Supply and demand are still heavily weighted in the landlord’s favor and there’s very little speculative construction in the pipeline, so the decreasing medical-office rents the San Diego market saw in Q3 are likely just a temporary stall, Travis Ives, senior director of the healthcare practice group at Cushman & Wakefield, tells GlobeSt.com.

The apartment market led the way among commercial property markets in the third quarter, as robust demand pushed down the national vacancy rate and supported rent growth.

On November 9, 2017, Steadfast Apartment REIT III, Inc. (the “Company”) announced it had appointed Kevin J. Keating as Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

On November 9, 2017, New York REIT, Inc. (“NYRT”) announced a cash liquidating distribution of $2.07 per share to be paid on November 28, 2017 to shareholders of record as of November 20, 2017.

On November 8, 2017, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, Inc. (“KBS”), through 11 wholly owned subsidiaries, sold 11 of its properties to various subsidiaries of Keppel-KBS US REIT, a newly formed Singapore real estate investment trust that was listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange.

KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III ("KBS REIT III"), a non-traded real estate investment trust announced November 7 that it has closed on the largest financing facility in KBS' history.

The Federal Reserve declined to raise interest rates at its policy meeting this week and said the late-summer hurricanes likely will not have much longer-term impact on overall economic activity.

On November 8, 2017, Brian Block, former CFO of American Realty Capital Partners, received a sentence of 18 months in federal prison for overstating the company’s financial results.

Pathway Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. announced on November 7, 2017 that it has converted to a continuously offered, closed-end interval fun structure and expanded its investment focus.