Archive for February, 2011

Self Storage: Strategic Storage Trust Acquires 80 Percent of $37.6M Self-Storage Portfolio

Posted 02.21.2011 | Categories: Self Storage | No Comments

Strategic Storage Trust Inc., a publicly registered non-traded real estate investment trust focusing on self-storage, recently acquired more than an 80 percent interest in a 10-property portfolio worth nearly $37.6 million.

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Student Housing: Off-Campus Student Housing Presents Much-Needed Stability For Commercial Investors

Posted 02.21.2011 | Categories: Student Housing | No Comments

Many commercial real estate investors are reeling right now from miscalculations made in past years about what the future would hold in commercial real estate.

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Senior Housing: Alliance Senior Services Sells Assisted Living Portfolio for $17M

Posted 02.15.2011 | Categories: Senior Housing/Assisted Living | No Comments

Veritas InCare and Nationwide Health Properties acquire senior care facilities

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Healthcare: More Investment Strategies for 2011 – Health Care Providers amd Medical Office Buidlings

Posted 02.15.2011 | Categories: Medical Office/Healthcare | No Comments

Economist Gary Shilling has agreed to share with BloggingStocks his 18 investment strategies for 2011, beginning with Gary Shilling’s Investment Strategies for 2011.

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Student Housing: VT renovations will create housing shortage

Posted 02.15.2011 | Categories: Student Housing | No Comments

Ongoing building improvements at Virginia Tech will result in a shortage of student housing this fall and student cost increases, probably for years to come, officials say.

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Healthcare: San Antonio’s medical office market hits a bump in the road

Posted 02.15.2011 | Categories: Medical Office/Healthcare | No Comments

Business now. Real estate later.

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Senior Housing: Cornerstone Acquires $10.7 Million Assisted Living Facility in New Hampshire

Posted 02.15.2011 | Categories: Senior Housing/Assisted Living | No Comments

Cornerstone Healthcare Plus REIT has acquired Forestview Manor a stabilized 69 unit Assisted Living and Dementia Care Facility in Meredith

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Transit: Mayor to announce additional funding for Mt. Airy Transit Village

Transit: Mayor to announce additional funding for Mt. Airy Transit Village

Posted 02.15.2011 | Categories: Transit Development | No Comments

A proposed “transit village” alongside the Washington Lane Regional Rail station just got one step closer to fruition.

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Healthcare: Broadstone REIT Acquires Five Net-Leased Medical Office Properties for $18.4MM

Posted 02.15.2011 | Categories: Medical Office/Healthcare | No Comments

Broadstone Real Estate, LLC today announced that Broadstone Net Lease, Inc. (BNL) recently completed the acquisition of five triple net-leased medical office properties for a combined purchase price of $18.4MM.

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Student Housing: Plans advance for student housing complex above downtown Binghamton bar

Posted 02.15.2011 | Categories: Student Housing | No Comments

The owner of a downtown bar that has seen its share of troubles received approval this week from the city planning board to move forward with a six-unit, 45-bedroom student housing complex.

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