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Messing With The Magic: Why DFW Might Not Outperform This Cycle
The end of 2007 was a tense time for commercial real estate. The subprime mortgage crisis had spread worldwide, the lending market had dried up, and the Federal Reserve began to cut interest rates in a bid to stop turmoil in the housing and financial markets from tanking the economy…
US Hotel Occupancy, RevPAR Tick Down in Week Ended July 29
US hotel performance showed mixed results during the week ended July 29, STR reported, citing the latest data from CoStar, which provides information and analytics in the property markets. Occupancy slightly dropped to 72.2% from 72.9% a week earlier and was up 0.6% from the comparable week in 2022.
Explainer: Moody’s latest views on the US government: The last triple-A standing
Moody’s remains the last of the three major credit rating agencies to maintain a top rating for the United States, after Fitch cut the sovereign rating earlier this week and Standard & Poor’s lowered it in 2011…
U.S. Industrial Leasing Down A ‘Staggering’ 47% From Last Year: JLL
The industrial sector is still delivering a wave of development across the country that started during the pandemic-era boom, but new data shows demand is not keeping up with the pace of new supply….
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What has been the average realized IRR across 338 realized investments as of December 31, 2020, for Prospect Capital Management’s investments?
What has been the average realized IRR across 338 realized investments as of December 31, 2020, for Prospect Capital Management’s investments? Answer: Prospect Capital...
Phillips Edison Acquires Hickory Creek Plaza in Denton, Texas
Phillips Edison Acquires Hickory Creek Plaza in Denton, Texas March 24, 2021 DENTON, Texas – March 24, 2021 – Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (“PECO”), an...
Ending 1031s hurts land conservation, farmers
Ending 1031s hurts land conservation, farmers We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. —Native American proverb March 23, 2021 |...
Dr. Randy Anderson Speaks to the Benefits of Alternative Investments at the Forbes Shook Virtual Top Advisor Summit
Dr. Randy Anderson Speaks to the Benefits of Alternative Investments at the Forbes Shook Virtual Top Advisor Summit March 25, 2021 EL SEGUNDO, California (March 25, 2021) –...
What Public Markets Are Saying About the Value of Real Estate
What Public Markets Are Saying About the Value of Real Estate March 21, 2021 | Kyle Hagerty | Propmodo For better or for worse, much of the world of commercial real estate...
The High Price of Opportunity Zones
The High Price of Opportunity Zones A new study sheds light on the ineffectiveness of the program March 10, 2021 | Andrew J. Nelson | Propmodo In the current political...
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Colony NorthStar to Merge Two NTRs and Selected Colony NorthStar Assets to Create Listed REIT
Colony NorthStar to Merge Two NTRs and Selected Colony NorthStar Assets to Create Listed REIT August 28, 2017 | James Sprow | Blue Vault Colony NorthStar Inc., NorthStar Real Estate Income Trust Inc. and NorthStar Real Estate Income II Inc. have entered into a...
Have You Been Tracking Sales Lately?
If you’ve been following sales trends in alternative investments, you’ve likely noticed that sales are down. After reporting sales of $350.9 million in June, nontraded REIT (NTR) sponsors’ monthly total for July fell to $245.8 million – a difference of 30%.
Business Development Companies (BDCs), nonlisted Interval Funds, and nonlisted Closed-End Funds were also down in the month of July. Private Placement sales declined as well, albeit only by a very modest -0.7%.
The MOB Cure: CBRE Report
The MOB Cure: CBRE Report August 24, 2017 | Scott Baltic | Commercial Property Executive With “U.S. Medical Office Buildings: A Cure for Market Volatility,” CBRE has presented its first-ever report on the U.S. medical office market, a nearly 60-page in-depth...
Cap Rates: The Story’s In The Details
Cap Rates: The Story’s In The Details August 24, 2017 | Paul Bubny | GlobeSt.com LOS ANGELES—The cap rate story for the first half of this year is in the details, rather than overarching trends. And that’s expected to be the case as well when transactions in the...
The 7 Secrets of Content Marketing
The 7 Secrets of Content Marketing August 23, 2017 | Megan Carpenter | Investment News Here’s something that happens to me a lot: I finally convince an adviser to try content marketing. Then I have to talk them down off the ledge once they realize the whole...










