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    InLight, Ares Management JV Lands $82M for Industrial Project

    Affinius Capital LLC has originated an $82.3 million loan to finance the development of Eastport Logistics Park, a master-planned four-building, 890,000-square-foot Class A industrial development in Jacksonville, Fla. Eastport Logistics Park in Jacksonville will initially include four buildings totaling 890,000 square feet. Image courtesy of RE BackOffice The borrower was…

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    Prologis Taps Colliers to Lease Miami-Area Business Park

    Prologis has assigned to Colliers South Florida the leasing of its Prologis Miami International Tradeport, a 10-building, 1.7 million-square-foot master-planned Class A business park in the Medley submarket of Miami-Dade. Miami International Tradeport comprises 10 Class A buildings in Medley, Fla. Image courtesy of Colliers Miami International Tradeport is at…

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    Brookfield Scores Big Lease at Milwaukee Mall

    The SCHEELS store in Wauwatosa will be the company’s 36th location nationwide. Image courtesy of SCHEELS SCHEELS has signed a 210,000-square-foot lease at Brookfield Properties’ Mayfair Mall, a 1.2 million-square-foot property in Wauwatosa, Wis. The vacant space will undergo a full renovation and expansion before the opening of the new…

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    L&L Holding Signs Lease Extensions in Manhattan

    600 Third Ave. is a 42-story Midtown East office tower. Image courtesy of L&L Holding Co. Aaronson Rappaport Feinstein & Deutsch LLP has decided to have its headquarters remain at the Grand Central district tower through at least 2042, having signed a 15-year lease extension with L&L Holding Co. The…

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    Red Mountain Group Buys Pittsburgh-Area Shopping Center

    Red Mountain Group Inc. has purchased Century Square, a 415,613-square-foot shopping center in West Mifflin. This marks the company’s first acquisition in western Pennsylvania. A private owner sold the asset, according to CommercialEdge information. Century Square occupies roughly 64 acres some 10 miles from downtown Pittsburgh. Image courtesy of Red Mountain…

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    PMB Tops Out $580M Inland Empire Campus

    Riverside University Health System and health-care real estate developer PMB have topped off their $580 million, 450,000-square-foot project in Mead Valley, Calif., that will integrate behavioral health treatment with medical care and social services. The public-private partnership broke ground on The Wellness Village in the Inland Empire region in June…

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    CBRE IM Panel Talks Next Generation of CRE Investing

    Josh Stoffregen-Foye, CBRE Investment Management’s global head of media relations moderates the discussion between Wei Luo, Bernie McNamara, Robert Shaw, Lucy Fletcher and Liz Troni. Photo courtesy of CBRE Investment Management Demographics, deglobalization, digitization and decarbonization—four trends described by panelists at a CBRE Investment Management press conference as underlining any…

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    TPG Angelo Gordon JV Pays $108M for MOB Portfolio

    TPG Angelo Gordon also formed a joint venture with Cypress West to purchase MOB assets. Last month, the duo bought the Tennessee property pictured above. Image courtesy of TPG Angelo Gordon and Cypress West A joint venture between Altera Fund and TPG Angelo Gordon purchased a 10-asset medical office portfolio…

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    Echo Real Estate Buys Denver Medical Campus at Steep Discount

    Originally built as a school in 1942, Rampart Medical Campus comprises two three-story buildings. Image courtesy of Echo Real Estate Capital Echo Real Estate Capital Inc. has acquired Rampart Medical Campus, a two-building, 71,000-square-foot property in Denver. Healthcare Realty Trust sold the asset with the assistance of CBRE.  The property…

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    Brennan JV to Build Industrial Project Near US-Mexico Border

    Laredo Pinnacle Development II will feature ample trailer storage, allowing for fast and efficient deliveries and shipments. Image courtesy of Standard Real Estate Investment Partners and Brennan Investment Group Standard Real Estate Investment Partners has joined forces with Brennan Investment Group to build Laredo Pinnacle Development II, a 433,000-square-foot industrial…

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    AREP Closes Oversubscribed Fund at $309M

    American Real Estate Partners has closed its fourth real estate GP fund, AREP Strategic Opportunity Fund IV at $309 million in equity commitments. Rendering of Kentucky’s first hyperscale data center campus being developed by Poe Cos. and PowerHouse Data Centers. Image courtesy of PowerHouse Data Centers AREP stated that the…

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    Net Lease Investment Volume Surges

