REITs Return 8.6% in 2016 January 10, 2017 | Loretta Clodfelter | Linkedin, Salika Khiser Although U.S. REITs struggled in the fall, they achieved a total return of 8.63 percent in 2016, according to the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index. The performance was far better than the 2.83 percent the index returned in 2015.…

Strategic Realty Trust, Inc. Acquires Silver Lake Retail Property in L.A January 12, 2017 | James Sprow | Blue Vault Strategic Realty Trust, Inc., through an indirect subsidiary, entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement dated November 21, 2016 with Sunset Triangle Investors, LLC, a California limited liability company, to purchase a retail property located…

Cole Office & Industrial REIT (CCIT II), Inc. to Announce Updated NAV in March, 2017 January 12, 2017 | James Sprow | Blue Vault Cole Office & Industrial REIT (CCIT II), Inc. has engaged Cushman & Wakefield of Illinois, Inc., Valuation & Advisory group to perform valuation services to assist the Company’s board of directors…

Cole Credit Property Trusts IV and V to Report Updated NAVs in March, 2017 January 12, 2017 | James Sprow | Blue Vault Cole Credit Property Trust V, Inc. has engaged Duff & Phelps, LLC to perform valuation services to assist the Company’s board of directors with determining an updated estimated value per share of…

Hartman Short Term Income Properties XX, Inc. Announces Estimated NAV January 12, 2017 | James Sprow | Blue Vault   The Board of Directors of Hartman Short Term Income Properties XX, Inc. determined an estimated net asset value (“NAV”) per share of the Company’s common stock of $13.15 as of September 30, 2016. The Company…

Stanger Report Slams Proposed ARC—Retail Centers of America/American Finance Trust Merger January 11, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault In a Special Report released January 3, 2017, Robert A. Stanger & Co. presented a multi-faceted critique of the proposed merger of two nontraded REITs, ARC – Retail Centers of America (RCA) and American…

BRG Sells Class A Orlando Apartments for $52M; Achieves 1.8x Return on Equity New York, NY (December 20th, 2016) – Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BRG) (“BRG” or the “Company”) announced today that it has closed on the sale of its EOS Orlando Apartments property (“EOS”), located in Orlando, Florida. The property, which…

Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Acquires Evendale Medical Office Building Near Cincinnati Monday, December 19, 2016 6:00 PM UTC CINCINNATI, Dec. 19, 2016 -- American Healthcare Investors and Griffin Capital Corporation, the co-sponsors of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, Inc., announced today that the REIT has acquired Evendale Medical Office Building, an approximately 66,000-square-foot medical office building in…

First Capital Announces Strategic Sale - First Capital to Contribute Two Properties in Exchange for OP Units Convertible into Shares of Common Stock NEWS PROVIDED BY First Capital Real Estate Trust Incorporated Dec 19, 2016, 16:18 ET NEW YORK, Dec. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- First Capital Real Estate Trust Incorporated ("First Capital"), a Maryland public non-traded…