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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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Clip: Future of Alternative Investments
Clip: Future of Alternative Investments What does the future of alternative investments look like for the next 5-10 years? Find out in this clip from our Inside the...
Blackstone Real Estate Buying Simply Self Storage in $1.2B Deal with Brookfield
Blackstone Real Estate Buying Simply Self Storage in $1.2B Deal with Brookfield October 26, 2020 | James Sprow | Blue Vault The Blackstone Group Inc.’s Blackstone Real...
Clip: Why Do Advisors Use Alternative Investments?
Clip: Why Do Advisors Use Alternative Investments? In this clip from our Inside the V(ALT) podcast featuring Amit Khanna of Pershing, LLC, he and Stacy Chitty discuss the...
NMHC Rent Payment Tracker Finds 90.6 Percent of Apartment Households Paid Rent as of October 20
NMHC Rent Payment Tracker Finds 90.6 Percent of Apartment Households Paid Rent as of October 20 October 23, 2020 | National Multifamily Housing Council The National...
Clip: Alternative Investment Platform Advancements
Clip: Alternative Investment Platform Advancements In this clip from our Inside the V(ALT) podcast featuring Amit Khanna, he and Stacy Chitty cover Pershing, LLC’s...
US Hotel Occupancy Stays at 50% in Week Ended October 17 – STR
US Hotel Occupancy Stays at 50% in Week Ended October 17 – STR October 23, 2020 | S&P Global Market Intelligence U.S. hotel occupancy in the week ended Oct. 17 remained...
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REITs Stumble After S&P Debut
REITs Stumble After S&P Debut January 13, 2017 | By Beth Mattson-Teig | National Real Estate Investor REITs landed in a spotlight of their own last fall when they officially stepped out of the shadow of financials to headline their own real estate sector on the...
Interval Funds and Nontraded Closed-End Funds: Defined and Demystified
Although still not as widely used in the financial services sector as nontraded REITs, BDCs and mutual funds; interval funds and nontraded closed-end funds are growing quickly. Why are they gaining popularity? Perhaps if we define and differentiate these fund types, we can better understand the answer to that question.
Which nontraded REIT program is currently raising funds through wire houses and broke escrow with approximately $279 million in net proceeds from its continuous public offering?
Which nontraded REIT program is currently raising funds through wire houses and broke escrow with approximately $279 million in net proceeds from its continuous public offering? Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. announced that the offering had raised...
Registration is now open for the 3rd Annual Blue Vault Broker Dealer Educational Summit 2017.
The Blue Vault Broker Dealer Educational Summit is an invitation only event. Registration is open to all Sponsors and Broker Dealers who received an invitation. Registration closes February 15th. Click here to register...
SmartStop Asset Management Touts 2016 Successes
SmartStop Asset Management Touts 2016 Successes January 16, 2017 | By James Sprow | Blue Vault In a January 13, 2017 press release, SmartStop Asset Management, LLC (SmartStop), a diversified real estate company, said it is celebrating an unprecedented year of...











