Student Housing Sales Outperform the Rest of the Market May 8, 2017 | by Bendix Anderson | National Real Estate Investor Not counting portfolio deals, investors bought and sold $1.1 billion in student housing properties in the first quarter of 2016, according to real estate services firm CBRE. Commercial real estate investors are increasingly keeping their wallets…

Healthcare Realty Sells 6 Hospitals For $138M To Global Medical, Carter Validus BETHESDA, MD--The REITs each purchased three hospital facilities in two separate transactions. May 9, 2017 | by ERIKA MORPHY | GlobeSt.com BETHESDA, MD–Locally-based Global Medical REIT and Tampa, Fla.-based Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT teamed up to acquire six rehabilitation hospitals from Healthcare Realty Trust,…

REITs Leading the Sustainability Movement Among Commercial Real Estate April 18, 2017 | by Alexandra Thompson and Fulya Kocak | REIT.com The movement towards more sustainable practices continues with commercial real estate, and REITs are helping lead the charge. Over the last decade, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues and sustainability have received increased attention from…

NTR Sales Above Trend While BDC Sales Falter in April May 16, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault *Updated May 17, 2017 12:27pm April sales of nontraded REITs returned to a more normal trend in April after a surge in March. The March sales of $622.5 million reported to Blue Vault by nontraded…

New York REIT CEO on new liquidation value: 'If we can deliver more, we will' May 11, 2017 | by Tom Yeatts | S&P Global New York REIT shares were down more than 10% in early trading May 11 after the company disclosed a new liquidation value below previous estimates. The company's anticipated liquidation value,…

Real Estate Industry Strives to Attract Young Talent via Competitions, University Partnerships Jobs in property and building management are poised to grow by 8.0 percent by 2024, according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. May 3, 2017 | by Diana Bell | National Real Estate Investor A career in commercial real estate…

RE Forecast: Cloudy with Some Sunshine May 5, 2017 | by IvyLee Rosario | Commercial Property Executive Executives from Hines, AvalonBay and Trepp offered their outlook for the next three years as ULI unveiled the results of its Real Estate Consensus Forecast. ULI unveiled the results of its Real Estate Consensus Forecast at the 2017 Spring…

SEC’s Piwowar Warns About ‘SAFE’ Crowdfunding Instrument SEC Office of Investor Education and Advocacy issues ‘SAFE’ alert the same day May 9, 2017 | by Melanie Waddell | ThinkAdvisor The Securities and Exchange Commission is monitoring a troubling trend arising out of its Regulation Crowdfunding – the use of a new startup-financing instrument, the so-called “SAFE,” in…

Millions of square feet of office, retail and homes planned for Allen project May 11, 2017 | Steve Brown | Dallas News A new corporate and mixed-use campus on the way in Allen is being planned with almost a dozen office buildings to attract businesses. Houston-based developer Hines is building the high-density project on 135 acres…