Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc. — fact timeline
Source-grounded facts extracted from Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc.'s SEC 8-K filings across all families, newest first. Each cites a verbatim SEC excerpt.
Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc. entered into Subscription Agreement with Ares Perigee Finance HoldCo L.P. valued at $100,000,000 (effective 2026-05-29).
“Subscription Agreement On May 29, 2026 (the “Purchase Date”), Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc. (referred to herein as the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) entered into a subscription agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”) with Ares Apogee Finance HoldCo L.P.”
Governance Changes
Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc.: Filed Articles of Amendment to increase authorized capital stock to 3,000,000,000 shares and common stock to 2,800,000,000 shares, and Articles Supplementary to create 300,000,000 Class B Common Shares with conversion, liquidation, and voting rights (effective 2025-10-14).
“On October 14, 2025, in connection with the Subscription Agreement, the Company filed Articles of Amendment (the “Articles of Amendment”) to its charter with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (the “SDAT”) to increase the number of shares of capital stock that the Company has authority to issue to 3,000,000,000 and the number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, that the Company has authority to issue to 2,800,000,000. Immediately following the filing of the Articles of Amendment, the Company filed with the SDAT Articles Supplementary (the “Articles Supplementary”) to its charter, pursuant to which the Company classified and designated 300,000,000 authorized but unissued shares common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company as shares of Class B common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Class B Common Shares”) with the following conversion rights, rights upon liquidation and voting rights”
Debt Financings
Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc. amended credit facility of $2.0 billion with syndicate of lenders led by BofA Securities, Inc.; Wells Fargo Securities, LLC; JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.; and Capital One, National Association at Term SOFR plus a margin ranging from 1.25% to 2.00% maturing June 18, 2029.
“On June 18, 2025 (the “Effective Date”), AREIT Operating Partnership LP (the “Borrower”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc. (the “Company,” and collectively with the Borrower, “we,” “us,” or “our”), amended and restated its existing senior unsecured revolving and term credit facility agreement by entering into a $1.0 billion revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”), a $700.0 million term loan (the “A-1 Term Loan”), and a second $300.0 million term loan (the “A-2 Term Loan”) for an aggregate amount of $2.0 billion (collectively, the “Credit Facility”) with a syndicate of lenders led by BofA Securities, Inc.; Wells Fargo Securities, LLC; JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.; and Capital One, National Association as both Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Arrangers, together with Regions Capital Markets, Truist Securities, Inc. and The Huntington National Bank and M&T Bank as Joint Lead Arrangers.”
Scott Recknor retired as Head of Asset Management at Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc..
“on April 1, 2025, Scott Recknor, the Company’s Head of Asset Management, notified the Company of his decision to retire.”
Paula Schaefer was appointed as Director at Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc..
“the Board appointed Andrew E. Holm and Paula Schaefer to serve as directors, with Ms. Schaefer serving as an independent director, effective as of April 3, 2025.”
Andrew E. Holm was appointed as Director at Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc..
“the Board appointed Andrew E. Holm and Paula Schaefer to serve as directors, with Ms. Schaefer serving as an independent director, effective as of April 3, 2025.”
Daniel J. Sullivan resigned as Director at Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc..
“On April 3, 2025, Rajat Dhanda and Daniel J. Sullivan, each a member of the board of directors (the “Board”) of the Company, notified the Company of their decisions to step down from their positions on the Board, which resignations became effective on that day.”
Rajat Dhanda resigned as Director at Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc..
“On April 3, 2025, Rajat Dhanda and Daniel J. Sullivan, each a member of the board of directors (the “Board”) of the Company, notified the Company of their decisions to step down from their positions on the Board, which resignations became effective on that day.”
Lainie Minnick resigned as Head of Debt Capital Markets at Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc..
“As previously reported in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 5, 2024, on May 30, 2024, Ms. Lainie Minnick informed Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc. (referred to herein as the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) that she will step down as the Company’s Head of Debt Capital Markets for personal reasons.”
Lainie Minnick departed as Head of Debt Capital Markets at Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc..
“On May 30, 2024, Ms. Lainie Minnick informed Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc. (referred to herein as the "Company," "we," "our," or "us") that she will step down as the Company’s Head of Debt Capital Markets for personal reasons.”
Material Agreements
Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc. amended Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement (2024) with Ares Commercial Real Estate Management LLC valued at Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement effective April 30, 2024 (effective 2024-04-30).
“Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement (2024) Renewal of Advisory Agreement Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc. (referred to herein as the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”), AREIT Operating Partnership LP, the Company’s operating partnership (the “Operating Partnership”) and Ares Commercial Real Estate Management LLC, the Company’s advisor (the “Advisor”), previously entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement (2023), effective as of June 3, 2023 (the “2023 Advisory Agreement”). The term of the 2023 Advisory Agreement continued through April 30, 2024, subject to an unlimited number of successive one-year renewals. The Company, the Operating Partnership and the Advisor renewed the 2023 Advisory Agreement on substantially the same terms through April 30, 2025, by entering into the Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement (2024) (the “2024 Advisory Agreement”), effective as of April 30, 2024.”
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