Outlook for Apartment Sector Looks Strong February 14, 2017 | by Bendix Anderson | National Real Estate Investor  Since the election, “uncertainty” has been a buzzword among economists. The direction of U.S. policy is not clear on major issues ranging from immigration to tax reform. But the fundamentals of the apartment sector are relatively strong despite it…

Federal Reserve Officials Express Concern About CRE Valuations February 16, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault In the central bank’s semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, commercial property prices were identified as a “growing concern” amidst a climate in which other asset markets were described as having only moderate risks of financial instability.…

KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT Acquires Two Office Buildings in Georgia February 14, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault On February 14, 2017, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, Inc. acquired an office property (“Crown Pointe”) consisting of two office buildings containing an aggregate of 499,968 rentable square feet in Dunwoody, Georgia. The purchase price of…

FS Investments Sponsors a New Nontraded REIT February 14, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault On February 13, FS Investments filed a prospectus with the SEC for FS Credit Real Estate Income Trust, Inc., a nontraded REIT program focused on floating-rate mortgage loans that are secured by first priority mortgages on transitional commercial…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren presses Andrew Puzder on DOL fiduciary rule Asks Trump's nominee for secretary of Labor how he'll evaluate the retirement advice regulation Feb 13, 2017 @ 1:21 pm | by Mark Schoeff Jr. | InvestmentNews.com Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is pressing Andrew Puzder, President Donald J. Trump's nominee for labor secretary, on what he intends…

3 questions independent broker-dealers should ask private equity product sponsors While private equity could become a positive force in the retail alternatives space, not all sponsors are created equal Feb 13, 2017 @ 5:37 pm | by Clive Slovin | InvestmentNews.com Just two years ago, non-traded real estate investment trusts and business development companies were in favor…

Robust Industrial Market Likely To Extend Into 2018 CHICAGO—Opus has just opened another spec project in the Chicago area, and after quickly finding a long-term tenant, company officials say the market has a lot of running room. February 10, 2017 | by BRIAN J. ROGAL | GlobeSt.com The building is the last remaining site within the Carlow…

Strategic Storage Growth Trust Announces Plans to Close Primary Offering at $200 Million February 14, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault On February 9, 2017, the board of directors of Strategic Storage Growth Trust, Inc. (“SSGT”) approved the close of the primary offering upon SSGT crossing the $200 million threshold in its primary…