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Navigating the Retail Financing Landscape: Peachtree Group’s CEO Weighs In
…Peachtree has recently expanded its investment strategy to other asset classes, transitioning from Peachtree Hotel Group to Peachtree Group.
Prologis Explains Why Today’s Supply Chains Require More Logistics Space
In today’s world, 57% more logistics real estate is required to support $1 billion in retail sales than a decade ago, a new analysis by Prologis has found. Ten years ago, 500,000 SF would have been sufficient to do the job. Today, 800,000 SF is needed. “Today, these supply chains amount to 1.2 billion SF and support $1.4 trillion in retail sales (on 2022 dollars basis),” Prologis reported. This has happened despite automation and data analytics advancements, to create what it calls “the supply chain productivity paradox….”
Why Real Estate Investors Like the Self-Storage Industry
There are many reasons why the self-storage sector attracts real estate investors. For one, it is recession-resistant with predictable revenue. Also, customers for self-storage units are typically paying a relatively low rent, as opposed to single-tenant real estate such as retail or office buildings where occupants are on the hook for a bigger check each month which can carry more risk…
Prologis Looks at Four Global Trends Impacting Logistics
Logistics giant Prologis has been looking at the forces affecting logistics real estate and points to four areas that will have the biggest impact. First is a fall in volatility “because of the multiplier effect on demand and structural discipline in supply.” One is a “multiplier effect on demand.” More economic activity is now tied up in logistics. Each unit of growth now needs 20% more additional logistics then before the pandemic.
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Why private equity wants a piece of the RIA market
Several factors, including consolidation in the independent advice industry and PE’s own growing mountain of cash, are fueling the zeal to invest
Corporate Capital Trust II to Suspend Offering, May Change Advisor
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Lightstone Value Plus REIT V Announces $7.98 NAV Per Share
The board of directors of Lightstone Value Plus Real Estate Investment Trust V Inc., (formerly Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT II, Inc.) a publicly registered non-traded REIT, determined and approved an estimated net asset value per share of $7.98 for the company’s common stock, as of September 30, 2017.
Which new interval fund recently filed a $1 billion offering to invest in real estate and CRE debt?
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