Who Is Using Flexible Office Space? August 14, 2017 | Kelsi Maree Borland | GlobeSt.com The short answer: everyone. From freelancers to corporations, all user types are finding value in flexible office space. The demand for flexible office space is growing rapidly and from an amalgam of users. In addition to start-ups and tech companies, which have traditionally…

Why Some Developers Choose Hollywood Over DTLA August 15, 2017 | Kelsi Maree Borland | GlobeSt.com Hollywood and Downtown L.A. are two houses, both alike in dignity, in fair Los Angeles, where we lay our scene—but are they really enemies, competing for investor and developer attention? The two submarkets are nearly neighbors and both are going…

LPL Financial buys NPH, a broker-dealer network with 3,200 advisers August 15, 2017 | Bruce Kelly | Investment News After weeks of speculation, LPL Financial said on Tuesday it had completed the purchase of National Planning Holdings Inc., an independent broker-dealer network with 3,200 advisers. The deal is structured as an asset purchase with an initial price of…

Summit Healthcare REIT Purchases Interest in Nine Skilled Nursing Facilities August 15, 2017 | James Sprow | Blue Vault Summit Healthcare REIT Inc. purchased an interest in nine skilled nursing facilities in the U.S. Northeast for $60 million. The facilities have a total of 1,285 licensed beds and will be leased back to the existing…

2017 FSI Forum Preview (The FSI Forum has been canceled due to Hurricane Irma. Updated 9/7/17) Blue Vault is a proud sponsor of FSI. Visit our booth at this year’s Forum in Atlanta located at Booth #22. August 16, 2017 | FSI When it comes to developments in the regulatory world, the more things change, the…

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Once a Niche Play, Real Estate Debt Becoming Institutional Investor 'Superfood'  August 10, 2017 | Mark Heschmeyer | Costar.com   In the first half of 2017, TH Real Estate, an affiliate of asset manager Nuveen, reported that it had closed and committed 43 transactions in its commercial debt portfolio totaling $3.8 billion. The real estate debt…

Why Has Long-Term Leasing Dominated Office? August 11, 2017 | Kelsi Maree Borland | GlobeSt.com Office has always been a direct- and long-term leasing-driven market, but the growth of short-term and flexible office options may be changing that. Historically, capital sources haven’t recognized short-term office leases as part of an office property’s cash flow—like it does…

Shopoff Realty Investments Sells 16.1 Acres of Land After Securing Entitlements for 124 Two-Story Townhomes in Vista, CA August 11, 2017 | Shopoff Realty Investments IRVINE, Calif. – August 11, 2017 – Shopoff Realty Investments, a national manager of opportunistic and value-add real estate investments, announced today that the company has sold 16.1 acres of land…