Dividend Capital DPF Appoints Dwight Merriman III as CEO April 19, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault The board of directors of Dividend Capital Diversified Property Fund Inc. appointed Dwight Merriman III to serve as Chief Executive Officer effective on April 13, 2017. The board also appointed Rajat Dhanda to serve as President…

Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT I Agrees to Sell Frisco, Texas, Multifamily Community April 19, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault On April 10, 2017, Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT I, Inc., through an indirect 90%-owned subsidiary, entered into an agreement to sell the 275-unit multifamily community in Frisco, Texas to an unaffiliated third party for a…

NorthStar Real Estate Income Trust Announces $9.92 NAV April 18, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault On April 11, 2017, the board of directors of NorthStar Real Estate Income Trust (“NorthStar Income”), including all of its independent directors, approved and established an updated estimated value per share of NorthStar Income’s common stock of…

Sam Zell on why interest rates need a “shot clock” April 6, 2017 | by E.B. Solomont | TheRealDeal From TRD New York: Sam Zell is tired of waiting for Godot. Raise those damn interest rates already, he says. “The kinds of interest rates we’ve had are like basketball without a shot clock,” the billionaire chairman of Equity…

Nontraded BDCs post a 12.95% total return for 2016, beating the S&P 500 April 17, 2017 | Blue Vault Nontraded BDCs have had one of the best years yet, even in the midst of sluggish capital raise. The average nontraded BDC total return in 2016 was 12.95%, with the highest performer producing a 28% gain.…

Financial Choice Act to Be Reintroduced by End of April Latest iteration of Choice Act still requires DOL to promulgate fiduciary rule similar to SEC's April 12, 2017 | by Melanie Waddell | ThinkAdvisor Rep. Jeb Hensarling’s Financial Choice Act, which seeks to gut the Dodd-Frank Act and is set for release by the end of April,…

Carey Watermark Announces $10.80 NAV Per Share April 18, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault Carey Watermark Investors Incorporated announced April 12, that its estimated net asset value (“NAV”) as of December 31, 2016, has been determined to be approximately $1.5 billion, or $10.80 per share of common stock, based on shares outstanding at December 31,…

Are Retail Stocks and Mall REITs a Value Play? April 13, 2017 | by Debbie Carlson | U.S. News Retail stocks and the mall and shopping center real-estate investment trusts have been hit hard by investors worried about the impact of online shopping on both retailers and the physical locations where these stores reside. In particular, the…

FS Investments Closes on More Than $1.7 Billion of Middle Market Commitments in the Fourth Quarter April 10, 2017 | FS Investments PHILADELPHIA, April 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- FS Investments, a leading alternative investment manager and the largest manager of business development companies (BDCs), announced that its BDC direct lending platform committed more than $1.7 billion…