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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…
Real Estate Cap Rates and the Slow Wheels of Progress
Differences in cap rates capture the divergence that occurred between U.S. public and private real estate markets in 2022, with public real estate cap rates (REIT implied) higher than their private real estate counterparts (transaction and appraisal). As expected, the gaps between REIT implied…
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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...
Leitbox Storage Fund – Properly Positioned, Perfectly Timed
Leitbox Storage Fund – Properly Positioned, Perfectly Timed October 26, 2020 | James Sprow | Blue Vault Blue Vault recently spoke with the team at Leitbox Portfolio Partners...
Feast or Famine: Pandemic changes recipe for restaurant real estate
Feast or Famine: Pandemic Changes Recipe for Restaurant Real Estate October 22, 2020 | Tom Yeatts and Michael O’Connor | S&P Global Market Intelligence The spate...
The Majority of Companies Will Keep Remote Work Policies
The Majority of Companies Will Keep Remote Work Policies Following the pandemic, 64% of companies plan to increase remote work policies and 32% of companies will decrease...
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December 2016 Alternative Investment Sales
December 2016 Alternative Investment Sales January 13, 2017 | Blue Vault Blue Vault has compiled sales data on nontraded alternative investments for the month of December, 2016. Sales for all categories of alternative investments came in at $684.8 million...
Nontraded REIT Industry Review – LifeStage™ Summary
Nontraded REIT Industry Review – LifeStage™ Summary January 12, 2017 | by Laurie Brescia | Blue Vault In each quarter’s Nontraded REIT Industry Review you will find… a host of Nontraded REIT Industry data and charts preceding the individual REIT...
Several REITs are paying the trailing stockholder servicing fees associated with Class T shares from REIT funds rather than as deductions from Class T distributions. Can you name one of the current offerings which includes this payment?
Several REITs are paying the trailing stockholder servicing fees associated with Class T shares from REIT funds rather than as deductions from Class T distributions. Can you name one of the current offerings which includes this payment? Griffin-American Healthcare...
Strategic Storage Trust II, Inc. Purchases 400-Unit Self Storage Facility in Colorado
Strategic Storage Trust II, Inc. Purchases 400-Unit Self Storage Facility in Colorado January 12, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault Strategic Storage Trust II, Inc. (SST II)—which is sponsored by SmartStop Asset Management, LLC—recently purchased a self storage...
InvenTrust Snaps Up $73M Retail Asset in San Diego Metro
InvenTrust Snaps Up $73M Retail Asset in San Diego Metro January 11, 2017 | Evelina Croitoru | Commercial Property Executive The company purchased a 144,000-square-foot shopping center that is home to highly ranked tenants like CVS, Bank of America and Starbucks,...











