Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT II Buys Nike Office Campus for $45.5 Million Jun 23 2016 | by DI Wire Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT II Inc., a publicly registered non-traded real estate investment trust, purchased a four-building, class B office campus, in the Portland suburb of Hillsboro, Oregon for $45.5 million, plus…

    Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Now Selling Class I Shares Jun 22 2016 | DI Wire Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, Inc., a publicly registered non-traded real estate investment trust co-sponsored by Griffin Capital Corp and American Healthcare Investors, reported that its class I shares of common stock are now effective and available for purchase.…

    Congressional sit-in disrupted by failed attempt to override veto of anti-DOL fiduciary rule bill Jun 23, 2016 @ 6:31 am | By Mark Schoeff Jr. | Investment News The House of Representatives failed Wednesday night to override a presidential veto of a resolution that would kill a Labor Department investment advice regulation. The vote, which…

    Rent rose at the fastest pace in more than 9 years in May By Andrea Riquier | Published: June 16, 2016 10:03 a.m. ET | MarketWatch Rent rose at the fastest monthly pace since 2007 last month, a reminder that one of the biggest expenses for most Americans isn’t easing up. In May, rent was…

    ARC Healthcare Trust III in Strategic Transaction Talks with Affiliate June 21, 2016 | DIWire American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust III, Inc., a publicly registered non-traded REIT sponsored by AR Global, the successor business to AR Capital, is discussing a potential strategic transaction with an affiliate of its sponsor. Healthcare Trust III’s special…

    Private Equity RE Eyes Value For Money JUNE 22, 2016 | BY PAUL BUBNY  | GlobeSt.com NEW YORK CITY—Faced with increasing competition and higher prices amid record levels of dry powder, private equity real estate fund managers are employing “increasingly flexible investment strategies,” says Andrew Moylan at Preqin.   Private equity real estate…

    Pimco Says ‘Storm Is Brewing’ in U.S. Commercial Real Estate by John Gittelsohn, Sarah Mulholland | June 20, 2016 — 10:00 AM EDT | Bloomberg Firm warns prices may fall as much as 5% in next 12 months Buying, refinancing opportunities to emerge for some investors U.S. commercial real estate prices may fall as much…

    MVP Becomes Latest Non-Traded REITs to Weigh Options, May List on Nasdaq as 'Pure Play' Parking Facility Owner Hire Investment Banker to Explore Liquidity Options By Mark Heschmeyer | June 15, 2016 | CoStar MVP REIT and MVP REIT II, a pair of San Diego-based REITs focused solely on owning parking structures and facilities…

      Medical Capital executive gets 10-year sentence for private placement fraud Joseph J. Lampariello also ordered to pay nearly $40 million in restitution Jun 16, 2016 @ 4:21 pm | By Bruce Kelly | Investment News   A former top executive of Medical Capital Holdings Inc., a private placement-turned-Ponzi scheme that destroyed dozens of…