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.

Black Creek Group, a Denver-based real estate investment management firm with approximately $7.9 billion in US assets under management, announced the appointment of Raj Dhanda as its first chief executive officer.

Strategic Student & Senior Housing Trust Inc., a publicly registered non-traded real estate investment trust sponsored by SmartStop Asset Management LLC, announced that its initial public offering of approximately $1.1 billion in shares of common stock was declared effective by the SEC on May 1, 2018.

On May 1, 2018, Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust entered into an Amended and Restated Dealer Manager Agreement with Blackstone Advisory Partner L.P. (its Dealer Manager) that provides for...

On April 30, 2018, Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT determined that it had reached its limit on share redemptions, and that it will not be able to fully process all repurchase requests for the month of April 2018. 

On April 30, 2018, American Finance Trust commenced a self-tender offer for up to 1 million shares in response to other potential bidders, including most recently MacKenzie Capital Management.

Rising interest rates this year are helping property-linked stocks outperform the broader U.S. equity market as investors bet real estate investment trusts (REITs) will provide a better return as the Federal Reserve tightens monetary policy further.

The 75-year-old co-founder of IBD firm Cadaret, Grant & Co. has agreed to sell his company to Atria Wealth Solutions, a wealth management services holding company launched last summer by two former Morgan Stanley executives with the help of a private equity firm.

On April 23, 2018, the board of directors of Hines Global REIT, Inc. (“the Company”) unanimously approved a plan of liquidation.