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ExchangeRight’s Essential Income REIT Outperforms Again According to Latest Blue Vault Non-Traded REIT Report
ExchangeRight’s Essential Income REIT was the only nontraded REIT in its comparison class that experienced an increase in NAV per share every quarter from Q1 2024 to Q4 2024, according to Blue Vault’s Q3 2024 NTR Report.
Five Questions with Erin Botsford: Allocating to Alts
“Clients not only need to be interested in exploring alts, but they also need the capital to cover it without hounding you or worrying that the investment is suddenly too risky.” — Erin Botsford
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Blue Vault Publishes 7th Edition Nontraded REIT Full-Cycle Performance Study
Blue Vault Publishes 7th Edition Nontraded REIT Full-Cycle Performance Study December 7, 2022 | James Sprow | Blue Vault The 7th Edition Nontraded REIT Full-Cycle...
Blue Vault Nontraded REIT Full-Cycle Performance Study, 7th Edition: Executive Summary
Blue Vault Nontraded REIT Full-Cycle Performance Study, 7th Edition: Executive Summary December 7, 2022 | James Sprow | Blue Vault Between April 1997 and August 2022, 84...
Newbridge Selects Altigo for Enterprise Alts Solution
Newbridge Selects Altigo for Enterprise Alts Solution December 7, 2022 | Altigo Newbridge Securities Corporation (“Newbridge”), a full-service brokerage and investment...
Are Starwood REIT Share Repurchases Trending Upward Like BREIT?
Are Starwood REIT Share Repurchases Trending Upward Like BREIT? December 7, 2022 | James Sprow | Blue Vault In a recent article, we reported that Blackstone Real Estate...
Donovan Ventures Selects Alternative Investment Exchange (AIX)
Donovan Ventures Selects Alternative Investment Exchange (AIX) to Power its Oil & Gas Private Equity Investment Offering December 1, 2022 | Alternative Investment...
VICI Properties Inc. to Acquire Remaining 49.9% Interest in MGM Grand Las Vegas and Mandalay Bay Joint Venture from Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.
VICI Properties Inc. to Acquire Remaining 49.9% Interest in MGM Grand Las Vegas and Mandalay Bay Joint Venture from Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. December 1,...
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Lightstone Value Plus REIT Announces New NAV and Charter Amendment Approval
On December 11, 2017, the board of directors determined and approved an estimated NAV of approximately $296.9 million and resulting estimated NAV per Share of $11.69, after allocations of value to special general partner interests, or SLP Units, in the Operating Partnership, held by Lightstone SLP, LLC, an affiliate of the REIT’s Advisor, assuming a liquidation event, both as of September 30, 2017.
Which nontraded REIT program consummated the sale of a portfolio of 10 properties to complete the liquidation of its portfolio, resulting in a final cash distribution to shareholders of $0.55 per share, on or around December 20, 2017?
Answer: Industrial Income Trust, Inc., which merged with an affiliate of Global Logistics Properties Limited on November 4, 2015.
KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT Announces NAV and $3.61 Special Dividend
KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT Announces NAV and $3.61 Special Dividend December 12, 2017 | James Sprow | Blue Vault On December 7, 2017, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT’s board of directors approved an estimated value per share of the Company’s common stock of $11.50...
Loan extension amid holiday season gives Sears financial breathing room
Sears Holdings gained some breathing room amid the critical holiday shopping season with a pair of deals the struggling Hoffman Estates-based retailer said will give it more financial flexibility.
DCT CEO Says Almost All Tenants Working on E-Commerce Fulfillment
DCT CEO Says Almost All Tenants Working on E-Commerce Fulfillment December 12, 2017 | Sarah Borchersen-Keto | Nareit Philip Hawkins, president and CEO of DCT Industrial Trust, joined Nareit for a video interview at REITworld 2017. DCT specializes in the ownership,...
Fed Raises Rates, Eyes Three 2018 Hikes as Yellen Era Nears End
Federal Reserve officials followed through on an expected interest-rate increase and raised their forecast for economic growth in 2018, even as they stuck with a projection for three hikes in the coming year.
Which nontraded REIT program had a stock-distribution adjusted sum of cash distributions paid to common shareholders who invested in 2010 of $18.21 per share as of the full-cycle date of October 24, 2017.
Answer: CNL Growth Properties, Inc., which declared a final liquidating distribution of $5.35 to stockholders as of October 17, 2017, to be paid on or around October 24, 2017.
Blue Vault November “Sales Stack” All Alternative Investment Sales
Sales by nontraded REITs were up 8.8% in November compared to October. November sales for IF and CEF funds that were reported to Blue Vault totaled $146.3 million, down 13.2% from the $168.6 million reported in October.
LPL retains $1.6B Zuk Financial Group
Zuk Financial Group, a Lake Forest, Calif.-based hybrid that oversaw $1.6 billion in client assets while affiliated with National Planning Corp., has decided to remain with that firm’s new owner, LPL Financial.
FS Investments and EIG Global Energy Partners to Form Partnership to Manage $4 Billion FS Energy and Power Fund
FS Investments, a leading alternative investment manager with more than $20 billion in assets under management, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to create a joint venture with EIG Global Energy Partners (EIG), a global alternative investment firm focused on energy and energy-related infrastructure.