    Dominated by the industrial and logistics sector, net lease investment volume increased by 19 percent quarter-over-quarter and 57 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2024, reaching $13.7 billion, according to a new report from CBRE. That quarter helped to create a 13 percent increase in full-year 2024 net lease…

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    NYC Projects Worth Over $1B Get Green Light

    New York’s city council has voted to approve the Science Park and Research Campus Kips Bay and Innovation East life science projects, as announced by the New York City Economic Development Corp. The Science Park and Research Campus (SPARC) Kips Bay will be a first-of-its-kind job and education center in…

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    21 Alpha Group JV Lands Refi for Los Angeles Retail Center

    The five-building Crenshaw Plaza occupies a 5-acre site. Image courtesy of JLL The principals of 21 Alpha Group and Intelligent Design Real Estate have obtained $32 million in senior financing through Forbright Bank for Crenshaw Plaza, a 146,901-square-foot grocery-anchored retail center in Los Angeles. JLL arranged the three-year, floating-rate loan. Proceeds…

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    DWS Sells Fort Lauderdale Office Tower for $220M

    The office building at 401 E. Las Olas Blvd. rises 23 stories in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.’s financial district. Image courtesy of Square2 Capital The partnership of Highline Real Estate Capital, Square2 Capital and Lone Star Funds has acquired 401 E. Las Olas Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.’s financial district. CBRE…

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    Landrock, Pendulum Buy LA Office Tower for $56M

    The office building at 505 N. Brand Blvd. rises 16 stories. Image courtesy of Newmark Landrock LP and Pendulum Property Partners have acquired a 16-story, 329,431-square-foot trophy office tower in Glendale, Calif. The Class A asset changed hands at a significant discount from its previous sale, in a deal arranged…

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    Tanger Pays $167M for Open-Air Shopping Center

    Pinecrest is a prime upscale destination and the only market presence for several brands, including Alo Yoga, UNTUCKit, Madewell, Indochino, Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn and REI. Image courtesy of Tanger Major outlet center owner Tanger has acquired another high-end shopping center. The 640,000-square-foot Pinecrest Mall is an open-air, grocery-anchored, mixed-use property…

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    MLB Network to Relocate New Jersey HQ

    The building at 25 Market St. has an interior clear height of 40 feet. Image courtesy of Crow Holdings Development MLB Network is planning to move all operations to 25 Market St. in Elmwood Park, N.J. The content platform of Major League Baseball will occupy the entire 207,000-square-foot building that…

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    Kearny, Dune Deliver Orange County Project

    Harbor Logistics Center has 36-foot clear heights, 17 dock-high doors and two grade-level doors. Image courtesy of Kearny Real Estate Kearny Real Estate Co. and Dune Real Estate Partners have completed Harbor Logistics Center, a 163,000-square-foot Class A industrial facility in Santa Ana, Calif. The warehouse came online on the…

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    LBA Pays $46M for Savannah Industrial Asset

    The industrial facility at 50 Innovation Drive is a former Lowe’s distribution center. Image courtesy of JLL LBA Logistics has purchased a 491,329-square-foot Class A industrial building in Port Wentworth, Ga., within metro Savannah. Lowe’s sold the asset for $46 million, according to CommercialEdge data. JLL represented the seller, which…

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    Stark Office Suites Extends Manhattan Lease

    Stark Office Suites occupies the entire 22nd and 23rd floors at the Manhattan high-rise. Image courtesy of Stark Office Suites Stark Office Suites has extended its lease at Jack Resnick & Sons’ 110 E 59th St. in Manhattan by 10 years. The flexible shared office space provider occupies the building’s…

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    Invesco Pays $63M for Suburban NY Industrial Portfolio

    An aerial view of the three light industrial assets in Valley Cottage, N.Y., in Rockland County, N.Y. Image courtesy of JLL A three-building, 261,950-square-foot light industrial portfolio in the New York metro’s Rockland County has changed hands for approximately $62.8 million after nearly four years of ownership by Lincoln Equities…

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    New York Life Division Sells Houston Office Asset

    The office building at 515 Post Oak Blvd. rises 12 stories in Houston’s Galleria submarket. Image courtesy of JLL New York Life Real Estate Investors has sold 515 Post Oak, a 274,583-square-foot, Class A office building in Houston, to Dallas-based EY Ventures LLC. JLL worked on behalf of the seller…

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    Public Art as an Asset for Property Goals

