InvenTrust Closes UHC Student Housing Portfolio Sale JULY 1, 2016 | BY ERIKA MORPHY | GlobeSt.com BETHESDA, MD--Walker & Dunlop financed part of the acquisition with a very flexible $672-million Fannie Mae credit facility. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="616"] InvenTrust CEO Thomas McGuinness. Photo courtesy REIT.com.[/caption] At the start of the year, Oak Brook, IL-based…

  JLL Income Property Trust Buys Two Properties for $186.3 Million JLL Income Property Trust (NASDAQ: ZIPTAX; ZIPTMX; ZIPIAX; ZIPIMX), a non-listed, daily valued perpetual life real estate investment trust, purchased two properties totaling $186.3 million at the end of June. On June 28th, the company acquired Pioneer Tower in downtown Portland, Oregon for approximately…

    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

    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…

    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.…

      Carey Watermark Investors 2 Acquires Le Méridien Arlington 154-room top performing hotel centrally located in Washington, DC region June 29, 2016 07:48 ET from Carey Watermark Investors 2 NEW YORK, June 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Carey Watermark Investors 2, Incorporated (CWI 2), a non-traded real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on investing in…

    New York REIT Dissidents Propose Five-Person Slate for Board June 27, 2016 — 10:13 AM EDT | David M Levitt | Bloomberg A group of dissident New York REIT investors proposed a five-person slate of candidates to replace board members backing the company’s merger with JBG Cos., a closely held owner of Washington-area properties. The…