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ROCKY RIVER, OHIO — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $28.2 million sale of Westwood Town Center, a shopping center in Rocky River near Cleveland. Built in 1988, the property totals 226,155 square feet. Anchor tenants include Home Depot, which accounts for 30 percent of income and recently extended its lease,…
PARAMUS, N.J. — RH Outlet has opened a 50,700-square-foot store in the Northern New Jersey community of Paramus. The luxury home furnishings retailer has relocated its Paramus store from an unspecified, nearby space to a freestanding building within Ikea Drive Plaza. Curtis Nassau and Patrick Brake of RIPCO Real…

WILMINGTON, MASS. — JLL has brokered the sale of a 237,880-square-foot logistics facility located at 800 Salem St. in Wilmington, a northern suburb of Boston. Completed in 2025, the building features a clear height of 32 feet, 47 dock-high loading positions, two drive-in doors, 130-foot truck court depths, parking…
NEW YORK CITY — San Francisco-based Airbnb has purchased 281 Park Avenue South, an office building in Midtown Manhattan, for $81.5 million, according to reports from multiple news outlets, including The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and the New York Post. The landmarked, six-story building is known locally as Church…

ISLAND PARK, N.Y. — San Francisco-based intermediary Gantry has arranged an $11.5 million loan for the refinancing of a 740-unit self-storage facility located in the Long Island township of Island Park. Public Storage operates the three-story, climate-controlled facility. Robert Slatt and Alex Poulos of Gantry…

SANDY, UTAH — ARKA Properties Group has purchased a 98,820-square-foot industrial property located on Parkland Drive in the Salt Lake City metro area from a Southern California-based private developer. Lucas Burbank, Jeff Heaton, Kyle Roberts and Kelsie Akiyama of the DRAY Logistics Group at Newmark Mountain West…

TUKWILA AND KENT, WASH. — BKM Capital Partners has purchased a five-building, 401,000-square-foot industrial portfolio located in metro Seattle. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Spanning 19 acres of infill industrial space, the portfolio includes Southcenter West Business Park, a three-building,…

OCEANSIDE, CALIF. — CBRE has brokered the $77.5 million sale of Sunterra, a multifamily community located just north of Carlsbad in Southern California. An undisclosed buyer acquired the asset from 29th Street Capital. Rachel Parsons, Derrek Ostrzyzek, Mike Murphy and Kenji Thomas of CBRE represented the seller,…

CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 916-unit Public Storage property in Chicago. Completed in 2024, the self-storage facility consists of climate-controlled units totaling 72,899 rentable square feet. Jeffrey Herrmann and Sean Delaney of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an…

LBA Logistics recently purchased two industrial properties in the Union Cross Industrial Park near Winston-Salem for $38.16 million. The seller was Westcore. The Triad Business Journal reports Westcore purchased the two Millennium Drive properties from developer Front Street Capital for a combined $36.9 million in…

Dallas-based Lincoln Property Company (“Lincoln”), a global full-service real estate firm, acquired The Spectrum Companies (“Spectrum”), a Charlotte-based, full-service real estate firm. The acquisition enhances Lincoln’s full-service real estate platform in the Carolinas region, combining complementary…

U.S. wholesale inflation followed the example of consumer price inflation in June with a monthly decline. The Producer Price Index for final demand fell by a seasonally adjusted 0.3% in June after rising 1.1% the previous month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. Analysts had expected the June…

Slate and RiseBoro secured a $163 million loan for two housing projects located in Williamsburg, as reported by Commercial Observer. This is a debt-financing transaction in the capital markets covering New York real estate.
This is a news article published by Commercial Observer in July 2026 discussing New York's Fair Fares program expansion and its relationship to affordable housing. The article covers topics related to capital markets and affordable housing with geographic focus on New York.

