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Austin: Cottonwood Group Backs BillionToOne Expansion with $105M Construction Loan
Upon completion, the facility is projected to support up to 1,000 new jobs in the region.
CIM Real Assets & Credit Fund Announces Monthly Dividends
Based on current estimates, the Fund expects a portion of the distributions to be a return of capital.
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Cantor Fitzgerald and Silverstein Properties Announce Joint Venture with Turnbull Development, LLC for Opportunity Zone Development in Summerville, SC
Cantor Fitzgerald Affiliates of Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P., (“Cantor Fitzgerald”), a leading global financial services firm and real assets investment company, and Silverstein...
Blue Vault’s Performance Page Update: Interval Funds, Tender Offer Funds, and Nontraded LLCs
These Interval Fund, Tender Offer Fund, and Nontraded LLC Individual Performance Pages (IPPs) are now available for Blue Vault members to view on the Blue Vault website....
Inland Delivers 1.75 Equity Multiple with a Suburban Chicago Retail Sale
The Inland Real Estate Group Inland Private Capital Corporation (“IPC”), an industry leading real estate investment manager, today announced the sale of a retail property...
Durable Assets with Brad Watt, Founder and CEO Petra Capital Properties
Brad Watt talks about how investors are looking for durable assets in this webinar...
1031’s with Brad Watt, Founder and CEO Petra Capital Properties
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Bluerock High Income Institutional Credit Fund Announces Q3 2024 Distribution at a 14.4% Annualized Rate
Bluerock High Income Institutional Credit Fund Bluerock High Income Institutional Credit Fund (the “Fund” or the “High Income Fund” tickers: IIMAX,...
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What Government Can and Cannot Do to Make Housing “Affordable”
The U.S. has a “housing shortage” and a popular part of that theme today is an “affordable housing” shortage. Honest economists would have to question that conclusion…
Blackstone NAV REIT Performance Outshines Cash Flow Concerns
Despite indications that Blackstone’s nontraded real estate investment trust (NAV REIT) has struggled to deliver on redemptions, the diversified fund has shown “consistently better” total returns than its peers, proving its post-pandemic staying power, Blue Vault researchers say. As more second-quarter data become available, we’re finding that Blackstone’s Real Estate Income Trust has outperformed or held steady against many of the other large NAV REITs it competes with, said Blue Vault Senior VP James Sprow on Blue Vault’s July 26 webinar, A Deeper Look at Blackstone. Sprow said this is due to several factors, including: Limited office sector exposure, a consistently positive risk-vs-return profile, and a 0.69% rise in NAV in Q2 2023 — the largest Q2 2023 rise in NAV among nontraded REITs…
IRS Extends Relief to 2023 for SECURE Act Era Designated Beneficiaries
The Internal Revenue Service recently issued Notice 2023-54, in which they waived the excise tax on 2023 required minimum distribution failures committed by designated beneficiaries. This extends the waiver already provided for 2021 and 2022 under Notice 2022-53….
Private equity fundraising down 35% in Q2, Preqin says
Private equity funds worldwide had a difficult time on the fundraising trail in the second quarter, raising a combined $106.7 billion, down from $164.4 billion in the prior quarter and also down from $165.3 billion in the year-earlier quarter, according to a just-released Preqin report….
REITs: What’s Ahead for the Second Half of 2023
As we look ahead to the second half of 2023, the economic and commercial real estate (CRE) environment will continue to be shaped by global central banks’ fight against inflationary pressures that have been more persistent than expected….









