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American Campus Communities to Acquire $863M in High-Quality Assets

ACC continues to add to its student housing stock around the United States, acquiring 19 properties with 12,049 beds for $863 million from affiliates of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors L.P.

Inland’s Newest Non-listed REIT Begins IPO

Non-listed Inland Real Estate Income Trust has begun selling $1.5 billion in common stock in connection with its initial public offering.

SL Green JV Recapitalizes 4.5 MSF West Coast Office Properties

East Coast office giant SL Green Realty formed a joint venture to recapitalize a 31-property office portfolio in Southern California.

Griffin-American Healthcare REIT Acquires Six Buildings for $109M

The healthcare REIT’s addition of the latest six buildings brings its total portfolio value to approximately $1 billion, based on the amount paid for the 121 buildings in 26 states.

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Spirit Realty Capital Prices Initial Public Offering

The Scottsdale, Ariz.-based triple-net sector REIT launched an initial public offering Thursday, raising approximately $435 million, mostly to be used to pay off debt.

KKR, Beecken Petty O’Keefe, Coastwood Senior Housing to Invest $130M in Sunrise Senior Living

KKR and two other companies in a JV will invest $130 million in Sunrise Senior Living. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2013.

Realty Income to Acquire American Realty Capital Trust in $3B Transaction

Realty Corp has bought American Realty Income REIT. Under the terms of the deal, the seller would acquire all of the outstanding shares of ARCT for about $3 billion.