LAWRENCE, KAN. — Merchants Capital has secured a $10.8 million Freddie Mac loan for Floret Hill, a 121-unit affordable housing development in Lawrence. The developer, Gardner, Kansas-based Wheatland Investments Group,… The post Wheatland Investments Group Obtains $10.8M Loan for Affordable Housing Development in…

HOUSTON — Asset Living has appointed Marti Burrows to chief operating officer to oversee operations across Asset Living’s national portfolio. Asset is ranked second on The National Multifamily Housing Council’s… The post Marti Burrows Appointed COO of Asset Living appeared first on Multifamily & Affordable Housing…

NEW YORK CITY — Apex Building Group and L+M Development Partners have obtained approximately $217 million in financing for the third phase of the Alafia project, an affordable housing community… The post Apex, L+M Obtain $217M to Finance Phase II of Alafia in Brooklyn appeared first on Multifamily & Affordable…

MANASSAS, VA. — Bridge Investment Group has acquired Masons Keepe, a 270-unit property in Manassas for an undisclosed sum. Brian Crivella, Bill Gribbin, Yalda Ghamarian and Jack Canepa of Berkadia… The post Berkadia Arranges Sale, Financing for Masons Keepe in Manassas, Virginia appeared first on Multifamily &…

Homebuyers can now view temperature, precipitation, snowfall, humidity and UV index information on all for-sale listings When you’re buying a home, it’s about more than bedrooms, bathrooms and square footage. You also want to know what everyday life will actually feel like—from snowy winters and rainy springs to…

22% of U.S. residents moving to a different state cited better weather as a factor in their move, the most commonly cited reason, per a new Redfin survey. Nearly as many people, 21%, are looking to move out of state due to concerns about climate change. Weather and climate concerns are more common reasons for […]…

A Reichmann family scion just placed one of his biggest bets yet on Union Square’s recovery, closing on a Bulgari-anchored building days after the deal seen as the strongest proof of downtown San Francisco’s retail comeback collapsed. Silver Gate Property II LLC, a Delaware entity affiliated with investor Ian…

This is a news article published by Commercial Observer in July 2026 covering Major League Soccer's headquarters design at Vornado's 2 Penn property in New York, with focus on capital markets implications.

One of the largest undeveloped sites in Manhattan overlooking the Hudson River is set to become a massive housing project. Gov. Kathy Hochul selected a team of The Gotham Organization, Fisher Brothers and Mural Real Estate to build 1,127 housing units...

New York City renters have never paid more for their housing — and their options on where to live are dropping.

PPR Capital Management just began investing in the build-to-rent housing sector last year, and now it is looking to pounce on a market it sees as benefiting from the new federal housing law. The Wayne, Pennsylvania-based firm this week is launching...

Michael Lavipour still remembers the bank office where executives laughed him out of the room. It was 13 years ago, and the head of lending for Affinius Capital was on the hunt for a credit facility to support the investment management firm’s real estate...

JW Marriott Residencies Reston Station is a luxury condominium collection located within the landmark JW Marriott Hotel & Residences tower at Reston Station, one of the largest mixed-use, transit-oriented developments in the mid-Atlantic region....

The Department of Homeland Security has reversed course on its plan to sell a New Jersey warehouse and will go back to its original intention of converting it into a detention facility. A federal judge was notified July 10 of the agency’s decision...

Multiple prominent data center firms are reportedly looking to sell stakes in their companies as record demand drives valuations higher.

Lincoln Property Co. has purchased Charlotte-based developer The Spectrum Cos. in a deal that Lincoln says will help it grow its footprint across the Carolinas.

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has elevated Michael Martin from acting chief to permanent executive director of the Port of San Francisco, handing the agency’s 7.5-mile waterfront real estate portfolio to a three-decade government and development veteran at the moment tourism spending is set to break the city’s…

SCALE Lending, the debt financing arm of Slate Property Group, has issued a $45-million senior-secured construction loan for a new multifamily project located at 264-272 W. 135th St. in Harlem. The sponsor, Mass Development, will use loan proceeds for the ground up development of an 11-story residential condominium…

Brookfield is in exclusive talks to acquire a stake in Hudson Square Properties in a deal that would value the complex at $3.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported. The asset management giant would own 10% of the 13-building, 6.2 million-square-foot portfolio, and would take over as its long-term operating…

CBRE facilitated the $77.5-million sale of Sunterra, a 240-unit multifamily community located at 3851 Sherbourne Dr. in Oceanside. The firm’s Rachel Parsons, Derrek Ostrzyzek, Mike Murphy and Kenji Thomas advised the seller, 29th Street Capital. Debt and Structured Finance support was provided by James Flinn and…

This is a deal-transaction report published by Commercial Observer on July 14, 2026, covering the $100 million acquisition of 675 Hudson Street by a London-based nightclub operator. The item is categorized under capital markets and retail real estate transactions, with geographic relevance to New York and London.

