Sam Zell isn’t known as subtle, but that’s exactly how one might describe the entrance to his office tucked in the heart of a bustling Chicago office plaza.

Health care REITs have grown rapidly over the past two decades, bringing professional management to a critical sector of the economy as they have solidified their position as an important sector of the REIT universe.

Listed real estate stock prices are changing moment by moment, reflecting investors’ perceptions of the value of public real estate companies and updating constantly as new information is absorbed by the market.

Commercial real estate is an industry driven by huge volumes of data, making it uniquely positioned to benefit from broad-based cloud adoption.

Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV has announced that, on April 27, 2018, it acquired the Surprise Medical Office Building (MOB) from Banyan Surprise Plaza LLC, an unaffiliated third party, for a contract purchase price of $11.65 million plus closing costs.

On May 7, 2018, Donna Brandin, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Lightstone Group announced that she will be leaving Lightstone during the final year of her employment contract to pursue other opportunities.

On May 7, Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT, Inc. announced its acquisition of the Shaw Distribution Center - Northport Building C located in Savannah, Georgia for $56.5 million.

In an 8-K filed May 8, Resource Income Opportunity REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) terminated its offering of up to $1.1 billion in shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, to be sold pursuant to its public primary offering and distribution reinvestment plan.

On May 4, 2018, Bay Area Regional Medical Center, LLC ("Bay Area"), a tenant of Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT, Inc. (“the Company”) announced in a press release that it is closing its operations on May 10, 2018, and filing for bankruptcy in the near term.