Cantor Fitzgerald LP is launching its second non-traded REIT, Rodin Income Trust that aims to raise up to $1.25 billion to originate, acquire and manage a diversified portfolio of CRE investments inside and outside of the U.S. The REIT will invest in mortgage loans, preferred equity and mezzanine loans, real estate securities, and/or investment properties.

Griffin Capital Company, LLC announced on December 4 that their sponsored nontraded REIT program Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT, Inc. completed the acquisition of the LPL Financial Carolinas Corporate Campus at a purchase price of $130 million.

Griffin Capital Company, LLC (“Griffin Capital”) announced today on behalf of Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT, Inc. (the “REIT”), the acquisition of the LPL Financial Carolinas Corporate Campus (the “Property”) at a purchase price of $130 million.

The U.S. Department of Labor has delayed the effective date of three major sets of DOL fiduciary rule compliance regulations by 18 months, but, actually, the rule is still there, like a dragon stuffed in a trunk.

For decades, one of the biggest markers of prestige for a business was its property: an imposing, large-scale office building was the sign of a truly successful company.

Topics included the disruption in the retail real estate sector, fears surrounding the current long economic expansion and top markets and asset classes to look to for the future.

Builders are sinking record sums into the space because of e-commerce—and robots.