Answer:  Bluerock Residential Growth REIT and CIM Commercial Trust (CMCT) together raised over $14 million by issuing nontraded preferred stock in September 2018 and together have raised over $109 million through the issuance of nontraded preferred stock year-to-date through September 2018.

Answer:  Currently, most variable rate debt utilized by nontraded REITs have interest rates based upon LIBOR, the London Interbank Offered Rate. In April 2018, the New York Federal Reserve began publishing the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), a rate that regulators hope will eventually be adopted to back U.S. dollar-based derivatives and loans. The head of…

Answer: Black Creek Group’s Black Creek Industrial REIT IV and Black Creek Diversified Property Fund gave the sponsor its second place ranking among nontraded REIT sponsors. Griffin Capital’s Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT II and Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV gave the sponsor its third place ranking in both August and September among nontraded REIT sponsors.

Where are U.S. $100 bills being held?             Answer: According to Federal Reserve estimates, $80 billion is held in domestic depository institutions, $453 billion is held by domestic businesses and individuals, and $1.07 trillion is held abroad.

Answer:  KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT repurchased 16.32 % of weighted average shares outstanding in Q2 2018.  Black Creek Diversified Property Trust repurchased 4.59% of weighted average shares outstanding in Q2 2018.

Answer:  Of the 63 nontraded REITs reporting EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) for Q2 2018, 42 reported increases. The 63 REITs had total EBITDA of $1.32 billion for Q2 2018, up about 2% from the $1.29 billion for Q1 2018. The REIT reporting the highest EBITDA for Q2 2018 was Hines Global…

Answer: Five nontraded REITs have completed ten transactions to acquire warehouse/distribution centers encompassing a combined 25.3 million square feet of leasable area. The REITs and the number of transactions include Black Creek Industrial REIT IV (3), RREEF Property Trust (3), Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT (2), Cole Real Estate Income Strategy (Daily NAV) (1), and…

Answer:  JLL Income Property Trust Inc. had the highest percentage of its distributions reinvested in Q2 2018 at 65%.  Other REITs with a high percentage of distributions reinvested:  Hartman vREIT XXI, Inc. (63%), Blackstone REIT, Inc. (62%), Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT, Inc. (61%), CNL Healthcare Properties II, Inc. (59%) and Black Creek Industrial REIT…

Answer: Griffin Institutional Access Real Estate Fund reported July sales of $85.8 million, highest among the nine interval funds reporting July sales to Blue Vault.