Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT II Acquires Fully Occupied, Class A Office Building in Carmel, Indiana for $28.6 Million 133,400 Square Foot Property Under Long-Term Absolute-Net Lease to Strong and Stable Company Tenant May 17, 2017 | Griffin Capital EL SEGUNDO, Calif., May 17, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Griffin Capital Company, LLC (“Griffin Capital”) announced today, on…

Strategic Storage Growth Trust, Inc. Acquires 850-Unit Self Storage Portfolio in Asheville, N.C. for $10.25 Million May 15, 2017 | Strategic Storage Growth Trust, Inc. ASHEVILLE, N.C., May 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Strategic Storage Growth Trust, Inc. ("SSGT"), a public non-traded real estate investment trust sponsored by SmartStop Asset Management, LLC, announced today its acquisition of an…

The Net Lease Market In One Word The first quarter of 2017 can be summed up with a single word: Stable.  According to our Calkain research team, the entire market only moved 11 bps.… May 11, 2017 | by JONATHAN HIPP | GlobeSt.com The first quarter of 2017 can be summed up with a single word: Stable.…

Student Housing Sales Outperform the Rest of the Market May 8, 2017 | by Bendix Anderson | National Real Estate Investor Not counting portfolio deals, investors bought and sold $1.1 billion in student housing properties in the first quarter of 2016, according to real estate services firm CBRE. Commercial real estate investors are increasingly keeping their wallets…

Healthcare Realty Sells 6 Hospitals For $138M To Global Medical, Carter Validus BETHESDA, MD--The REITs each purchased three hospital facilities in two separate transactions. May 9, 2017 | by ERIKA MORPHY | GlobeSt.com BETHESDA, MD–Locally-based Global Medical REIT and Tampa, Fla.-based Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT teamed up to acquire six rehabilitation hospitals from Healthcare Realty Trust,…

REITs Leading the Sustainability Movement Among Commercial Real Estate April 18, 2017 | by Alexandra Thompson and Fulya Kocak | REIT.com The movement towards more sustainable practices continues with commercial real estate, and REITs are helping lead the charge. Over the last decade, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues and sustainability have received increased attention from…

NTR Sales Above Trend While BDC Sales Falter in April May 16, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault *Updated May 17, 2017 12:27pm April sales of nontraded REITs returned to a more normal trend in April after a surge in March. The March sales of $622.5 million reported to Blue Vault by nontraded…

New York REIT CEO on new liquidation value: 'If we can deliver more, we will' May 11, 2017 | by Tom Yeatts | S&P Global New York REIT shares were down more than 10% in early trading May 11 after the company disclosed a new liquidation value below previous estimates. The company's anticipated liquidation value,…

Real Estate Industry Strives to Attract Young Talent via Competitions, University Partnerships Jobs in property and building management are poised to grow by 8.0 percent by 2024, according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. May 3, 2017 | by Diana Bell | National Real Estate Investor A career in commercial real estate…