Firm offered seller financing on student housing deal. Others are infusing REITs with cash, limiting withdrawals

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Jun 13, 2024

Blackstone Opts to Sweeten Deal as REITs Upend Usual Playbook

Firm offered seller financing on student housing deal. Others are infusing REITs with cash, limiting withdrawals

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Jun 7, 2024

The Investing Boom That’s Squeezing Some People Dry

Bundles of real estate and other private assets are easy to buy and hard to sell. Make sure you know how you’ll get out before you get in.

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Apr 9, 2024

Blackstone deal for apartment REIT signals opportunities

Blackstone's recent acquisition of Apartment Income REIT Corp. for $10 billion in cash has injected optimism into the commercial real estate mergers and acquisitions market. Industry experts Brian King from LODAS Markets and Kevin Gannon from Robert A. Stanger & Co. Inc. weigh in on the significance of this deal.

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Mar 29, 2024

LODAS Markets Ranked #1: KC's Fastest-Growing Tech Companies

Kansas City's Fastest-Growing Technology Companies Ranked by Revenue growth (2023 vs. 2022)

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Mar 19, 2024

Business Insider - How real estate's pain could be Wall Street's gain as Blackstone, Goldman, and others dive back in

Business Insider - How real estate's pain could be Wall Street's gain as Blackstone, Goldman, and others dive back in

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Feb 23, 2024

LODAS Markets helping REIT investors find liquidity in minutes

Alternatives Watch caught up with LODAS Markets CEO Brian King on what participation the team has seen on the platform that was originally launched as Realto in 2021.

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Jan 24, 2024

LODAS Leverages AI Tools to Enhance Market Data Offering, Alts Investments Transparency

LODAS Markets, unveiled expanded market data for select alternative investments, increasing transparency for issues listed for trading on LODASMarkets.com.

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Dec 28, 2023

WealthChannel - The Alternative Investment Podcast

A Liquid Market For Illiquid Alts – Brian King Of LODAS Markets

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Dec 20, 2023

The Alternative Investing Advantage Podcast

Episode 95: Exploring Real Estate Investing Marketplaces with Brian King

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Dec 13, 2023

Is Blackstone's REIT Redemption Saga Winding Down?

FundFire: Is Blackstone's REIT Redemption Saga Winding Down?

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Nov 9, 2023

Invest Like a Billionare Podcast

Creating Liquidity In Private Markets

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Nov 8, 2023

Schwab Network: Getting Exposure to Non-Traded REITs

Here is a link to the feature interview with our CEO, Brian King, which aired on Schwab Network.

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Sep 13, 2023

Brian King Interview On Bloomberg Radio

Here is a link to the feature interview with our CEO, Brian King, which aired on Bloomberg last week.

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Aug 23, 2023

Secondary Sales Back in Spotlight for Semi-Liquid Alts Funds

FundFire: Secondary Sales Back in Spotlight for Semi-Liquid Alts Funds

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Apr 21, 2023

Amid Redemption Gates, Non-Traded REIT Shares Trade in Secondary Markets

"Trading in private real estate secondaries, including non-traded REITs, BDCs and private placements, has increased by an order of magnitude compared to last year."

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Apr 18, 2023

CEO of Real Estate Investing Marketplace Hasn’t Lost His Singing Roots

Brian King of Lodas Markets Makes Business Connections Through Performing.

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Apr 17, 2023

Secondary exchanges aim to offer liquidity to REITs

BREIT and SREIT are available for investors to trade on the LODAS marketplace.

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Mar 28, 2023

Non-Traded REITs: A New Liquidity Lifeline

Investors can trade assets like BREIT in the LODAS marketplace.

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Mar 22, 2023

Secondary Marketplaces Offer New Liquidity Options As Nontraded REITs Limit Redemptions

In the first week since LODAS Markets listed Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust shares, the secondary marketplace saw more interest than it has in the full month since it listed the nontraded REIT’s largest competitor.

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Mar 22, 2023

BREIT Begins Trading on LODAS Markets

LODAS Markets, an operator of a web-based marketplace for the secondary trading of illiquid real estate and alternative investments formerly known as Realto Inc., announced that Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust is now trading on the LODAS marketplace.

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Mar 21, 2023

BREIT Can Now Be Traded Via New Alternative Trading Platform

Even though Blackstone is still limiting redemptions, investors can now sell into private markets

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Mar 21, 2023

KC startup adds Blackstone, Starwood to its REIT trading platform

Overland Park-based LODAS Markets now has two major real estate investors trading on its platform, Blackstone REIT and Starwood REIT, offering their clients better liquidity on investments.

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Feb 8, 2023

Alternatives Watch - Starwood REIT to Trade on Retail Alts Secondaries Platform

Starwood Real Estate Income Trust (SREIT) fund is now trading on the LODAS Markets platform, which was previously known as Realto and focuses on secondary markets.

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Feb 8, 2023

The DIWire - Starwood REIT Begins Trading on LODAS Markets

LODAS Markets, previously known as Realto Inc., which is the operator of a web-based marketplace for the secondary trading of illiquid real estate and alternative investments, announced that Starwood Real Estate Income Trust is now trading on the LODAS marketplace.

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Feb 7, 2023

Financial Advisor Magazine - SREIT Cleared For Trading On Alternative Trading System

Frustrated institutional and accredited investors who want to trade shares of the popular Starwood Real Estate Income Trust—a private real estate fund which was closed to redemptions in December, after outsize withdrawal requests—will have a new option starting today

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Dec 12, 2022

KC Business Journal - Realto Works to Build Awareness for Platform Offering to Link REITs to Property Buyers

After creating a unique market for trading stakes in real estate investment funds, Realto is focused on the next phase of its development: landing partners to host its platform and raise awareness of its service.

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Aug 29, 2022

Wealth Management - 'Predatory' Mini-Tender Offers Highlight Liquidity Challenges for Real Estate Alts

Mini-tenders have been a thorn in the side of nontraded REIT sponsors, and they are also on the receiving end of backlash from other industry participants.

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Dec 11, 2021

KC Business Journal - Realto Launches Platform to Trade Real Estate and Other Illiquid Assets

Realto Launches Platform to Trade Real Estate and other illiquid. Overland Park-based Realto Securities LLC completed the first trades on its new electronic trading platform for real estate and alternative securities.

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Dec 9, 2021

The DIWire - Realto Launches Platform for Secondary Trading of Alternative Securities

Realto Launches Platform for Secondary Trading of Alternative Securities. Realto, a marketplace for the secondary trading of illiquid real estate and alternative securities, has launched its platform by executing trades in Phillips Edison & Co. Class B restricted shares.

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Sep 22, 2021

KC Business Journal - KC Entrepreneurs Devise Trading Platform to Give Real Estate More Liquidity

A new Overland Park company will introduce an electronic trading platform that helps real estate investors buy and sell interests in projects more easily.