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California Self Storage Operator Vaults to Fifth Largest Player in Canada
California-based SmartStop Self Storage REIT is expanding in Canada’s largest city, adding eight facilities in the greater Toronto area for $CA300 million…
SmartStop Adds Eight Self-Storage Facilities in the Greater Toronto Area for Approximately CAD $300 Million
SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (“SmartStop” or the “Company”), a self-managed and fully integrated self-storage company, announced today that its affiliates, Strategic Storage Trust VI, Inc. and Strategic Growth Trust III, Inc…
How Cash Ratios Are Trending for NTRs
A recent article on S&P Capital IQ stated that the cash ratios of non-investment grade-rated companies were “squeezed further” in the first quarter of 2023. The article used the median measure of cash and equivalents as a share of total liabilities of companies rated…
ExchangeRight Successfully Completes 32nd Full-Cycle Event, with Annualized Returns Ranging 8.25%–9.75%
ExchangeRight, one of the nation’s leading providers of diversified real estate DST and REIT investments, has announced the successful completion of its Net-Leased Preferred Equity Fund 3 (“NLPEF 3”), a fund that consistently generated 8.25%–9.75% annualized returns to investors throughout the offering’s six-year lifespan. The liquidation of NLPEF 3 marked the 32nd successful full-cycle event ExchangeRight has executed on behalf of investors out of a total 87 offerings created…
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The State of the Self-Storage Market, Fall 2020
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Healthcare Trust Revises Advisory Agreement
Healthcare Trust Revises Advisory Agreement February 21, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault On February 17, 2017, Healthcare Trust, Inc. (the “Company’) entered into the Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement with Healthcare Trust Operating Partnership, L.P....
Dividend Capital Diversified Property Fund Hosts a Portfolio Update Webinar
Dividend Capital Diversified Property Fund Hosts a Portfolio Update Webinar February 17, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault Dividend Capital Diversified Property Fund Inc., a public reporting daily NAV REIT will host a public call and webinar on Wednesday, March 15,...
Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT II, Inc. Announces Appointment of Lightstone as New Advisor
Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT II, Inc. Announces Appointment of Lightstone as New Advisor February 17, 2017 09:30 AM Eastern Standard Time | BusinessWire NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT II, Inc. (“OPREIT II” or the...
SmartStop Asset Management to Form Joint Venture with SmartREIT Focusing on Canada Self-Storage
SmartStop Asset Management to Form Joint Venture with SmartREIT Focusing on Canada Self-Storage February 17, 2017 | Inside Self-Storage SmartStop Asset Management LLC, a diversified real estate company that manages 103 self-storage facilities in Canada and the United...
Capitalization Rates Recapped in Today’s Market Environment
Capitalization Rates Recapped in Today’s Market Environment In an Insights article on the Blue Vault website in September, 2015, we defined capitalization rates and explained how they relate to values at the property level and the portfolio level. Real estate...











