May 19, 2015 Carey Watermark Investors Incorporated (CWI) announced that it has acquired a majority interest in the 299-room Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia (The Ritz-Carlton) in a joint venture with Philadelphia Hospitality Partners, LP, the owner of the property. Historic property in premier Center City, Philadelphia location: Originally built between 1904 and 1908 as The Girard Trust…

UDF IV, a target of Kyle Bass, says it is not operating a Ponzi scheme May 18, 2016 @ 10:43 am | By Bruce Kelly | Investment News UDF IV, a troubled real estate investment trust that had its shares stop trading in February after its offices were raided by the FBI, said on Tuesday that it…

May 18, 2016 10:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT II, Inc. (the “Company”) today announced the strategic acquisition of three grocery-anchored shopping centers, expanding the Company’s portfolio in Texas, California and Georgia. Stone Gate Plaza is a 90,643 square foot grocery store-anchored shopping center in Crowley, Texas, a suburb 15…

May 19, 2016 16:28 ET | Source: Griffin Capital photo-release EL SEGUNDO, Calif., May 19, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Griffin Capital Corporation (“Griffin Capital”) announced today, on behalf of Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT II, Inc. (the “REIT”), the acquisition of a 142,700 square-foot office and R&D facility fully leased to NETGEAR, Inc. (“NETGEAR”) (NASDAQ:NTGR)…

May 17, 2016, 8:08am CDT | Houston Business Journal A Houston-based real estate investment firm bought a multifamily property in the Memorial City area with plans to eventually develop a mixed-use project on the site. Moody National Cos. bought the 164-unit Le Renaissance apartment community from Texas Pinnacle Apartments for an undisclosed price, according toTranswestern’s…

Sales at the once-tarnished company are up fourfold this year May 17, 2016 @ 1:35 pm | By Bruce Kelly | Investment News After a disastrous 2015, Cole Capital Corp. has rebounded strongly in a tough market environment and seen more than a fourfold increase in sales of nontraded real estate investment trusts over the first four…

May 13, 2016 | Blau Journal Global real estate firm Hines and Gemdale Properties & Investment Corporation Limited(“Gemdale PI”), today announced a new joint venture to redevelop Boston’s South Station into a transportation hub and mixed-use complex. The first phase of this transformational project will include the tallest building in Boston’s financial district and fourth-tallest…

KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT Inc., a publicly registered non-traded business development company, entered into an agreement to purchase 353 Sacramento in San Francisco for $169.5 million plus closing costs. The seller, Pacific EIH Sacramento LLC, is not affiliated with the company. Built in 1982, the class A, 284,800-square-foot office building sits on 0.35 acres of…

Orlando, Fla., May 12, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Corporate Capital Trust II, a new, non-traded business development company (BDC), announced that beginning in May 2016, it will publish its net asset value on a monthly basis. This data point is generally provided on a quarterly basis among those in the industry, making Corporate Capital Trust…