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KBS Eyes Raising $105Mln for Private REIT

Friday, 04 September 2015 Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report KBS Realty Advisors, an investment manager with a substantial presence in the non-traded REIT business, is aiming to raise $105 million for KBS Growth & Income REIT Inc. The Newport Beach,...

Downtown SJ Towers to Ssell in $150 Million Deal

Nathan Donato-Weinstein Real Estate Reporter Silicon Valley Business Journal Sep 4, 2015, 6:21pm PDT Updated Sep 8, 2015, 3:10pm PDT INDUSTRIES & TAGS Banking & Financial Services, Commercial Real Estate   Three of Downtown San Jose’s highest...

Capitalization Rates Defined – Part I

REIT investors may have seen the term “capitalization rate” used in discussions of individual real estate property acquisitions and valuations and even in the broader market context when comparing investor expectations and property portfolio values. In this article we explain what capitalization rates or “cap rates” are and what they aren’t, and how nontraded REIT investors might interpret them. Investors expect both a return on their investment and a return of their investment. Both types of returns involve risk. Rational investors realize that higher expected returns involve more risk, which may mean less predictable returns or greater chance of loss.

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