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.

The tightening of lending standards in recent months is also making B-pieces more attractive, market participants say.

Often positioned preferred equity, the capital is coming into play on properties that have shortfalls due to newly tightened capital markets.

After a surge of mergers and acquisitions in the real estate space in 2022, the pace of deals has slowed amid disruptions in property pricing.

Lack of stringent regulations in the U.S. real estate industry has allowed criminals, kleptocrats and sanctioned foreign nationals to launder their money through real estate investments.

A drop in demand for industrial space amid massive new product deliveries portends a potential glut of new product. Coupled with higher interest rates and worries about a recession, it’s forcing investors to rethink their acquisition strategies.

'Blackwells strongly opposes the cockamamie merger, and expects most other shareholders to do the same,' said the activist investor of the plan, which is backed by Schorsch's AR Global.

Investors in proptech companies are much more focused on value proposition and return on investment than they were before.