Data Centers Attracting Private Equity and Public Institutional Investors in 2017 April 3, 2017 | by Donna Mitchell | National Real Estate Investor When data center properties change hands the transactions do not always make a big splash in the news. If present conditions continue, however, 2017 has the potential to become one of the industry’s most…

CRE Loan Volume Ticks Down By 3% April 6, 2017 | by PAUL BUBNY | GlobeSt.com WASHINGTON, DC—Although commercial and multifamily mortgage originations in 2016 fell short of the previous year’s volume, a 3% year-over-year decline from 2015’s near-record levels is nothing to sneeze at. The Mortgage Bankers Association said Thursday that lenders closed $490.6 billion of…

Nontraded REIT and BDC Sales Rebound Strongly in March April 12, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault Equity capital raised by open nontraded REIT programs in March 2017 appear to have risen 94% from February 2017, according to Blue Vault Partners. For the 26 effective nontraded REITs reporting sales in both February and…

Capital Square 1031 Acquires 232-Unit Alexander Pointe Apartments in Orange Park, Florida March 31, 2017 | MultifamilyBiz.com JACKSONVILLE, FL - Capital Square 1031 announced that the firm recently completed its fourth acquisition in seven months financed with a loan originated by Walker & Dunlop to be assigned to Fannie Mae with the purchase of Alexander…

Stone Ridge Reinsurance Assets Hit $5.5bn, Interval Fund Sees 23% Growth April 5, 2017 | by Steve Evans | Seeking Alpha Stone Ridge Asset Management, the beta and alternative risk premia focused mutual fund manager, has reached $5.5 billion of insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance linked assets under management, with its Reinsurance Risk Premium Interval…

Senior Housing Investments & Transactions: CNL Healthcare Properties II, Vitality Senior Living April 5, 2017 | by Amy Baxter | Senior Housing News CNL Healthcare Properties II Makes Its First Acquisition CNL Healthcare Properties II, Inc., a non-traded real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on seniors housing and health care properties, made its first acquisition by purchasing…

Moody National REIT I Sets Merger Vote April 10, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault On April 5, 2017, Moody National REIT I, Inc., filed a proxy solicitation by the board of directors to appoint Brett C. Moody and or Robert W. Engel to vote on the stockholders’ behalf on the proposed merger…

Lightstone Real Estate Income Trust Agrees to Acquire 33.3% JV in NYC Project April 10, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault On March 31, 2017, Lightstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. entered into a joint venture agreement with an entity majority-owned and controlled by David Lichtenstein, who also majority owns and controls the…

CNL Lifestyle Announces Consummation of Sale of Remaining Properties April 10, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault On March 24, 2017, at a special meeting of stockholders of the Company approved the sale and a plan that contemplates the complete liquidation and dissolution of the Company following the Sale. On April 6, 2017, the Company…