Private real estate investors driving up values in ‘safe havens’ October 2017 | Andrea Waitrovich | Institutional Real Estate, Inc. Private investors into commercial real estate may be forced to look beyond the world’s leading cities for better value, according to new data from Knight Frank’s 2018 Global Cities report. “Our analysis demonstrates that private investors remain…

Merged MVP REITs I and II to be Renamed “The Parking REIT, Inc.” October 24, 2017 | James Sprow | Blue Vault As previously disclosed, the shareholders of MVP REIT, Inc. ("MVP I") voted on September 27, 2017 to approve the previously announced proposed merger of MVP I with and into a wholly-owned merger subsidiary…

Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT, Inc. Announces Definitive Agreement to Sell Chicago Data Center for Approximately $315,000,000 and a Definitive Agreement to Sell a 14-Property Data Center Portfolio for Approximately $750,000,000 October 24, 2017 | Carter Validus TAMPA, Fla.--Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) announced today that it has entered into a definitive purchase…

What Can Past Real Estate Construction Cycles Tell Us About the Outlook For REITs Today? October 2017 | Calvin Schnure | REIT.com Commercial real estate has gone through many boom/bust cycles in the past. These cycles have inevitably affected the performance of REITs through their impact on rents, vacancy rates and property valuations. There are…

Survey Finds Executives Still Bullish on Real Estate Market October 11, 2017 | Allen Kenney | REIT.com In the latest episode of The REIT Report: NAREIT's Weekly Podcast, John Sullivan, chairman of DLA Piper’s real estate practice, discussed the results of the firm’s annual survey of real estate executives. Sullivan said the survey showed that real…

KBS Debuts KBSDirect.com Real Estate Investment Portal October 23, 2017 | Markets Insider NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Oct. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- KBS, one of the nation's largest and most respected commercial real estate companies and ranked by National Real Estate Investor as the 11th largest commercial real estate company in the United States as of April 20, 2017,  today debuted…

Aging Population Offers Investing Opportunities October 20, 2017 | Kayleigh Kulp | U.S News and World Report Americans are aging and that is creating opportunity for savvy investors. With about 46 million Americans over the age of 65 – a number expected to double over the next 25 years – families, health care providers and patients…

Starwood Expands Platform; Registers Nontraded REIT October 19, 2017 | James Sprow | Blue Vault Starwood Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. Files for Proposed Initial Public Offering Starwood Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. ("Starwood REIT") on October 18 announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange…

REIT-Stock Correlations by Property Type: A Sharp Decline October 18, 2017 | Brad Case | REIT.com The correlation between REITs and the broad stock market has always been relatively low, because REIT returns are driven by the real estate market cycle whereas returns for most other equities are driven by the much shorter business cycle. …