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A joint venture between Somerset Development and HIG Capital has sealed a $60 million loan to refinance a repurposed New Jersey mixed-use office campus that will soon be home to sandwich chain Jersey’s Mike’s headquarters, Commercial Observer has learned. Hudson Bay Capital provided the bridge loan for the…
Time to rise and grind, Upper East Siders, as a new coffee shop and bakery is set to open at Avenues Equity Partners’ 1410 Madison Avenue in Carnegie Hill. Family-owned coffee shop and bakery Cafe Aroma has taken 2,200 square feet of retail space at the base of the five-story residential building, according to…
Amsterdam-based Redevco has closed a €57.3M loan to finance the development of a 156-unit residential scheme supporting the delivery of energy-efficient homes in Dublin. The loan is structured as a green loan according to the Loan Market Association...
In this episode of Retail Recorded, host Anjee Solanki sits down with Alison Beddard, CEO of CREW Network and CREW Network Foundation, for a wide-ranging conversation on career growth, leadership, and the evolving role of networks in commercial real estate. Drawing from her journey from brokerage to executive…
Escalating U.S. and Israeli military action involving Iran has injected a fresh wave of volatility into global markets, with the most immediate impact seen in a sharp surge in oil prices. Oil markets have reacted forcefully, with crude prices jumping more than 35% in a single week and moving above $90 per…
Billionaire Amancio Ortega is in negotiations to acquire a high-rise office building in Chicago for approximately $440 million.
Spanish real estate company Ibervalles establishes its own management platform to create and manage co-investment vehicles.
Prologis made a €14.44 billion unsolicited acquisition offer for Segro, which the target company rejected.
Spanish real estate firm GMP obtained €645 million from a banking consortium to finalize the purchase of an office building.
Dopo il via libera dell’Antitrust arrivato lo scorso marzo, Borio Mangiarotti passa ufficialmente sotto il controllo di Arrow Global. Il gruppo britannico, tra i principali operatori europei nell’asset management alternativo...
Azora accelera il proprio sviluppo sul mercato italiano con l’apertura di una nuova sede a Milano e un piano di ulteriori investimenti per 1,5 miliardi di euro nei prossimi anni....
The nation's largest public pension fund rode a soaring stock market to its best investment year in more than a decade, but its real estate and infrastructure holdings badly trailed the rally, underscoring the drag that property continues to exert on institutional portfolios. The post CalPERS Notches 14.8% Return…
Nach einem schwachen Auftakt hat der deutsche Finanzierungsindex (Difi) wieder etwas Schwung gewonnen. Lageeinschätzung und Erwartungen liegen jedoch so weit auseinander wie selten. Die Hoffnungen der Befragten ruhen auf einem nachhaltigen Aufwärtstrend in den nächsten sechs Monaten.
LAKELAND, FLA. — JLL Capital Markets has negotiated the $67.7 million sale of three industrial buildings located within Lakeland Commerce Center in Lakeland, a city in Central Florida between Tampa and Orlando. Cody Brais, John Huguenard, Luis Castillo, Taylor Osborne, David Orta Jr. and Mia Gian of JLL represented…
Lendlease announced a new investment partnership with Dutch pension fund manager PGGM to establish the Lendlease Japan Modernisation Partnership (LLJMP). The JPY120 billion (~S$954.1 million) partnership will acquire and upgrade logistics and office assets across Japan, with an initial focus on Greater Tokyo and…
Die Staatsanwaltschaft Berlin klagt Ex-Signa-Vorstand Timo Herzberg und drei weitere ehemalige leitende Angestellte der Signa-Gruppe wegen Veruntreuung von Investorengeldern an. Im Zentrum der Vorwürfe steht ein Berliner Projekt.
Der US-Private-Equity-Manager H.I.G. Capital gründet unter dem Namen Highground Living eine Wohn-Plattform mit Zentrale in Berlin. Das Volumen liegt bei 1 Mrd. Euro.
Das Vertriebsvolumen privater Immobilienkredite auf der Hypoport-Plattform Europace blieb im zweiten Quartal mit 18 Mrd. Euro auf dem Niveau des Vorjahrs. Die Wohnungswirtschaft fragte hingegen über Hypoports Tochter Dr. Klein Wowi Finanz rund 19% weniger Finanzierungen nach als im gleichen Zeitraum 2025.
