Fears mount over US construction boom April 12, 2017 | by Alistair Gray | Financial Times More than a million new apartments have sprung up across the US in a post-crisis construction surge. Now bankers who funded the boom are worried: have developers built too much? As concerns grow about a supply glut, financial watchdogs this month…

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MVP REIT Announces NAV of $9.32 Per Share as of March 31, 2017 April 13, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault On April 11, 2017, the board of directors of MVP REIT, Inc., determined the Company’s estimated net asset value (“NAV”) was approximately $9.32 per common share as of March 31, 2017. Shares…

CNL Lifestyle Properties to Distribute EPR Stock and Cash April 13, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault As previously reported on April 6, 2017, CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc., consummated the sale of its remaining real estate properties to EPR Properties, a Maryland real estate investment trust (“EPR”), and Ski Resort Holdings LLC, a Delaware…

KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT Declares $1.00 Per Share Special Distribution April 12, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault On April 5, 2017, KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT, Inc.’s board of directors declared a special distribution in the amount of $1.00 per share of common stock to stockholders of record as of the…

As occupancy falls again, apartment landlords sweeten the pot March 31, 2017 | by Diana Olick | CNBC If you are a first-time renter or looking to upgrade to a bigger, newer apartment, now may be your best chance. Demand for rental apartments fell short of new supply by about 100,000 units nationwide, according to RealPage, a…

Data Centers Attracting Private Equity and Public Institutional Investors in 2017 April 3, 2017 | by Donna Mitchell | National Real Estate Investor When data center properties change hands the transactions do not always make a big splash in the news. If present conditions continue, however, 2017 has the potential to become one of the industry’s most…

CRE Loan Volume Ticks Down By 3% April 6, 2017 | by PAUL BUBNY | GlobeSt.com WASHINGTON, DC—Although commercial and multifamily mortgage originations in 2016 fell short of the previous year’s volume, a 3% year-over-year decline from 2015’s near-record levels is nothing to sneeze at. The Mortgage Bankers Association said Thursday that lenders closed $490.6 billion of…

Nontraded REIT and BDC Sales Rebound Strongly in March April 12, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault Equity capital raised by open nontraded REIT programs in March 2017 appear to have risen 94% from February 2017, according to Blue Vault Partners. For the 26 effective nontraded REITs reporting sales in both February and…