CION Investment Corporation Maintains Distribution Rate for April 2017 March 30, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault On March 23, 2017, the board of directors of CION Investment Corporation (“CION”), a CION Investments company, declared four regular weekly cash distributions of $0.014067 per share each, which will be paid in April 2017. Each of the regular…

Cole Office & Industrial REIT Announces NAV of $10.32 March 30, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault Based on the recommendation from a valuation committee comprised solely of the Company’s independent directors, including the independent Chairman of the Board, on March 22, 2017, the Company’s board of directors unanimously approved and established an…

Cole Credit Property Trust IV Announces New NAV of $10.08 March 30, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault Based on the recommendation from a valuation committee comprised solely of the Company’s independent directors, including the independent Chairman of the Board, on March 24, 2017, the Company’s board of directors unanimously approved and established…

REITs: Laggards, but for how long? Rising rates and high expectations have hurt the real estate vehicle, but a few factors could brighten its outlook March 29, 2017 | by John Waggoner | InvestmentNews.com In this market, looking for bargains is like looking for a good show on local cable at 2:00 in the morning. While commercial…

Chase Park Plaza Hotel to be sold March 23, 2017 | by Jacob Barker | St. Louis Post-Dispatch The iconic Chase Park Plaza in St. Louis’ Central West End could soon be under new ownership. The Dallas real estate investment trust that owns the hotel, Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT I Inc., agreed last week to sell the…

KBS REIT Approves Estimated Value Per Share of $2.475 Amidst Liquidation March 28, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault On March 27, 2017, the KBS Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) board of directors approved an estimated value per share of the Company’s common stock of $2.475 (the “EVPS”), effective March 21,…

Cole Credit Property Trust V Announces NAV Per Share of $24.00 March 28, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault The Board of Directors of Cole Credit Property Trust V, Inc., (“CCPT V”), a publicly registered non-listed real estate investment trust focused on investing in high-quality, income-producing necessity retail properties, net leased to creditworthy…

Self-Storage Investment Firm Strategic Storage Trust IV Launches $1B IPO March 20, 2017 | Inside Self-Storage Strategic Storage Trust IV Inc. (SST IV), which intends to invest in self-storage and qualify as a real estate investment trust (REIT), has launched an initial public offering (IPO) of approximately $1.095 billion in common stock, according to a…

Blackstone's REIT Buys $116M of Mortgage-backed Securities March 27, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault In March 2017, the REIT purchased $116 million of commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by a trust sponsored by Goldman Sachs, and secured by a mortgage loan on the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois made to subsidiaries of a…