Montano hat die Betreuung eines Gewerbeimmobilienportfolios im Wert von 750 Mio. Euro übernommen. Auftraggeber sind zwei Pensionskassen.
Art-Invest is strengthening its Nordic portfolio with new acquisitions in Sweden. Following its latest residential investment in Stockholm, Johan Öhlund Lagerdahl, Head of Stockholm at Art-Invest Real Estate, tells Nordic Property News about the company's investment strategy, the asset classes it is targeting, and…
Henrik Steenstrup has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of AP Ejendomme. He joins the company from his position as Property Director at By & Havn and will assume his new role on 1 October 2026.
On July 1, NAIOP announced a new name for the organization: the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, or CREDA. According to CREDA, the new moniker better communicates the broad scope of commercial real estate work members engage in, such as multifamily housing, retail destinations, logistics and…
Real estate secondaries have risen in prominence over the last few years as a tool for liquidity in a market environment with lower transaction volumes and slower fundraising cycles. UK-based Partners Group has had its hands in the secondaries market...
A wave of upzoning across the San Francisco Peninsula is cracking open some of the region’s most supply‑starved housing markets, prompting multifamily developers to target obsolete office sites in Sunnyvale, San Mateo and Menlo Park for hundreds of...
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This is a news report from Commercial Observer published in July 2026 documenting Citibank's pricing of a commercial mortgage-backed securities conduit deal described as the largest single bank-contributed, multi-property CMBS transaction since the Global Financial Crisis. The report covers capital markets activity in the CMBS sector at the national level.
Meridian Capital Group arranged $186,000,000 in construction financing for Lido Oceanfront Residences, a new luxury condominium development located at 1201 Ocean Ave. N. in Asbury Park, NJ, on behalf of Inspired by Somerset Development. The loan was provided by Madison Realty Capital and was arranged by Meridian’s…
Essex Realty Group and Essex Capital Markets announced the closing of Wilson Manor, a 33-unit multifamily property located at 3348 W. Wilson Avenue in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood. The property sold for $7.6 million, a $200,000 premium over the listing price. Originally renovated in 2008, Wilson Manor offers…
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JLL has completed the sale of a fully leased, four-property medical building portfolio in the Greater Kansas City area. JLL worked on behalf of several different physician groups, Orthopedic Health of Kansas City, Kansas City Urology Care PA and Sunflower Medical Group, to complete the off-market sale to Montecito…
JLL announced the appointment of Ann MacDiarmid as executive vice president, retail corporate services, where she will serve as transaction management practice lead. Based in Chicago, MacDiarmid is responsible for overseeing and growing JLL’s transaction management service offering within retail corporate services,…
This is a news item from Commercial Observer published on July 16, 2026, reporting on Prologis' financial or operational performance, noting record leasing activity and growth in its data center business.
KLNB announced that restaurant brand Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao has opened its new location at 180 American Way in National Harbor. KLNB Principal Josh Weiner represented Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao in securing the lease, in collaboration with Jerry Johnson of Bennett Williams Retail, who served as co-broker and master…
Locally based Synergy and New York-based Axonic Capital have acquired 265 Franklin St., a 21-story Class A office tower in Downtown Boston. The acquisition marks the first joint venture between the two firms. The seller was Clarendon Properties and the acquisition price was $116 million, according to the Boston…
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Wellpointe Inc. unveiled plans for Viva L.A. at Warner Center, a four-phase, 100% affordable senior housing community at 6400 Canoga Ave. in Warner Center’s downtown district. The development represents a total estimated investment of $2 billion at the 4.71-acre Woodland Hills site that a Wellpointe…
YODA PLC announced the completion of more than 113,000 square feet of new leasing activity at Transamerica Pyramid Center. The seven transactions have been completed since the beginning of 2026, including five since YODA acquired the redeveloped property in March from a SHVO-led ownership group. “The leasing…
This is a news article from Commercial Observer published in July 2026 reporting on New York City Council approval of housing developments including Monitor Point and six other projects. The article is tagged to the capital markets sector and covers developments in New York on a national scale.
This is a deal report published by Commercial Observer on July 16, 2026, covering Greystar's sale of an apartment tower in Virginia for $216 million.