This is a news article published by Commercial Observer in July 2026 announcing that PGIM has hired David Blum as a Managing Director in its Commercial Real Estate Credit division. The article covers personnel and organizational changes within the commercial real estate capital markets and debt financing sectors.

This is a transaction report from Commercial Observer published in July 2026 covering a real estate acquisition in the Financial District (FiDi) area of New York, where developer Wolfe Landau purchased a redevelopment site for $35 million.

After two defaults, New York-based Columbia Property Trust has struck a deal with its lenders to restructure approximately $1.8B of debt backing a seven-building portfolio. The June agreement will modify the debt, which is secured by buildings in San...

Casa del Rey, a 30-unit mixed-use apartment building, located at 321 Broadway E. in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, has sold for $4.57 million. Matt Johnston, Jerrid Anderson, Matt Laird, and Jack Shephard of Kidder Mathews’ Simon | Anderson Multifamily Team represented the seller, 321 Broadway Associates,…

Slatt Capital arranged a $12,000,000 non-recourse acquisition loan for a 68,094-square-foot multi-tenant office building located at 5900 State Farm Dr. in Rohnert Park. The 1973-vintage property was financed through a life insurance company lender, The Standard, with a structured staggered term and 30-year…

Northern Builders, in partnership with Affinius Capital, announced a long-term lease agreement for a 1,200,000-square-foot industrial facility at Cherry Hill Business Park in Joliet, Illinois. The undisclosed tenant was represented in the transaction by Adam Mitchell and Matt Carolan of JLL, and Northern Builders…

Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King & Kittitas Counties (Habitat SKKC) will celebrate the completion of the 58-home Liberty Commons community in Seattle’s Columbia City neighborhood. Liberty Commons is Habitat SKKC’s largest single-building development to date—and the largest multi-family building in Habitat for…

Finmarc Management, Inc. has completed the $26.36 million sale of an 83,300 square foot flex and office building, as well as an adjacent 6.4-acre parcel located within the Park East Corporate Center in Chantilly, Virginia, to Pulte Homes. Finmarc acquired the three-building business park comprised of nearly 200,000…

Related Beal, Related Affordable, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and MassHousing announced a complete upgrade and renovation of the Loring Towers affordable housing community built in Salem in 1974. With financing secured, Related will begin a comprehensive, multi-phased renovation of the 250-unit property in…

Indianapolis-based Milhaus has completed a merger with one Southern California-based multifamily company and has agreed to acquire another. The merger of Milhaus with SRG Residential forms a national, vertically integrated platform focused on developing, owning, and managing apartment communities in more than 20…

Coworking operator Workbar will open a 10,000-square-foot new location in Somerville’s Union Square, within the new USQ mixed-use development adjacent to the Union Square MBTA station. Housed in the Prospect Union Square residential tower at 50 Prospect St., the company will be the second commercial tenant signed…

