Carey Watermark Acquires SF Ritz-Carlton January 23, 2016 | by IvyLee Rosario | Commercial Property Executive  San Francisco—Carey Watermark Investors 2 Inc. has acquired The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco. The 18-column, nine-story landmark hotel in downtown San Francisco’s Nob Hill neighborhood was originally built in 1909 and designed by Napoleon Le Brun & Sons of New York. The hotel…

Griffin-American Healthcare REIT III Completed Acquisitions Totaling More Than $500 Million During 2016 January 24, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault American Healthcare Investors, LLC and Griffin Capital Corporation, the co-sponsors of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT III, Inc., announced on January 20 that during 2016 the REIT completed property acquisitions totaling approximately $509.5 million…

Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II, Inc. Acquires Healthcare and Data Center Properties Totaling Over $100 Million January 23, 2017 06:00 AM | Business Wire TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II, Inc. (“CVMC REIT II”) completed the following data center and healthcare property acquisitions totaling more than $100 million in aggregate purchase price…

ARC Hospitality Announces Brookfield Investment and Internalization The REIT will also change its name to Hospitality Investors Trust, Inc. and has suspended stock distributions January 17, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault American Realty Capital Hospitality Trust, Inc. (“ARC Hospitality” or the “Company”) announced on January 13 that it has entered into an…

SmartStop Asset Management Touts 2016 Successes January 16, 2017 | By James Sprow | Blue Vault  In a January 13, 2017 press release, SmartStop Asset Management, LLC (SmartStop), a diversified real estate company, said it is celebrating an unprecedented year of success. According to its press release, in 2016 SmartStop expanded its owned/managed portfolio to…

December 2016 Alternative Investment Sales January 13, 2017 | Blue Vault   Blue Vault has compiled sales data on nontraded alternative investments for the month of December, 2016. Sales for all categories of alternative investments came in at $684.8 million compared to $621.8 million in November, and combined fundraising for 2016 totaled $6.83 billion*. In…

Strategic Storage Trust II, Inc. Purchases 400-Unit Self Storage Facility in Colorado January 12, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault Strategic Storage Trust II, Inc. (SST II)—which is sponsored by SmartStop Asset Management, LLC—recently purchased a self storage facility located in Aurora, Colorado totaling approximately 400 units and approximately 53,360 rentable square feet.…

InvenTrust Snaps Up $73M Retail Asset in San Diego Metro January 11, 2017 | Evelina Croitoru | Commercial Property Executive  The company purchased a 144,000-square-foot shopping center that is home to highly ranked tenants like CVS, Bank of America and Starbucks, among others. San Marcos, Calif.—InvenTrust Properties Corp. has announced the purchase of Campus Marketplace…

Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II, Inc. Acquires 153,000-Square-Foot Data Center January 10, 2017 05:26 PM Eastern Standard Time TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II, Inc. (“CVMC REIT II”) acquired the Andover Data Center II on November 8, 2016, for $37 million. The two-story, 153,000-square-foot facility is located on 22.77 acres in Andover,…