Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II, Inc. Acquires Healthcare and Data Center Properties Totaling Over $100 Million January 23, 2017 06:00 AM | Business Wire TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II, Inc. (“CVMC REIT II”) completed the following data center and healthcare property acquisitions totaling more than $100 million in aggregate purchase price…

2017 to be year of independent broker-dealer mergers Jan 22, 2017 @ 12:01 am | by Bruce Kelly | InvestmentNews.com If past is prologue, 2017 should see a steady pace of independent broker-dealer consolidation and mergers and acquisitions. Last year saw transactions involving firms that house thousands of registered reps and financial advisers as the industry scrambled…

Corporate Capital Trust Tender Offer and Corporate Capital Trust II NAV Announcement January 19, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault Corporate Capital Trust  is offering to purchase up to 7,612,326 shares of its common stock for cash at a purchase price of $9.00 per share.  The Company’s estimated net asset value per Share…

RIAs merging at a record clip, more breakaways become RIAs Multiple forces are driving industry consolidation January 18, 2017 @ 7:00 am | by Jeff Benjamin | InvestmentNews Consolidation in the registered investment adviser space has become fast and furious, with no slowdown in sight, according to the latest research from Echelon Partners. The 138 transactions…

Hotel prices in D.C. up 927% ahead of Trump’s inauguration — and protests Airbnb is also seeing 10 times the demand for rooms as it did in 2013 January 17, 2017 11:35 a.m. | by Kari Paul | MarketWatch If you’re planning on attending the presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, finding a place to…

CNL Lifestyle to Hold Stockholder Meeting to Approve Plan of Liquidation January 18, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (“CLP”) announced a special meeting of stockholders on March 24, 2017 to seek approval of the sale of all of CLP’s remaining properties to EPR Properties (“EPR”) and Ski Resort…

ADISA Announces 2017 President-Elect and Officers INDIANAPOLIS—Jan. 17, 2017—At its first board meeting of the year, the new ADISA (the Alternative & Direct Investment Securities Association) board, elected by the membership in late 2016, selected its 2017 officers. John H. Grady of DLA Piper begins his term as the 2017 ADISA president (having been elected…

Sweeping Tax Reform Proposals Creating Suspense for CRE Investors Federal Tax Code Changes Ranging From Eliminating Long-Term Depreciation to Taxing Carried Interest at a Higher Rate Could Hold Dramatic Implications for CRE Industry January 11, 2017 | by Randyl Drummer | CoStar With President-elect Donald J. Trump preparing to take office next week and the Republican-controlled…

ARC Hospitality Announces Brookfield Investment and Internalization The REIT will also change its name to Hospitality Investors Trust, Inc. and has suspended stock distributions January 17, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault American Realty Capital Hospitality Trust, Inc. (“ARC Hospitality” or the “Company”) announced on January 13 that it has entered into an…