On May 7, 2018, Donna Brandin, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Lightstone Group announced that she will be leaving Lightstone during the final year of her employment contract to pursue other opportunities.

On May 7, Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT, Inc. announced its acquisition of the Shaw Distribution Center - Northport Building C located in Savannah, Georgia for $56.5 million.

In an 8-K filed May 8, Resource Income Opportunity REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) terminated its offering of up to $1.1 billion in shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, to be sold pursuant to its public primary offering and distribution reinvestment plan.

On May 4, 2018, Bay Area Regional Medical Center, LLC ("Bay Area"), a tenant of Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT, Inc. (“the Company”) announced in a press release that it is closing its operations on May 10, 2018, and filing for bankruptcy in the near term.

Black Creek Group, a Denver-based real estate investment management firm with approximately $7.9 billion in US assets under management, announced the appointment of Raj Dhanda as its first chief executive officer.

Strategic Student & Senior Housing Trust Inc., a publicly registered non-traded real estate investment trust sponsored by SmartStop Asset Management LLC, announced that its initial public offering of approximately $1.1 billion in shares of common stock was declared effective by the SEC on May 1, 2018.

On May 1, 2018, Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust entered into an Amended and Restated Dealer Manager Agreement with Blackstone Advisory Partner L.P. (its Dealer Manager) that provides for...

On April 30, 2018, Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT determined that it had reached its limit on share redemptions, and that it will not be able to fully process all repurchase requests for the month of April 2018. 

On April 30, 2018, American Finance Trust commenced a self-tender offer for up to 1 million shares in response to other potential bidders, including most recently MacKenzie Capital Management.