Are REITs Good Dividend Investments? August 3, 2017 | Jeff Reeves | U.S. News and World Report Roughly one year ago, the Standard & Poor's 500 index made a big change to its structure, giving real estate-related investments their own category. This move increased the number of core sectors in the popular stock index from 10 to…

NorthStar/RXR New York Metro Real Estate Invests in Loan for NYC Condo Development August 9, 2017 | James Sprow | Blue Vault NorthStar/RXR New York Metro Real Estate Inc., a publicly registered nontraded real estate investment trust sponsored by Colony NorthStar (NYSE: CLNS) and RXR Realty, completed the origination of a $12 million pari passu…

Sentio Healthcare Properties Announces $14.65 Cash per Share Merger Consideration August 8, 2017 | James Sprow | Blue Vault On August 8, 2017, Sentio Healthcare Properties, Inc. filed an 8-K report to announce the amount of cash per share of common stock to be received if the merger with KAREP Master JV, LLC and other…

Restaurants Are Still A Strong Retail Anchor August 4, 2017 | Carrie Rossenfeld | GlobeSt.com It may sound cliché, but it’s nonetheless true: the new collection of small restaurant concepts generates remarkable sales per square foot, attracting routine customer traffic to projects, CBRE EVP Philip Voorhees tells GlobeSt.com. In this retail roundup, we spoke with Voorhees and other retail experts about…

Strong Demand for Industrial Space Has Lenders Competing for Loans August 4, 2017 | Patricia Kirk | NREIOnline.com With industrial vacancy under 2.0 percent in many U.S. markets and rents continuing to rise, this asset class is the darling of both investors and lenders. Attorney Steven J. Lurie, a partner in the Los Angeles-based law firm…

Commercial Real Estate Markets Have Settled in for the Long Haul August 3, 2017 | Calvin Schnure | REIT.com Commercial real estate markets appear to have settled in for the long haul. New supply and the growth of demand are roughly balanced in most property sectors, vacancy rates are stable and rents growing modestly. The latest…

Tiger 21's Michael Sonnenfeldt: Real estate and private equity have gone up dramatically August 2, 2017 | CNBC.com Michael Sonnenfeldt, Tiger 21 founder, discusses what his clients at an ultra-wealthy investment group are worried about. More Details

Kestra Financial acquires 600-rep H. Beck August 8, 2017 | Bruce Kelly | InvestmentNews.com The market for independent broker-dealer mergers saw its second sizable deal in as many weeks as Kestra Financial Inc. said Tuesday it had acquired a 600 rep and adviser firm owned by insurance company H. Beck Inc. Terms of the deal were…

Commercial Property Price Index Inches Higher in July  August 8, 2017 | James Sprow | Blue Vault The Green Street Commercial Property Price Index inched higher in July. Over the past year, the index is little changed, as higher cap rates have offset growing rental income. “Some property types are doing better than others, but,…