Apt. Markets See Stability Amid Growth Slowdown August 3, 2017 | Paul Bubny | GlobeSt.com SANTA BARBARA, CA—An average monthly rent increase so small it barely registers as a fraction of 1%? In the long term, the moderation of growth is actually a positive, according to Yardi Matrix, which cites broad-based stability across the US…

Sentio Healthcare Properties Completes Merger at $14.65 Per Share September 1, 2017 | James Sprow | Blue Vault Sentio Healthcare Properties Inc. completed its merger with Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors affiliates on Aug. 31. The merger consideration was $14.65 per Sentio common share, along with one “Contingent Value Right” as defined in the merger…

Can an Income Property Rescue Your Retirement? August 29, 2017 | Rebecca Lake | U.S. News & World Report Stocks are soaring but for many investors, real estate is king. Twenty-eight percent of investors say real estate is the best place to invest money they won’t need for the next 10 years, according to Bankrate. Stocks came…

KBS REIT II Recommends Rejection of Tender Offer August 30, 2017 | James Sprow | Blue Vault KBS Real Estate Investment Trust II Inc. is urging its stockholders to reject MacKenzie Realty Capital Inc.'s mini-tender offer for up to 2.5 million shares of the company's common stock. The bidder is offering to buy the shares…

Personality Traits Of Commercial Real Estate CEOs August 28, 2017 | Natalie Dolce | GlobeSt.com There are many unique personalities in the executive suites of CRE investment and development companies. CRE is a difficult entrepreneurial business and most individuals who become CEO’s derive their character and personality traits from this experience and their upbringing. In…

Income and Capital Appreciation from Real Estate Investing: The Participation Trophy and the Performance Record August 29, 2017 | Brad Case | REIT.com Recently I was looking at marketing materials for a core private equity real estate investment fund touting a so-called “benefit” that was, to put it bluntly, weird: the manager boasted that “income…

Black Creek Group Issues 2Q17 Real Estate Market Cycle Report August 30, 2017 | Black Creek Group DENVER — August 30, 2017 — Black Creek Group, a Denver-based real estate investment management firm, announced today the issuance of real estate investment strategist Dr. Glenn Mueller’s 2Q17 Real Estate Market Cycle Report. For more than 20…

Lincoln Financial loses $300 million, 20 reps to ProEquities August 30, 2017 | Jeff Benjamin | Investment News After 17 years with Lincoln Financial Securities, Bill Pickering has decided his $300 million-plus wealth management practice will be better served by a new broker-dealer relationship at ProEquities of Birmingham, Ala. Mr. Pickering, president of First Summit…

“Nervous” Time For Grocery Investors August 29, 2017 | Kelsi Maree Borland | GlobeSt.com   Grocery has been the pillar of retail, but with the new Amazon/Whole Foods merger, that may change. Jeff Rinkov, CEO of Lee & Associates, says that this may be a nervous time for the handful of investors that focus solely on grocery…