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Addepar acquires Arcus to boost AI capabilities
Addepar is committed to investing over $100m annually in research and development.
Real Estate Credit Leader Matthew Borstein Joins CIM Group as Managing Director, Co-Head of Credit to Continue Platform Expansion
“[Matthew Borstein] has exceptional expertise, longstanding relationships, and strategic vision, and we are proud to welcome him to CIM Group.” — Avi Shemesh, Co-Founder and Principal, CIM Group.
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It’s Time to Seriously Consider a Documentation Management Tool
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‘Everything Is Frozen’: CMBS Bond Volume Falls By 85%
‘Everything Is Frozen’: CMBS Bond Volume Falls By 85% February 20,2023 | Olivia Lueckemeyer | Bisnow The issuance of commercial mortgage bonds has taken a sizable...
Welton Investment Partners Announces Partnership With iCapital®
Welton Investment Partners Announces Partnership With iCapital® to Provide the Wealth Management Community With Access to Its Multi-Strategy Macro Program February 15, 2023...
When Might “Golden Vintages” Appear in Private Markets?
When Might “Golden Vintages” Appear in Private Markets? January 24, 2023 | CAIS In our previous analysis, we found that private equity funds that deployed capital in...
Creating A Powerful Fact Sheet
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The Repurposed, Revitalized and Redeveloped Shopping Center
“The store is really the core strategy for both physical and digital growth.” That is according to Laurie Mahowald, VP of real estate at Target Corp. She was one panelist who spoke on a repurposed and revitalized panel at ICSC RECon here in Las Vegas and said that two…
REIT Outlook and Top Real Estate Issues to Watch for in 2019
Will the economy maintain momentum in 2019, boosting demand for commercial real estate, and keeping property prices on their upward path? Or are there signs of weakening in the foundation that could lead to a downturn? Will the Fed keep raising interest rates, or are they…
FS/KKR Announce Plan of Merger for Non-Traded BDCs
FS/KKR Advisor, LLC, a partnership between FS Investments and KKR Credit Advisors, LLC, announced on June 3, 2019, a definitive agreement to merge four non-traded BDCs under its advisement: FS Investment Corporation II (“FSIC II”), FS Investment Corporation III…
Accessing Direct Lending with Interval Funds
While interval funds have been around for many years, their popularity did not begin to grow until more recently. The flexibility in investment options has drawn interest from investors who crave access to the alternative space but do not want to be limited to the stricter investment…
How Co-working, Labor Costs, and M&A May Impact Real Estate Investing
Ethereal drivers like the government and politics seem to have a stranglehold on the media optics of real estate investing: the polarization of D.C., while creating volatility and opportunity, continue to drive eyes and form sentiment…
The Evolving State of the Retail Sector
The retail sector has suffered adverse headlines during the current economic expansion, but a closer examination of brick-and-mortar retailing shows the present and future are bright. The pressure from online retailers…
Which sponsor of two nontraded REIT programs ranked second in sales among reporting sponsors for the month of April?
Answer: Black Creek Group reported sales for Black Creek Industrial REIT IV and Black Creek Diversified Property Fund of $45.9 million, ranking the sponsor second behind Blackstone for April. YTD in 2019, the two REITs have raised a combined total of $188.1 million.
April NTR Sales Climb, Expected to Exceed $910 Million
Reporting nontraded REITs booked capital raise of $910.7 million in April, up 16% from the $786.4 million total for March and up 121% from the $412.6 million monthly average for the same NTRs in Q4 2018. Blackstone REIT saw capital raise increase in April by 23.7%, but…
What happens when a REIT formed to sell properties starts buying instead?
Highlands REIT, a little Chicago real estate company, was made to go out of business. Some of its investors are irked that it still hasn’t…
Q1 2019 “Vault View” NTR and BDC Webinar
Q1 2019 “Vault View” NTR and BDC Webinar The Q1 2019 NTR and BDC “Vault View” webinar will take place on Tuesday, June 18, 2019, at 2:00 pm EDT. BV will give an up-to-date industry overview of Q1 2019 REIT and BDC performance and take your...