This is a news item published by Commercial Observer in July 2026 reporting on a leasing transaction in which a live shopping marketplace storefront leased 5,000 square feet of space at 555 West 25th Street. The item is classified under leasing activity and capital markets coverage.
This is a market news report published by Commercial Observer in July 2026 covering retail investment activity in Southern California during the first half of 2026, noting a 62% increase in that period. The report addresses capital markets and retail sector trends with geographic focus on California and national context.
This is a news article published by Commercial Observer in July 2026 reporting on a leasing transaction in which AI firm Isara Laboratories signed a lease for approximately 6,000 square feet of space at 515 West 20th Street in New York.
National multifamily net absorption reached its fifth-highest quarterly total in nearly 25 years, even as median asking rents continued to decline.
Health system’s cash purchase closes a decade-long land fight and adds another parcel to its expanding Tri-Valley footprint Sutter Health has picked up a 27-acre parcel at the interchange of Interstate 580 and Hacienda Road in Dublin that spent more than a decade tied up in a failed bid to bring an Ikea superstore…
Majestic Realty Co. and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) have agreed to a 99-year ground lease that will serve as the foundation for a new, light industrial project serving the Community and the greater Phoenix metro area. With an anticipated groundbreaking in 2027, the development is expected…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday issued the Rental Ripoff Report, a package of 23 tenant protection recommendations. The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) responded with a statement from President James Whelan saying that the administration “continues to paint property owners with a broad brush, unfairly…
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Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $58.6 million refinancing for The Ellington, a 190-unit luxury multifamily property with more than 16,000 square feet of retail space at 1301 U Street NW in Washington, D.C. The Cushman & Wakefield Equity, Debt & Structured Finance team of John Alascio, Alex Hernandez, Marshall…
A drone-boat startup plans to use the Port of Brownsville as its base for a $3.2 billion military contract. Saronic Technologies Inc. was selected over a competitor in the Bay Area of California. The company bills it as a next-generation shipyard for building advanced autonomous vessels. Saronic plans to break…
This is a news report published by Commercial Observer in July 2026 documenting a $101 million C-PACE (Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy) loan provided by Nuveen Green Capital for a project identified as Newark Studios. The item covers a debt-financing transaction in the capital markets sector.
This is a commercial real estate deal announcement published by Commercial Observer in July 2026 reporting on Catholic Homes securing a $147 million construction loan for a housing development project in the Bronx. The article covers debt financing and capital markets activity at the national and New York market levels.
This is a news article published by Commercial Observer in July 2026 reporting on an executive hiring announcement at Tishman Speyer, a real estate firm. The article covers the appointment of Joseph Ghazal, a former Prologis executive, to a leadership role focused on international expansion.
Applied Optoelectronics Inc. began construction on two adjacent projects in Pearland that will add nearly 400K SF of manufacturing capacity.
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A New Orleans-based investor paid one of the highest prices for an Atlanta apartment tower this year as more companies shell out top dollar for new and well-located multifamily projects in the metro area.
Pasadena REIT’s exit from aging Greater Stanford campus underscores the depth of the Bay Area’s office repricing An affiliate of San Francisco-based Harvest Properties has closed on two aging office and research buildings in Palo Alto’s Greater Stanford submarket for a price that lays bare how far Bay Area office…
MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS. — INDUS, a locally based roadway rehabilitation and pavement preservation contractor, will open a 75,000-square-foot headquarters facility in Middleborough, located south of Boston. INDUS purchased a parcel within The Campus at Canopy Drive, an approximately 700,000-square-foot development…
PRAIRIEVILLE, LA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Commerce Centre, a 33,744-square-foot retail center located at 17097 Airline Highway in Prairieville, about 18 miles southeast of Baton Rouge. Built in 2015 on four acres, the multi-tenant retail center features 14 suites that were 72 percent occupied…
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Local brokerage firm LanCarte Commercial has negotiated a 24,000-square-foot industrial lease in West Fort Worth. The tenant was not disclosed. The space is located across two newly constructed buildings within Wilks Development’s 200-acre Markum Business Park. Sarah LanCarte and Finn Wilson of…
PALMETTO, FLA. — General contractor Robins & Metro has topped out BayCare Hospital Manatee, a $563 million hospital underway in Palmetto, a city in Southwest Florida’s Manatee County. Situated one mile from the junction of I-75 and I-275, the 450,000-square-foot hospital will offer 154 beds in private patient…