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Hines REIT Begins Property Selloff August 12, 2016

Hines REIT Begins Property Selloff

    Hines REIT Begins Property Selloff Preferred Apartment Communities Buys 7 Grocery-Anchored Centers; Fortis Buys Chase Tower August 9, 2016 | By Mark Heschmeyer | CoStar Hines Real Estate Investment Trust Inc. has begun proceeding with its plan of liquidation. This week, Preferred Apartment Communities Inc. acquired seven grocery-anchored shopping centers with 650,400 rentable…
Monthly NTR & BDC Sales:  July Monthly Sales are in! See the numbers now. August 12, 2016

Monthly NTR & BDC Sales: July Monthly Sales are in! See the numbers now.

Monthly nontraded REIT and BDC Sales. July 2016 Sales Nontraded REIT Sales $300,463,171 Nontraded BDC Sales $83,882,214 See All     Note: While the Blue Vault reported monthly sales figures do include the vast majority of all Nontraded REIT and Nontraded BDC sales, it does not include all. Blue Vault soon hopes to receive all additional…
National Storage Affiliates Trust Buys 22-Property California Self-Storage Portfolio From W. P. Carey Affiliate August 12, 2016

National Storage Affiliates Trust Buys 22-Property California Self-Storage Portfolio From W. P. Carey Affiliate

    National Storage Affiliates Trust Buys 22-Property California Self-Storage Portfolio From W. P. Carey Affiliate August 5, 2016 | Inside Self Storage National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSAT), a Maryland real estate investment trust (REIT) specializing in self-storage, has acquired a 22-property self-storage portfolio in California from CPA:17 – Global, a publicly held, non-traded REIT…
Blackstone jumps into nontraded REIT market August 12, 2016

Blackstone jumps into nontraded REIT market

    Blackstone jumps into nontraded REIT market Firm wants to raise $5 billion in first venture, possibly through wirehouses Aug 10, 2016 @ 12:35 pm | By Bruce Kelly| Investment News Wall Street alternative investment giant The Blackstone Group, with $356 billion in assets, is diving into the beleaguered nontraded real estate investment trust marketplace,…
1031 Exchanges – What are They and How Do They Work? August 10, 2016

1031 Exchanges – What are They and How Do They Work?

1031 Exchanges – What are They and How Do They Work? Part two in a series on private placements. August 09, 2016 | by Beth Glavosek | Blue Vault 1031 exchanges can be helpful for people selling a piece of business or investment property. If they expect to sell the property for more than they…
Self-Storage Cap Rate Compression Slows, but Sector Popularity Continues August 9, 2016

Self-Storage Cap Rate Compression Slows, but Sector Popularity Continues

    Self-Storage Cap Rate Compression Slows, but Sector Popularity Continues Aug 01, 2016 | Donna Mitchell | National Real Estate Investor The self-storage sector’s appeal seems to defy convention. Self-storage assets lack the architectural themes and fine details that produce trophy properties in the office and retail sectors. No gleaming lobbies or guest amenities like…
DOL fiduciary rule’s ‘grandfathering’ exemption may be lost by changing firms August 9, 2016

DOL fiduciary rule’s ‘grandfathering’ exemption may be lost by changing firms

      DOL fiduciary rule's 'grandfathering' exemption may be lost by changing firms Regulatory experts believe there's a strong likelihood advisers would lose the grandfathering exemption granted under the DOL rule simply by switching RIAs or broker-dealers Jul 26, 2016 @ 1:50 pm | By Greg Iacurci | Investment News Advisers banking on “grandfathering” pre-existing investments…
JLL Income Property Trust Buys Scottsdale Shopping Center for $47 Million August 9, 2016

JLL Income Property Trust Buys Scottsdale Shopping Center for $47 Million

JLL Income Property Trust Buys Scottsdale Shopping Center for $47 Million Aug 02 2016 | by DI Wire JLL Income Property Trust (NASDAQ: ZIPTAX; ZIPTMX; ZIPIAX; ZIPIMX), a non-listed, daily valued perpetual life real estate investment trust, purchased Silverstone Marketplace in the Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale, Arizona for $47 million. Silverstone Marketplace is a newly-constructed…
Finra To Firms: Don’t Duck Our Arbitration Forum August 9, 2016

Finra To Firms: Don’t Duck Our Arbitration Forum

      Finra To Firms: Don't Duck Our Arbitration Forum JULY 28, 2016 | DAN JAMIESON | Think Advisor Finra could be girding for some fights against brokerage firms who insist on avoiding Finra arbitration in lieu of other dispute-resolution forums. Last week, Finra warned broker-dealers in no uncertain terms that they can’t force customers or…

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