Blue Vault
About the Company
Blue Vault provides its subscribers with the factual performance metrics, from beginning to end, needed to make better informed decisions concerning nontraded REITs, BDCs, and Closed-End Funds, Interval Funds and Private Offerings. Knowledge is power, in this case, the power to be completely informed before deciding on which alternative investments to use and the power to protect your practice from misleading sales and marketing tactics. Don’t be partially informed ever again. Utilize our expertise and solid research data services to know the facts.
“Blue Vault’s mission is to conduct and provide reliable and thorough nontraded REIT and BDC performance-based research. Our top priority is helping keep you informed. Our commitment to you is transparency and education.”
Founded
2009
Founders
Stacy Chitty
Vee Kimbrell
Management Team
Stacy Chitty: Managing Partner
Jim Sprow: Senior Vice President, Research
Betsy Ricks: Vice President, Business Development
News, Announcements, and More…
Prologis Explains Why Today’s Supply Chains Require More Logistics Space
In today’s world, 57% more logistics real estate is required to support $1 billion in retail sales than a decade ago, a new analysis by Prologis has found. Ten years ago, 500,000 SF would have been sufficient to do the job. Today, 800,000 SF is needed. “Today, these supply chains amount to 1.2 billion SF and support $1.4 trillion in retail sales (on 2022 dollars basis),” Prologis reported. This has happened despite automation and data analytics advancements, to create what it calls “the supply chain productivity paradox….”
Why Real Estate Investors Like the Self-Storage Industry
There are many reasons why the self-storage sector attracts real estate investors. For one, it is recession-resistant with predictable revenue. Also, customers for self-storage units are typically paying a relatively low rent, as opposed to single-tenant real estate such as retail or office buildings where occupants are on the hook for a bigger check each month which can carry more risk…
Prologis Looks at Four Global Trends Impacting Logistics
Logistics giant Prologis has been looking at the forces affecting logistics real estate and points to four areas that will have the biggest impact. First is a fall in volatility “because of the multiplier effect on demand and structural discipline in supply.” One is a “multiplier effect on demand.” More economic activity is now tied up in logistics. Each unit of growth now needs 20% more additional logistics then before the pandemic.
Strategic Partnerships
SmartStop Asset Management
CIM Group
Services
Data
Education
Consulting
