Office REITs rose more than 10% among broad-based gains for most property subsectors.

Activist investor Jonathan Litt has tried to portray the sector as heading for a similar fate as traditional office buildings. Market data and investor activity paint a much more complex picture.

Healthcare providers’ preference for retail spaces has put them in competition with bricks-and-mortar retailers, triggering a race for premium retail spaces.

While much of the sector continues to be dominated by small owners/operators, its solid property fundamentals, credit tenants and low capital expenditures are beginning to bring in institutional money.

As the amount of troubled loans mounts, real estate lenders are revisiting strategies from the Great Recession to avoid taking back the keys on some assets.

With solid property fundamentals and plenty of potential demand, both institutional and high-net-worth investors have been working with firms that specialize in BTRs.

The “denominator effect” put institutions in a position where real estate allocations exceeded target levels, but observers expect that issue has begun to resolve itself as values of other investments have recovered.

Ballast Rock Group’s Simon O’Shea shares insights on the launch of the firm's new SEC registered broker/dealer and why it felt the move was necessary.