As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2024
Registration No. 333-252212
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Post-Effective Amendment No. 27
to
Form S-11
FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
OF SECURITIES OF CERTAIN REAL ESTATE COMPANIES
Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
One Tabor Center, 1200 Seventeenth Street, Suite 2900
Denver, Colorado 80202
(303) 228-2200
(Address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of the registrant’s principal executive offices)
Jeffrey W. Taylor
Partner, Co-President
Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc.
One Tabor Center, 1200 Seventeenth Street, Suite 2900
Denver, Colorado 80202
(303) 228-2200
(Name, address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Robert H. Bergdolt, Esq.
Christopher R. Stambaugh, Esq.
DLA Piper LLP (US)
4141 Parklake Avenue, Suite 300
Raleigh, North Carolina 27612-2350
(919) 786-2000
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: This post-effective amendment is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(d)under the Securities Act and will be effective upon filing.
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If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☒ Registration No. 333-252212
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Explanatory Note
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (No. 333-252212) is filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) solely to add certain exhibits not previously filed with respect to such Registration Statement.
PART II. Information Not Required in Prospectus
Item 36. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(b)Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
Exhibit |
| Description |
99.1 | | |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-11 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 to Form S-11 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Denver, State of Colorado, on April 15, 2024.
| ARES REAL ESTATE INCOME TRUST INC. | |
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| By: | /s/ JEFFREY W. TAYLOR |
| | Jeffrey W. Taylor Partner, Co-President (Principal Executive Officer) |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Form S-11 registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the following capacities on April 15, 2024.
Exhibit 99.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT VALUATION ADVISOR
We hereby consent to the reference to our name and the description of our role in the valuation process described in the heading “March 31, 2024 NAV Per Share” in the Current Report on Form 8-K of Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc., filed by the Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, being incorporated by reference in (i) the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-230311) of Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc., and the related prospectus, and (ii) the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-194237) of Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc. We also hereby consent to the same information and the reference to our name in the heading “Experts” being included in the prospectus related to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-252212) of Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933.
April 15, 2024 | /s/ Altus Group U.S. Inc. | |
| Altus Group U.S. Inc. | |
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