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A $28 million CMBS loan backed by a Colorado office property has entered special servicing.

Life sciences real estate market reaches bottom as capital returns to the sector, with San Diego highlighted as a key market.
Housing isn’t making anyone happy these days. In a survey of more than 100 principals and executives across private real estate investment firms, Berkadia found that 61 percent of respondents characterized their outlook for the multifamily market in the second half of 2026 as negative, Commercial Observer can first…

The luxury pied-à-terre is alive and well, despite any efforts to stifle — or excessively tax — it. While the second week of August saw a Staten Island Supreme Court judge block the rollout of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax — a controversial surcharge on second homes worth more than $5…
Simon Property Group’s second quarter offered more evidence that the nation’s largest mall owner is carrying its post-pandemic run into the second half of 2026. The real estate investment trust said Monday that its quarterly revenue, funds from operations (FFO) and tenant sales are all climbing while the company’s…

Across the 50 largest commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) markets, $45.8 billion of $393.5 billion in outstanding balance is currently distressed, a balance-weighted rate of 11.6 percent, according to CRED iQ data. Minneapolis, Denver and Oklahoma City lead the distress rankings at 55.1 percent, 35.9…
U.S. office attendance is on the rise, but the return-to-office trend remains a tale of two cities. In the first half of 2026, office visits nationwide rose 6 percent year-over-year, and achieved the narrowest first-half gap from pre-pandemic levels thus far, data from foot-traffic tracker Placer.ai shows. The…
Ailing Alexandria Real Estate Equities is showing signs of improvement as leasing increased over the second quarter of 2026, a hopeful sign of progress after several quarters of declining fundamentals. The real estate investment trust (REIT) posted earnings Tuesday that show declining balance sheet performance with…
Vornado Realty Trust announced Tuesday morning that it could levy as much as $350 per square foot at one of its latest office developments, at a time when rents over $300 a square foot at trophy properties are becoming the norm. 350 Park Avenue, which Vornado is developing with Ken Griffin’s Citadel and Rudin, may […]

An iconic office complex in the City of Bridges has hit a dead end. The $92 million commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loan secured by Gateway Center, an iconic office complex in Downtown Pittsburgh, has liquidated via a note sale, resulting in a $64.8 million loss to the CMBS trust, according to an alert…

For commercial real estate and commercial mortgage-backed securities investors, brokers and lenders trying to separate signal from noise in a choppy market, granularity is everything. CRED iQ‘s July 2026 reporting period data looks to provide exactly that with a loan-level view of distress across the $600…
New York City’s declines in international tourism over the past year since President Donald Trump assumed office are starting to affect Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT)’s finances. The real estate investment trust (REIT) reported second-quarter funds from operations (FFO) of $57 million, or 21 cents per share,…
Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT) reported a net loss of $81.2 million in the second quarter of 2026, but its executives were optimistic during a Thursday morning earnings call about turning its portfolio around. The publicly traded mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT) posted a second-quarter loss of 48…
Equinix significantly increased its forecasts and expectations for 2026 after posting another record-heavy quarter on the back of artificial intelligence demand and more data center construction. The Redwood City, Calif.-based data center real estate investment trust (REIT) generated $2.63 billion in second-quarter…
The second Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting under new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh signaled another reality check of higher-for-longer interest rates to the commercial real estate industry. In a 9-3 vote, the FOMC maintained its benchmark interest rate Wednesday at between 3.5 percent and 3.75…
Surging data center services revenue and a rebound in U.S. office leasing stood out in CBRE’s strong second-quarter results for 2026. During a Wednesday morning earnings call, the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm reported $11.2 billion in second-quarter revenue, roughly in line…

BXP, the largest Class A office owner in the country, has landed a $1.2 billion construction loan to build its 930,000-square-foot office tower development at 343 Madison Avenue in Midtown, the real estate investment trust (REIT) announced Wednesday morning during its second-quarter earnings call. The financing for…

A handful of the latest commercial real estate collateralized loan obligation (CLO) deals lean hard into multifamily collateral and full-term interest-only structures. CRED iQ analyzed loan-level collateral across a handful of the latest CRE CLO deals totaling $4.68 billion and 160 loans of collateral with the…
Blackstone’s growth continued unabated in the first half of 2026, as the firm leveraged its enormous data center and AI platform to report strong shareholder returns. In the second quarter, the firm delivered more than 20 percent year-over-year growth across total revenues, fee revenues, fee-related earnings, net…

On July 14, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the nation’s first statewide moratorium on the building of new hyperscale data centers, pausing all state environmental permits for up to one year. The purpose, according to the governor’s announcement, is to take the time to establish “a nation-leading regulatory…
A joint venture between Centerbridge Partners and Henderson Group has landed a $208.5 million debt package to recapitalize 40 industrial assets in Pennsylvania and South Florida, Commercial Observer has learned. J.P. Morgan Chase supplied the five-year, floating-rate loan on the sponsorship’s logistics portfolio…
New York City investment sales dipped 10 percent over the second quarter of 2026, according to Avison Young’s latest property sales report. Under the hood, however, the city’s commercial real estate market is barreling past its 2025 pace. Overall investment sales in New York City rose annually by 60 percent in the…
It’s been well documented and much lamented just how few ground-up residential units are being developed and constructed in New York City due to the limitations of 485-x, a 2-year-old state tax incentive that appears to guide most developers to a 99-unit limit on new multifamily buildings in much of the city in…

U.S. bank real estate loan balances totaled $6.14 trillion in the first quarter of 2026, according to CRED iQ data. Since the first quarter of 2019, the composition of that real estate loan balance book has shifted measurably. Multifamily balances grew the fastest in percentage terms, rising about 53 percent, while…
In a market where finding a development opportunity is akin to “finding a needle in a haystack,” and existing policy can “break the backs” of developers who want to build housing, it follows that a majority of the development community has “redlined” it to curtail future investment. It’s no surprise to hear that…
The long-awaited wave of distressed commercial real estate strategies has not materialized. That was the contrarian conclusion in a new Avison Young national capital markets brief released Tuesday showing that fundraising has not matched years of predictions for increased investments in distressed properties. The…

A joint venture consisting of Global Holdings, MAG Partners and Safanad has sealed $141.4 million of bridge debt to refinance a newly built luxury apartment tower in Midtown Manhattan’s Turtle Bay neighborhood, Commercial Observer has learned M&T Realty Capital Corporation provided the loan on the sponsorship’s…

Area 15 in Las Vegas is a retail and entertainment complex featuring shops and food and beverage outlets in addition to attractions that take the complex far beyond traditional retail. Inside Area 15, which New York-based Fisher Brothers developed, Interstellar Arc bills itself as “the world’s largest VR…
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This is a market report published by Commercial Observer in July 2026 covering retail sector vacancy conditions in South Florida, indicating sub-5% vacancy rates. The report includes capital markets analysis and carries both national and Florida geographic classifications.
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.
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 market report published by Commercial Observer in July 2026 examining the hotel sector in New York City and its recovery trajectory relative to pre-pandemic performance levels. The report addresses capital markets and hospitality sector dynamics in New York.
This is a news article published by Commercial Observer in July 2026 reporting on property values in Los Angeles County, noting a total valuation of $2.27 trillion amid wildfire impacts and market conditions. The piece covers capital markets developments with national scope.