Democratic platform draft includes financial transactions tax, defense of DOL fiduciary rule The party is set to endorse a levy on securities sales when it meets at its national convention in Philadelphia later this month Jul 6, 2016 @ 1:47 pm | By Mark Schoeff Jr. | Investment News Democrats are set to endorse a…

    Dividend Capital Diversified Property Fund Inc. Selects Ecova’s Energy and Sustainability Management Platform Ecova to manage resource data and expenses for over 65 locations Ecova | July 5, 2016 8:00 AM SPOKANE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ecova, a leading energy and sustainability management company, has been selected by Dividend Capital Diversified Property Fund Inc. (DPF) to…

      Hartman vREIT XXI Declared Effective by SEC Hartman vREIT XXI, Inc. (“vREIT XXI”) is proud to announce that its initial public offering of approximately $250,000,000 in common shares was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 24, 2016. HOUSTON, TX (PRWEB) JULY 06, 2016 vREIT XXI is a publicly…

    Resource Real Estate Pays $71Mln for Irving, Texas, Apartments Tuesday, July 5th, 2016 | Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT II Inc. has paid $71 million, or $149,160/unit, for Santa Rosa at Las Colinas, a 476-unit apartment property in the Dallas suburb of Irving, Texas. The REIT, whose shares…

    When the neighborhood is owned by billion-dollar companies By MIKE SCHNEIDER | Jul. 3, 2016 9:42 AM EDT | AP APOPKA, Florida (AP) — Many of the single-family homes in the Piedmont Park neighborhood of Apopka, Florida, used to be owned by families — the Vargases and the Townes, the Pierces and the Riddles. Now,…

    SEC Investor Advocate Fleming targets fees charged by advisers Rick Fleming will push the Securities and Exchange Commission to follow through on its review of how brokers and investment advisers disclose their fees to clients Jul 1, 2016 @ 12:02 pm | By Tanvi Acharya | Investment News To SEC investor advocate Rick A.…

    US Office: Demand Keeps Outpacing Supply JULY 5, 2016 | BY PAUL BUBNY | GlobeSt.com CALABASAS, CA—Among office markets driven by the tech sector, San Jose has been a winner in both vacancy declines and rent growth; Marcus & Millichap reports that Silicon Valley’s peers have seen more variable results.   [caption id="" align="alignnone"…

    InvenTrust Closes UHC Student Housing Portfolio Sale JULY 1, 2016 | BY ERIKA MORPHY | GlobeSt.com BETHESDA, MD--Walker & Dunlop financed part of the acquisition with a very flexible $672-million Fannie Mae credit facility. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="616"] InvenTrust CEO Thomas McGuinness. Photo courtesy REIT.com.[/caption] At the start of the year, Oak Brook, IL-based…

  JLL Income Property Trust Buys Two Properties for $186.3 Million JLL Income Property Trust (NASDAQ: ZIPTAX; ZIPTMX; ZIPIAX; ZIPIMX), a non-listed, daily valued perpetual life real estate investment trust, purchased two properties totaling $186.3 million at the end of June. On June 28th, the company acquired Pioneer Tower in downtown Portland, Oregon for approximately…