    Gordon Huether Public art is generally defined as “artwork created for the general public and placed in the public realm, regardless of commissioning agency or funding source.” The practice has a long history in the U.S., gradually evolving as developers, artists, architects and commissioning groups now collaborate to create public…

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    Special MBA-CREF Report: Lending Grows Amid ‘Complexities’

    MBA Associate Vice President Commercial/Multifamily Research Reggie Booker Origination figures released yesterday by the Mortgage Bankers Association show lending is rebounding despite higher-for-longer rates and global and domestic uncertainties.   In MBA’s Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Originations Index, Q4 2024 originations were 84 percent higher than Q4 2023’s and 30 percent more…

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    DC Office Investment Picked Up Steam in 2024

    Washington, D.C.’s office sector ended last year with mixed fundamentals, according to the latest CommercialEdge data. The investment sector saw heightened activity compared to 2023, as the capital recorded a 19.8 percent year-over-year increase in transaction volume. As vacancy rates climbed, loan delinquencies rose, and property values dropped through the…

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    Blackstone’s $4B Retail Deal Gets Green Light

    Jonathan Gray, president & COO of Blackstone. Image courtesy of Blackstone Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.’s shareholders have approved the proposed merger with Blackstone Real Estate Partners X. The all-cash deal, valued at about $4 billion, is expected to close this week. ROIC and Blackstone affiliates had entered the merger agreement…

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    Industrial Report: Sector Transitions as Supply Shrinks

    The industrial sector is transitioning from its pandemic-driven boom, with 2025 expected to bring further adjustments, according to the latest CommercialEdge office report. In 2025, development is focusing more on manufacturing and data centers than on warehouse and distribution space. Image by wir0man/iStockphoto.com After a surge in development that added…

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    Rockpoint Pays $120M for MA Industrial Asset

    Scannell Properties completed Uxbridge Distribution Center in 2023. Image courtesy of Rockpoint Rockpoint continues to grow its industrial portfolio with the acquisition of Uxbridge Distribution Center, a cross-dock facility of more than 607,000 square feet in Uxbridge, Mass. Scannell Properties sold the asset for $120 million, according to the Worcester…

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    James Campbell Snaps Up 664 KSF Houston Industrial Asset

    Amazon is one of the tenants at Beltway Crossing Northwest in Houston. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge James Campbell Co. has acquired the 663,882-square-foot Beltway Crossing Northwest industrial park in Houston. The deal also included a 7.4-acre land parcel, which may be developed into a 150,000-square-foot project. BGO previously owned the…

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    Westmount Realty Buys Chicago Portfolio

    Westmount Realty Capital has acquired nine light industrial properties in the Chicago metropolitan area. The sellers, Unilev Capital and Mandalay Industrial, were represented by JLL in the transaction, the Chicago Business Journal reported. Westmount Realty Capital has acquired nine light industrial properties in the Chicago metro area, including 24317 W.…

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    Office Building Success Depends on People—Not Capital

    Daisy Gauck Business owners nationally are trying a variety of approaches to balance their corporate needs with employee desires, both of which have changed in a post-Covid era. Office owners that invest in a people-first, community-focused approach in their properties have a competitive advantage over those that limit management to…

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    MCB Real Estate Acquires Pinkard Properties

    Two Baltimore-based CRE firms are now one, with privately held institutional investment management firm MCB Real Estate’s just-completed acquisition of Pinkard Properties, a specialist in asset and property management services. Pinkard co-founder Katherine Pinkard will lead the newly expanded property management division. Image courtesy of MCB Real Estate Pinkard’s 2…

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    United Nations Buildings to Undergo $500M Makeover

    Officials have announced a $500 million development plan for One and Two United Nations Plaza in Manhattan. Under the agreement, the United Nations has also committed to long-term leases of unspecified length at the properties. One United Nations Plaza was built in the 1970s. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge The redevelopment…

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    Capital Ideas: Why C-PACE Lenders Remain Resolute

    Therese Fitzgerald Over the past decade, green financing for commercial real estate has been growing steadily. There are now a variety of debt instruments that allow property owners and developers to access capital for the purpose of making properties eco-friendlier and more resilient. Tax credits for certain green investments are…

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    Hopewell and GTIS Sell Metroplex Industrial Asset

    Hopewell Development teamed up with GTIS Partners to build Champions Circle Business Park in 2021. Image courtesy of Hopewell Development A joint venture of GTIS Partners and Hopewell Development has sold Champions Circle Business Park, a 361,040-square-foot industrial campus in Fort Worth, Texas. Stonelake Capital Partners acquired the asset, according…