Nonprofit Graham Windham signed a five-year lease for 9,833 square feet on the 14th floor of the Interchurch Center at 475 Riverside Drive in Manhattan's Morningside Heights neighborhood at $29 per square foot, relocating its headquarters from West 127th Street in August 2026. The century-old organization, which provides foster care, adoption services, therapy and family programs, will join other mission-driven nonprofits and organizations including Bank Street College of Education, Columbia University, and Children's Health Fund at the 600,000-square-foot building.
The U.S. Department of Defense signed a 23,600-square-foot lease for a 10-year term at 1 Old Country Road in Carle Place, New York, the former headquarters of 1-800-Flowers, with landlord DBD Realty Group, and is expected to take occupancy in early 2027 following buildout. The five-story office building recently underwent a $22 million repositioning and already houses the Federal Aviation Administration, which occupies over 74,000 square feet across two floors under a 15-year lease that began in 2023.
TA Realty acquired Featherstone Industrial Park, a fully leased 734,606-square-foot, 13-building industrial warehouse portfolio in Northern Virginia, for $132 million from a joint venture of Rosenthal Properties and Stockbridge. The purchase price represents approximately 27 percent more than the sellers paid for the property in 2021, and the asset is fully occupied by 45 tenants across various industries.
The article examines the Fourth & Central project, a 7.6-acre mixed-use development by the Rauch family in downtown Los Angeles that received City Council approval on June 30, 2026, after a five-year process beginning with its 2021 unveiling. The $2 billion project will include 1,589 residential units (with nearly one in seven planned as affordable), office and retail space across 10 buildings, and is expected to signal renewed development momentum downtown while helping to physically connect previously fragmented neighborhoods like Little Tokyo, the Arts District, and Skid Row.

Mass Development secured a $45 million construction loan from SCALE Lending, a subsidiary of Slate Property Group, to build an 11-story condominium complex at 264-272 West 135th Street in Harlem comprising 72 units ranging from studios to three-bedroom units, with completion targeted for summer 2028. The 30-month floating-rate loan includes two six-month extension options, and the project will feature ground-floor retail and community space already leased to a day care operator, plus top-floor amenities including a fitness center, spa, and lounge.

A Washington, D.C.-based housing watchdog group is accusing the country’s largest apartment owner of unlawfully rejecting potential renters who hold Section 8 vouchers across six states.
In June 2026, gasoline prices plunged 9.7% month-to-month while core CPI fell 0.02% and all-items CPI dropped 0.42%, with year-over-year core CPI at 2.59% and all-items CPI at 3.53%, driven by energy declines and temporary softness in services and goods categories. The article argues these favorable month-to-month readings represent temporary outliers unlikely to persist and notes the headline inflation data does not provide political support for a Federal Reserve rate hike at the July 2026 FOMC meeting.

Alterra IOS announced the closing of a $400 million refinancing led by Truist Financial Corp. and KeyBank, supporting the continued expansion of its growing industrial outdoor storage platform. Secured by a portfolio of 99 IOS properties spanning 27 states, the financing was executed utilizing an equity pledge…

Knightbridge and Argosy acquired a two-building office portfolio for $14 million. The buildings, Three Maroon, built in 2001, and Maroon Five, built in 2008, combined, make up 174,000 square feet. The 4-story buildings sit on 10 acres in the Meridian International Business Center. Mark IV Capital was the seller.…

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday signed an executive order to create the nation’s first moratorium on new hyperscale data centers. The order temporarily pauses state environmental permits for up to one year in order to build a regulatory framework that protects ratepayers, the environment, the energy grid and…

WareSpace, an operator of micro-bay warehouse space, has acquired 1400 Centre Circle in Downers Grove, Illinois, a 71,689-square-foot industrial property. The site becomes WareSpace’s third location in the Chicago area and second in Downers Grove. Built in 1979 and currently vacant, the property will be…

Congress’ passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which became law this past weekend without President Trump’s signature, marks “one of the most significant federal housing reform efforts in decades, reflecting a bipartisan shift toward addressing the nation’s affordability problem,” Marcus & Millichap…

The Cabana Motor Hotel along Stemmons Freeway was once a go-to destination in Dallas. The Beatles and Monkees stayed there and Raquel Welch once worked the cocktail lounge. After opening in 1963, the property, which has had numerous owners over the years, including the county jail system, is now being transformed…
Union leaders attributed the near-collapse of the former Pfizer headquarters at 235 East 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan on July 7, 2026, to deficiencies in New York City's third-party Special Inspection Agency (SIA) approval process, arguing that developers should not hire inspectors paid by themselves to certify construction safety. The article documents union officials' calls for the Department of Buildings to hire more inspectors and eliminate the SIA model, while real estate industry representatives and city officials defended the third-party inspection system as effective and standard practice across the country.