HINES GLOBAL REIT II, INC.
2800 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 5000
Houston, Texas 77056-6118
August 15, 2014
VIA EDGAR AND EMAIL
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Attention: Ms. Jennifer Gowetski
Mail Stop 3010
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Re: | Hines Global REIT II, Inc. |
| Registration Statement on Form S-11, as amended |
| File No. 333-191106 |
Dear Ms. Gowetski:
In accordance with Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Hines Global REIT II, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby requests that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) accelerate the effective date of the above-captioned Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement”) in order that the Registration Statement shall become effective at 9:00 a.m. (EDT) on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 or as soon thereafter as practicable.
In connection with the acceleration request, the Company hereby acknowledges that:
| • | should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the Registration Statement effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the Registration Statement; |
| • | the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the Registration Statement effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the Registration Statement; and |
| • | the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. |
Please contact Alice Connaughton of Greenberg Traurig, LLP (counsel to the Company) at 212-801-6496 with any questions about this acceleration request. Please notify us when the delegated authority copy of the order of the Commission declaring the Registration Statement effective has been executed.
| Very truly yours, | ||
| Hines Global REIT II, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ J. Shea Morgenroth | |
| Name: | J. Shea Morgenroth | |
| Title: | Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer | |