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    Westwood Financial Buys Charlotte Shopping Center

    The Food Lion grocery store at Eastway Square has recently undergone interior and exterior renovations. Image courtesy of Westwood Financial Westwood Financial has purchased Eastway Square, a 130,156-square-foot shopping center in Charlotte, N.C., from New Forum Partners. Berkley Capital Advisors arranged the sale. The property has been under New Forum…

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    Heitman Raises $800M for Latest Debt Fund

    Last July, Heitman teamed up with Catalyst Healthcare Real Estate in a $300 million joint venture targeting medical office developments with diverse tenants, including Andrews Medicine. Image courtesy of Newmark Heitman has closed its Real Estate Debt Partners III fund with $806 million in capital commitments, surpassing the $600 million…

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    2025 Top Commercial Mortgage Banking and Brokerage Firms

    You can also read our other Mortgage Banking Firms rankings. Includes all originations, both as an intermediary and a direct lender, between 10/01/2023 and 09/30/2024. Financing Types: D=Debt, E=Equity, H=Hybrid, X=Other Property Sectors: O=Office, I=Industrial, R=Retail, M=Multifamily, Ho=Hospitality, He=Health care, X = Other Though we make every effort to include…

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    Oncology Practice Signs 35 KSF Lease in Manhattan

    The 22-story mixed-use Radio Tower in Washington Heights came online in 2022. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge Oncology practice New York Cancer & Blood Specialists has signed a 35,469-square-foot lease at Youngwoo & Associates’ Radio Tower in New York City’s Washington Heights. The tenant will occupy the entire eighth, ninth and…

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    Which Asset Classes Stole the Spotlight in 2024?

    Among commercial property investors, interest in industrial assets declined somewhat in 2024, while a stronger focus on data centers, and even a modest rebound in office, were clear trends during the year, according to the latest DLA Piper real estate report. The most favored property type remained residential. In preparing…

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    NVIDIA Eyes Bay Area Expansion

    The three-story 2701 San Tomas Expressway is one of the four office buildings NVIDIA has occupied since April 2010. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge NVIDIA is expanding its Silicon Valley office holdings. The firm intends to buy from The Sobrato Organization a 500,000-square-foot campus located across the road from its headquarters,…

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    Ben E. Keith Expands in Florida With 707 KSF Facility

    Several Ben E. Keith Foods executives attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the upcoming distribution center in Alachua, Fla. Image courtesy of Ben E. Keith Foods Ben E. Keith Foods has started construction on a 707,000-square-foot distribution center in Alachua, Fla. The project is expected to reach completion by fall 2026.…

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    Atlanta’s Industrial Sector Among the Busiest in 2024

    In 2024, Atlanta’s industrial sector showed continued growth, with both transaction activity and its pipeline posting growth on a year-over-year basis. As of December, the metro had an annual total of nearly $2 billion in sales. The Broe Group is developing a 225,000-square-foot industrial facility that will have rail service.…

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    Stonelake Capital Picks Up Charlotte Facility

    The property at 6000 Old Concord Road is fully occupied. Image courtesy of Avison Young Stonelake Capital Partners has purchased a 123,140-square-foot industrial building in Charlotte, N.C. Albany, N.Y.-based Steins Fiber sold the property for $13.5 million, Mecklenburg County public records show. Avison Young arranged the transaction on behalf of…

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    CPE Announces the 2024 Influence Awards Winners

    On Jan. 30, CPE hosted its 18th annual Influence Awards ceremony, which honored some of the past year’s most notable commercial developments, business strategies and professionals. The virtual event awarded 50 Gold, Silver, Bronze and Honorable Mention awards across 26 different categories. Goldie Wolfe Miller, founder of the Goldie B.…

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    Rudin Lands HQ Lease at Manhattan Tower

    Spectrum Reach is relocating its headquarters to two full floors at Rudin’s 3 Times Square in an 11-year deal. Image courtesy of Rudin Rudin has secured another agreement for its 3 Times Square building in Midtown Manhattan, signing Spectrum Reach to an 11-year lease. The company will take over the…

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    Fed Leaves Interest Rates Alone

    Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Jan. 29 press conference. Screenshot by Gabriel Frank In its first meeting of 2025, the Federal Reserve Open Markets Committee voted to pause on changes to its interest rate policy, keeping the current target range at 4.25 to 4.5 percent. Announced on Wednesday…

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    2024 Office Sales Volume Drops, Prices Increase

