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Carron Schmick: Evaluating Alts for Your Practice
In this Blue Vault Minute, Carron Schmick walks through some of the metrics her firm uses to evaluate asset managers.
Which nontraded REITs had the top five distribution yields for REITs with closed offerings as of March 31, 2023?
Which nontraded REITs had the top five distribution yields for REITs with closed offerings as of...
West Coast Cities Slam Brakes on Housing Production Amid Worsening Crisis
Up and down the West Coast apartment construction sites are falling quiet despite high demand in a worsening housing shortage. Fewer multifamily projects have broken ground this year from Seattle to San Diego in one of the slowest starts to apartment construction in a decade. In San Jose, no apartments have broken ground after more than 7,000 started construction last year. In Seattle, 3,433 apartments started building in the first six months, a drop of nearly 60% from the same time last year.
Public Storage to acquire Simply Self Storage for $2.2 billion
Self-storage operator Public Storage (PSA.N) said on Monday it has entered a deal to buy Simply Self Storage from Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT) for $2.2 billion, as it looks to expand its market presence. Demand for storage space has waned from the heights of the pandemic, as people return to offices, and some analysts expect more consolidation in the sector….
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Hartman Short Term Income Properties XX Reduces Distribution, Updates NAV
Hartman Short Term Income Properties XX Reduces Distribution, Updates NAV February 1, 2021 | James Sprow | Blue Vault On January 26, 2021, the board of directors of Hartman...
InPoint Commercial Real Estate Income Declares Q1 2021 Distributions
James Sprow | Blue Vault | The Board of Directors of InPoint Commercial Real Estate Income, Inc. has authorized distributions to stockholders of record on the dates set...
Skilled Nursing Investors Hold On, Despite Pandemic
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The 401(k) of real estate: the 1031 like-kind exchange
Dan Wagner | Atlanta Agent Magazine | There is a misconception that Internal Revenue Code Section 1031 like-kind-exchanges are a tool for the rich to dodge real-estate...
KBS Growth & Income REIT to Delay Liquidation
KBS Growth & Income REIT to Delay Liquidation January 28, 2021 In a letter to shareholders filed with the SEC in a January 27, 2021, 8-K, the board of directors of KBS...
Hines Global REIT’s Sale of The Rim for $220 Million
Hines Global REIT’s Sale of The Rim for $220 Million January 28, 2021 | James Sprow | Blue Vault A North Carolina real estate firm has entered an agreement to purchase...
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Carey Financial Closing Its Doors
Carey Financial Closing Its Doors June 16, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault W. P. Carey Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors approved its plan to end all nontraded REIT fundraising to concentrate on net lease investing. The Company sees the move as...
Advisors’ Perspectives: What are the Cons to Alternatives?
Advisors’ Perspectives: What are the Cons to Alternatives? June 16, 2017 | by Beth Glavosek | Blue Vault We’ve been looking at the pros and cons of nontraded REITs and other alternative investments from advisors’ viewpoints. We heard from several independent Broker...
Which nontraded REIT recently changed its name to Black Creek Industrial REIT IV?
Which nontraded REIT recently changed its name to Black Creek Industrial REIT IV? Answer: Industrial Logistics Realty Trust, Inc. Learn more about Dividend Capital, the sponsor for this fund, on our Sponsor Focus page. Click...
Tax reform is noble goal—but hands off like-kind exchanges
Tax reform is noble goal—but hands off like-kind exchanges June 9, 2017 | by DAN WAGNER | Chicago Business Rarely do the interests of small businesses owners, multi-generational family farmers and a broad range of local entrepreneurs agree with almost a century of...
DOL fiduciary rule: When advisers actively seek to use BICE
DOL fiduciary rule: When advisers actively seek to use BICE Many advisers are embracing an exemption they’ve frequently derided, even though a less-contentious one is available for annuity sales June 14, 2017 | by Greg Iacurci | InvestmentNews.com To opponents...
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