Starwood Expands Platform; Registers Nontraded REIT October 19, 2017 | James Sprow | Blue Vault Starwood Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. Files for Proposed Initial Public Offering Starwood Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. ("Starwood REIT") on October 18 announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange…

REIT-Stock Correlations by Property Type: A Sharp Decline October 18, 2017 | Brad Case | REIT.com The correlation between REITs and the broad stock market has always been relatively low, because REIT returns are driven by the real estate market cycle whereas returns for most other equities are driven by the much shorter business cycle. …

Starwood Enters Nontraded REIT Space, Following Blackstone’s Lead October 19, 2017 | James Sprow | Blue Vault With the filing of an S-11 for Starwood Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. on October 17, Starwood Capital enters the Nontraded REIT space in a big way, offering up to $4 billion in four classes of common stock…

House Overwhelmingly Passes Bill to Allow Reporting Companies to Use Reg A+ September 13, 2017 | DuaneMorris.com HR 2864, the “Improving Access to Capital Act,” passed the US House of Representatives on September 5, 2017 with a lopsided bipartisan vote of 403-3. The short bill directs the SEC to permit full Securities Exchange Act reporting…

CNL Growth Properties Full-Cycle Results Impressive, But Hardly 80%, as written by DI Wire October 19, 2017 | James Sprow | Blue Vault A recent article in the DI Wire was headlined “CNL Growth Completes Liquidation with 80% Total Return to Early Investors.” While it is true that shareholders who invested in CNL Growth Property…

Office Landlords Discover the Consumer October 11, 2017 | Konrad Putzier | The Real Deal The office market has seen plenty of innovation in recent decades, from the rise of real estate investment trusts to online databases like CoStar. But landlords have made little progress in one arena: using new technologies to appeal to tenants.…

Treasuries Push Down Net Lease Cap Rates October 4, 2017 | Brian J. Rogal | GlobeSt.com CHICAGO—Cap rates in the net lease market sank to historic lows at various points in the past few years, but after a relatively short period of stability, investors eager to snap up these properties have pushed rates down again.…

KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT Proposes Continuous Offerings and NAV REIT Conversion October 17, 2017 | James Sprow | Blue Vault KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT Inc. plans to convert to a non-listed perpetual-life net-asset-value real estate investment trust and is proposing to remove Section 5.11 from its charter. The company said the proposed NAV REIT conversion…

Alternative & Direct Investment Securities Association to Welcome 1,000 Attendees to its 2017 Annual Conference Three-day conference includes more than 40 educational sessions on trending topics, investment products, legislative and regulatory updates and more What:   ADISA 2017 Annual Conference & Trade Show When:   October 23 – 25, 2017 Where:   ARIA Resort & Casino – Las Vegas Program Notes: …