    Source: CommercialEdge, a Yardi Systems company In the last quarter of 2024, office sales totaled $9.1 billion with 365 transactions closing, totaling 46.9 million square feet, according to the latest CommercialEdge data. When compared to the previous quarter, there was a 37.1 percent decline in sales count nationally and a…

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    Amazon to Open Miami Office

    The 12-story Wynwood Plaza office tower is set to come online in the next months. Image by Gensler, courtesy of L&L Holding Co. In the largest office lease ever recorded in Miami’s Wynwood submarket, Amazon agreed to occupy 50,333 square feet at Wynwood Plaza, a 1 million-square-foot mixed-use development. L&L…

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    CPE Executive Council: Goals for 2025

    What do you have planned for this year to advance your business? The CPE Executive Council shares their top goals. Shaun Keegan Sunny Days Our top goal for 2025: lease more than 80 million square feet of commercial rooftop space for distributed grid solar projects.  As America’s energy demands increase,…

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    Law Firm Expands Dallas Office Footprint

    KPMG Plaza rises 18 stories in Dallas’ Arts District. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge Law firm Jackson Walker LLP has extended and expanded its office footprint at Masaveu Real Estate’s KPMG Plaza in Dallas to a total of 147,915 square feet. Under the new lease, the company will occupy nearly six…

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    BKM Recapitalizes Las Vegas Industrial Center for $154M

    One of the Pacific Business Park’s buildings, located at 1065 American Pacific Drive. Photo courtesy of BKM Capital Partners BKM Capital Partners has expanded an existing partnership with StepStone Real Estate, the real estate arm of StepStone Group, for the $154 million recapitalization of Pacific Business Center, a 10-building 748,813-square-foot…

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    CBRE Survey Indicates Optimism by Investors

    A survey of buyer intentions in 2025 vs 2024 and 2023. Chart and data courtesy of CBRE Research More capital will be injected into the commercial real estate market this year as pricing is expected to be favorable for investors, according to a new survey from CBRE. The Investor Intentions…

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    Commercial and Multifamily Mortgage Debt Outstanding Increased $48B in Q3

    Source: MBA The level of commercial/multifamily mortgage debt outstanding increased by $47.7 billion (1.0 percent) in the third quarter of 2024, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Debt Outstanding quarterly report, released recently. Total commercial/multifamily mortgage debt outstanding rose to $4.75 trillion at the end of the…

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    Paramount Sells Stake in NYC Tower

    Paramount Group has sold a 45 percent stake in 900 Third Ave., a 36-story, 600,000-square-foot Class A office building in Midtown Manhattan, in a deal that valued the trophy tower at $210 million. 900 Third Ave., a 36-story Class A office building in Midtown Manhattan. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge The…

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    Capital Ideas: Trump’s Gift to the Office Market

    Therese Fitzgerald It was raining executive orders on President Donald Trump’s first day in office. It remains to be seen just how much many of these—like exiting the Paris Agreement, freezing pending regulations and creating an agency to collect tariffs—will impact commercial real estate investment and finance. There is one…

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    Brennan Recapitalizes 1 MSF Portfolio Near Philly

    Brennan Investment Group recapitalized its 1 million-square-foot industrial portfolio of 20 shallow-bay buildings in Moorestown, N.J., about 12 miles east of Philadelphia. Brennan Investment Group recapitalized 20 shallow-bay buildings in Moorestown, N.J., including 844 North Lenola Road. Image courtesy of Brennan Investment Group Constructed between 1984 and 2000, the properties…

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    Houston Office Figures Lag Behind National Metrics

    Houston’s office sector continued to show mixed signals in the fourth quarter of this year. Despite signs of improvement in vacancy, which decreased 120 basis points year-over-year as of November to 24.3 percent, there is still a large share of available space, CommercialEdge data shows. Twentyfour25 Galleria recently changed hand…

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    What’s in Store for Retail in 2025?

