Hines REIT To Dissolve; In $1.2B Blackstone Deal JULY 1, 2016 | BY PAUL BUBNY  | GlobeSt.com HOUSTON—In separate transactions, the REIT has entered agreements over the past few weeks to sell seven West Coast office properties, eight shopping centers and office towers in Chicago and Dallas. Hines Real Estate Investment Trust Inc.…

    New nontraded REIT sponsors, aiming to tap retail capital, could upend competitors Thursday, 30 June 2016 9:44 AM ET | By  Jake Mooney | SNL Multiple large asset managers are considering a move into the nontraded REIT business, and their arrival could put pressure on existing sponsors to offer new products and adjust their business…

    Phillips Edison Acquires 218,598 SF Grocery-Anchored Shopping Center in Murphy, Texas POSTED ON JUNE 30, 2016 BY CHRISTINA CANNON | Rebusiness Online Sprouts anchors Murphy Marketplace, located in the Dallas suburb of Murphy. (Photo courtesy of LoopNet Inc.) Article Located Here

    Franklin Square Upsizes Commitment to Greystone $50 million commitment expands Greystone's short-term lending platform Jun 30, 2016, 08:00 ET from Franklin Square Capital Partners PHILADELPHIA, June 30, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Franklin Square Capital Partners (Franklin Square), the largest manager of business development companies (BDCs), announced a $50 million upsizing of its senior secured loan…

    Reclassification May Boost REITs, Shake Up Financial ETFs JUNE 30, 2016 | CHRISTOPHER ROBBINS | Financial Advisor Real estate equities are finally getting their own investment classification, but the benefits of their change might not be apparent until years after their reclassification while the impact on financial sector ETFs could be immediate. At the end…

    Amazon warehouse in Ruskin fetches massive sales price Jun 23, 2016, 2:26pm EDT Updated Jun 29, 2016, 3:43pm EDT | Tampa Bay Business Journal Amazon.com Inc.'s massive fulfillment center in Ruskin has been sold for a massive price tag. The million-square-foot warehouse sold to Cole Office & Industrial REIT II, a Phoenix-based real…

    Franklin Square Upsizes Commitment to A.P. Plasman by $50 Million Jun 28 2016 | by DI Wire Franklin Square Capital Partners, a manager of business development companies, announced a $50 million upsizing of its senior secured unitranche loan to A.P. Plasman, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of exterior trim products for a variety…

    REIT returns strong, allocations remain low, study finds BY ARLEEN JACOBIUS | JUNE 27, 2016 | Pensions & Investments Real estate investment trusts can't get any love from institutional investors. While REITs had the highest average net return, investors had the lowest allocation to the securities, on average just 0.6% of total assets,…

    KBS REIT III renews lease at Anchor Centre Posted June 28, 2016 by AZRE | AZ Big Media KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III (“KBS REIT III”), a non-traded real estate investment trust based in Newport Beach, California, announced the renewal of a 16,194-square-foot lease by Northwestern Mutual, a financial planning company, at Anchor Centre.…