{"id":380599,"date":"2024-06-06T10:41:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T14:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.bluevaultpartners.com\/?p=380599"},"modified":"2024-06-11T11:14:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T15:14:40","slug":"kkr-reit-makes-moves-to-prop-up-its-nav","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qa.bluevaultpartners.com\/kkr-reit-makes-moves-to-prop-up-its-nav\/","title":{"rendered":"KKR REIT makes moves to prop up its NAV"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bruce Kelly<\/a> | Investment News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n In an unprecedented move by a nontraded real estate investment trust, the KKR Real Estate Select Trust Inc. on Tuesday disclosed its management was going to devote as much as $250 million over the next few years to support the net asset value, or NAV, of the company.<\/p>\n Industry executives said it was an effort to prevent current KREST investors cashing in their shares as well as give financial advisors a positive picture of the company in a topsy turvy commercial real estate market.<\/p>\n Nontraded REITs\u00a0are notoriously volatile<\/a>\u00a0investments.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat KKR is doing is a bold move that favors the investor,\u201d said one senior industry executive who spoke confidentially about the matter to\u00a0InvestmentNews<\/em>. \u201cThis supports the thesis that retail class alternative investments like real estate have been institutionalized, or risen to the level of the institutional investor. This would not have happened a decade ago.\u201d<\/p>\n Common industry wisdom also says that it\u2019s tough for financial advisors to sell another series of nontraded REITs to his or her best clients after a manager has already had problems or been in the headlines. Older investors typically buy nontraded REITs for promised, steady yields, with advisors usually recommending a small percentage of less than 10% into any one REIT manager or sponsor<\/p>\n \u201cNontraded REIT managers don\u2019t want to be in a negative spotlight, and they have been making changes to prevent a drop in their REIT\u2019s NAVs,\u201d said Brian King, CEO of Lodas Markets.<\/p>\n A KKR spokesperson did not respond to a message Wednesday morning seeking comment.<\/p>\n KKR Real Estate Select Trust, also known as KREST, is relatively small, with $1.2 billion in total assets,\u00a0according to the company\u2019s website<\/a>. But larger competitors Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust Inc. and Starwood Real Estate Income Trust Inc. have seen clients steadily withdraw cash since 2022, fearing rising interest rates and a commercial real estate market that was in some areas because workers had not fully returned to offices after Covid-19.<\/p>\n