    Owned and operated by Phillips Edison & Co., the Kroger-anchored Mansell Village shopping center in Roswell, Ga., provides retail space for lease at a high-traffic intersection north of Atlanta. Image courtesy of Phillips Edison & Company The retail sector is set for yet another year of transformation as it continues…

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    Stream Lands Dallas-Fort Worth Leasing Assignment

    Exterior shot of the office building at 6011 Connection Drive in Irving, Texas. Photo courtesy of Piedmont via Stream Realty Partners Piedmont Office Realty Trust has appointed Stream Realty Partners as exclusive leasing agent for The Connection, an office campus totaling 607,237 square feet in Irving, Texas. The Class A,…

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    Chicago Tower Lands 50 KSF Lease

    Completed in 1955, One Pru was the first skyscraper built in Chicago after the Great Depression and World War II. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge The mental health company ComPsych Corp. has signed a long-term, 50,000-square-foot lease at One Pru, in downtown Chicago. The tenant will relocate from the current 152,000-square-foot…

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    CPP Investments, Bridge Industrial Launch $789M JV

    CPP Investments and Bridge Industrial have formed a $789 million joint venture focused on industrial assets. Bridge Industrial is building Bridge Point Flagler Station in Miami. Image courtesy of Bridge Industrial Bridge Industrial has taken a 5 percent stake, while CPP Investments holds the other 95 percent. The partners aim…

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    Hillwood Sells 2 Memphis Industrial Assets

    The 382,032-square-foot industrial facility at 11384 Progress Way is fully leased to Buske Logistics. Image courtesy of Robinson Weeks Partners Robinson Weeks Partners has acquired two industrial buildings spanning 831,974 square feet in Olive Branch, Miss., a Memphis, Tenn., submarket. Hillwood previously owned the asset duo, according to CommercialEdge data.…

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    Hines’ San Diego Park Reaches Full Occupancy

    Britannia Technology Park includes two buildings delivered in 2023 on 14 acres. Image courtesy of Cushman & Wakefield Foxx Development Inc. has signed a 102,099-square-foot, full-building expansion at Britannia Technology Park, a 203,244-square-foot industrial campus in San Diego’s Otay Mesa submarket. Hines owns the two-building property through its Hines U.S.…

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    Enter the 2025 CPE Influence Awards

    We’re ready to honor your achievements! The 2025 CPE Influence Awards recognize the commercial real estate industry’s most noteworthy properties, projects and transactions. Does your office have unique design elements that attract tenants? Are you the top broker at your firm? Were you able to successfully reposition a property? We…

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    Incline Equity Expands Lease at Manhattan Tower

    HJ Kalikow & Co. has owned and managed the property since 1982. Image courtesy of JLL Private equity firm Incline Equity Partners has signed a 14,198-square-foot lease at 101 Park Ave., HJ Kalikow & Co. LLC’s Midtown Manhattan tower. Incline Equity’s new space at the office building will be on…

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    TECfusions Unveils Data Center Campus Near Pittsburgh

    TECfusions, a rapidly growing provider of advanced data center solutions, plans to transform nearly 1,400 acres of a former Alcoa aluminum office and industrial property near Pittsburgh into a massive hyperscale data center campus with 500,000 square feet of space providing as much as 3 GW of capacity within six…

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    Ares Management Pays $44M for Boston-Area Asset

    Completed in 2014, the distribution center is at 151 Charles F. Colton Road. Image courtesy of JLL Ares Management Real Estate has acquired a 198,720-square-foot Class A distribution center in Taunton, Mass. The property changed hands for nearly $44.3 million, according to Bristol County public records. The buyer made the…

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    CBRE Group to Acquire Industrious

    Jamie Hodari, Co-Founder & CEO, Industrious. Image courtesy of Industrious CBRE Group has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Industrious National Management Co. LLC, a flexible workplace solutions provider. The company will also create a new business segment called Building Operations & Experience, which will unify building operations, workplace experience…

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    Accesso Buys 240 KSF Office Asset

    Sawgrass Lake Center went through cosmetic renovations in 2017. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge Accesso has acquired Sawgrass Lake Center, a 240,000-square-foot office building in Sunrise, Fla., a Fort Lauderdale submarket. American Realty Advisors sold the asset, according to CommercialEdge information, represented by CBRE. The property previously traded in March 2018,…

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    Data Center Demand Keeps Surging, Despite Challenges

    The rapid expansion of the data center sector is expected to continue in 2025, despite challenges of power constraints and demand that is outpacing supply, according to JLL’s latest outlook. Globally, the data center capacity is likely to expand 15 percent per year through 2027, perhaps more, with capacity in…

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    RXR Acquires 49% Stake in NYC Skyscraper

    The 2 million-square-foot home of News Corp. and Dow Jones is slated for a $300 million revamp. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge RXR has bought a 49 percent interest in 1211 Avenue of the Americas, a nearly 2 million-square-foot office tower in New York City. The share was acquired from Ivanhoé…

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    Fully Leased Phoenix Medical Facility Changes Hands

