of the Board of KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, Inc. recommended to the REIT’s shareholders that they…
Which nontraded REIT acquired Bellagio real estate assets?
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A Deeper Look at Leitbox, Sixty West, and Triton Pacific
On October 8, Blue Vault presented a Webinar introducing three companies that sponsor alternative investment programs…
JLL Income Property Trust Expands Offering to Include 1031 Like-kind Exchange Solution
JLL Income Property Trust, an institutionally-managed daily NAV REIT (NASDAQ: ZIPTAX; ZIPTMX; ZIPIAX; ZIPIMX), announced today the launch of…
How many nontraded REITs have had full-cycle events since December 31, 2017, providing common shareholders with full liquidity for their shares?
Answer: There have been 10 nontraded REITs that have completed full-cycle events since December 31, 2017. Three NorthStar NTRs…
Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust to Acquire the Bellagio Real Estate from MGM Resorts International for $4.25 Billion
Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (“BREIT”), and MGM Resorts International (“MGM Resorts”) (NYSE: MGM) announced today that BREIT and MGM Resorts will form…
Owl Rock Capital Corporation II Decreases Offering Price
On October 9, 2019, Owl Rock Capital Corporation II (“the Company”) decreased its public offering price from $9.56 per share to…
Record-Low Unemployment Propels Demand for Commercial Real Estate
Job growth continues at subdued but consistent pace. Organizations added about 136,000 positions in September, slightly down from the…
Strategic Storage Growth Trust II, Inc. Acquires Newly Constructed 735-Unit Self Storage Facility in Toronto, Canada
Strategic Storage Growth Trust II, Inc. (“SSGT II”), a private real estate investment trust sponsored by an indirect subsidiary of SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc., announced today its acquisition of…
Bluerock Capital Markets Continues Capital Raise Success
Bluerock Capital Markets, LLC (“BCM”) announced on September 11, 2019, another record capital raise of over $130 million across all products in the month of August.