    Chandler Medical Pavilion is fully leased by a single tenant. Image courtesy of JLL Montecito Medical Real Estate has acquired Chandler Medical Pavilion, a 65,931-square-foot outpatient facility in Chandler, Ariz., for $30 million. JLL’s Medical Properties Capital Markets team brokered the transaction and worked on behalf of the seller, a…

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    $415M South Carolina Campus Debuts

    Cherokee Commerce Center 85 will include five buildings between 211,000 and 1.7 million square feet. Image courtesy of Glenstar Logistics Glenstar Logistics has completed the first of five buildings at the $415 million, 290-acre Cherokee Commerce Center 85 in Gaffney, S.C. The speculative, cross-docked 550,520-square-foot building can be expanded to…

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    CIP Real Estate Pays $168M for Phoenix Industrial Asset

    CIP Real Estate has purchased Broadway 101 Commerce Park, an 809,230-square-foot Class A industrial park in Mesa, Ariz. Canyon Partners Real Estate LLC—the real estate direct investing arm of Canyon Partners LLC—sold the multitenant campus for $168.3 million. Broadway 101 Commerce Park encompasses 11 warehouse and industrial buildings. Image courtesy…

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    Brookfield Sells IOS Portfolio for $277M

    Realterm has a sizable footprint in Chicago. Besides IOS facilities, the company also owns standard industrial properties, including the one at 703 W. Algonquin Road, pictured here. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge Brookfield Properties has sold an industrial outdoor storage portfolio totaling 631,604 square feet for more than $277 million. Realterm…

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    Lincoln Property Co. JV Eyes $1B Data Center Campus

    Another data center project, PowerCampus Dallas, is currently under construction 24 miles from the GigaPop site. Image courtesy of Skybox Data Centers Lincoln Property Co., Gigabit Fiber and Tradition Holdings have formed a partnership for the development of a data center campus in South Dallas. When complete, the facility dubbed…

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    Radler Enterprises Buys Houston Office Asset

    The five-story office property came online in 2015 and includes multiple amenities. Image courtesy of JLL Radler Enterprises Inc. has purchased Legacy at Fallbrook, a 207,029-square-foot Class A office building within Houston’s Cypress West submarket. JLL negotiated on behalf of the seller. CommercialEdge shows that EQT Exeter was the seller,…

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    SkyREM Lands $170M for 2.5 MSF Industrial Portfolio

    One of SkyREM’s properties is Tradeport East – Building D, an industrial facility near Savannah, Ga. Image courtesy of JLL SkyREM has obtained $170 million in financing for 10 primarily industrial and warehouse distribution assets across seven states in the Northeast, Southeast and Midwest regions. JLL represented the borrower in…

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    SoCal Industrial Market’s Comeback Story

    Makenna Peter Southern California’s industrial real estate market has long been recognized as one of the most dominant in the United States, and for good reason. With an industrial base serving 25 million people, and supporting the spending habits of 50 million, the region’s economic engine drives demand for industrial…

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    Avoiding Delays in Large Construction Projects: 6 Tips

    Sandy Hamby Research from McKinsey reveals that large construction projects often take 20 percent longer than scheduled, contributing to budgets exceeding their original estimates by up to 80 percent. Such delays have significant financial and operational impacts. Owners can avoid such costly delays by taking a proactive approach to vetting…

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    East Loop Office Tower Finds Financing in Chicago

    303 East Wacker Drive, which secured a $62.5 mullion mortgage. Photo courtesy of Northwind Group A 30-story Class A office property at 303 E Wacker Drive on Chicago’s East Loop secured in $62.5 million collateralized first mortgage, senior-secured acquisition and lease-up loans. The loan comes from Northwind Group, a Manhattan-based…

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    Join the CPE Influence Awards Celebration

    Register now for this free virtual event honoring the 2024 Influence Award winners We will also have a special keynote address. The event will take place on January 30th at 1 p.m. ET. Register for the free event. The post Join the CPE Influence Awards Celebration appeared first on Commercial…

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    NJ Investor Buys Upscale Palm Beach Property

    Plaza Del Mar, located on a barrier island between the Atlantic and the Intercoastal Waterway in Palm Beach County, Fla. Photo courtesy of Garden Commercial. Garden Commercial has acquired the 83,800-square-foot Plaza Del Mar, an upscale grocery-anchored retail property located in Manalapan, Fla. for an unspecified price. The shopping center…

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    Miami Retail Asset Scores $104M Loan

    Centro City’s retail and residential components. Image courtesy of Terra. A $104 million loan for phase one of Centro City’s 350,000-square-foot retail component was issued by Hudson Bay Capital. It is part of Miami-based developer Terra’s overall $291 million in permanent financing secured for the 38-acre mixed-use development. The new…

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    The January Digital Issue of CPE Is Now Available!

    The January Issue of CPE Is Now Available! From the Editor: New Year, New Changes for Prop Tech Elevating the Coworking Experience. Image courtesy of CADDO Office Reimagined Stars Align for CRE Secondary Funds. Image by Adobest/iStockphoto.com What’s Defining Office in 2025? Image by Jeff Peters of Vantage Point Photography,…

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    Chestnut Healthcare, Fort Street Form $150M JV

    When completed in late 2025, Eagle Mountain Medical Center will include almost 25,000 square feet across two stories. Image courtesy of JLL Fort Street Partners and Chestnut Healthcare Real Estate have formed a programmatic joint venture to acquire and develop up to $150 million in assets over the next four…

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    More Class A Industrial Coming to New Georgia Port

    Two speculative Class A industrial buildings totaling 540,408 square feet are coming to the new Northeast Georgia Inland Port. Alliance 985 Business Park is coming to the new Northeast Georgia Inland Port. Rendering courtesy of Avison Young Alliance Industrial Company will break ground this quarter on the Alliance 985 Business…

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    Finmarc Buys DC-Area Office Portfolio

    Finmarc Management has expanded its Northern Virginia office holdings with the $51 million acquisition of a four-building Class A office portfolio totaling 620,000 square feet within the Dulles Technology Corridor in Herndon, Va. 2411 Dulles Corner Park in Herndon, Va. Image courtesy of Finmarc Management. Known as the Dulles Corner…

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    Realterm Acquires IOS Facility in Metro Twin Cities

    The IOS asset 2340 Rose Place W. in Roseville, Minn. Courtesy Realterm Realterm, an investor specializing in transportation and logistics assets, has acquired 2340 Rose Place W. in Roseville, Minn., a northern suburb of the Twin Cities with close access to I-35W. The property, which traded for an unspecified price,…

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    Partners Capital Buys Houston Industrial Asset

    Partners Capital, the investment platform of Partners Real Estate, has acquired Dixie Farm Business Park, a 196,000-square-foot flex/retail property in Houston. The company purchased the property through Opportunity Fund V, marking the fourth purchase made via the fund. Dixie Farm Business Park was completed in two phases in 2000 and 2002.…

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    Discount Tire Buys Phoenix Office Campus

    Discount Tire has purchased Desert Ridge Corporate Center I and II, a 275,208-square-foot office campus in Phoenix. The firm’s real estate division, Halle Properties LLC, acquired the Class A asset for $35 million, public records show. Desert Ridge Corporate Center II is located at 20830 N. Tatum Blvd. Image courtesy…

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    Bridge Industrial Makes $64M Purchase in Seattle

    Completed in 1995, the industrial building at 6205 S. 231st St. comprises some 115,000 square feet. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge Bridge Industrial has purchased a two-building industrial portfolio totaling 315,422 square feet in Kent, Wash. An entity affiliated with Link Logistics sold the assets for $64.2 million, according to King…

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    Top Stories: Year in Review

    Here’s a look back at the key trends and hot topics that defined the past year. 1. AI Is Changing the Game for Data Centers: JLL Office building visit recovery in select cities, October 2024 compared to October 2019. Chart courtesy of Placer.ai What this tectonic shift in the sector…

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    2024 Commercial REIT Dividend Yields

    Values shown are average by property type. As of December 11, 2024. Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence As of Dec. 11, publicly traded U.S. equity REITs posted a one-year average dividend yield of 3.94 percent. The office REIT sector recorded the highest one-year average dividend yield among this group, at…

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    Top Markets for Office Development in the West

    The office sector continued to change in 2024, as stabilization efforts following post-pandemic effects saw different subsectors become the primary driver in the market. As multiple companies implemented return-to-office policies, office utilization metrics posted only marginal increases throughout the year, while high vacancy rates continue to affect multiple key markets,…

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    2024 Industrial Net Lease Sales and Cap Rates

    Source: Northmarq, Real Capital Analytics In third quarter 2024, the single-tenant industrial market remained on a path of reporting increasing sales volume. With $6.35 billion logged in the last three months, third quarter’s performance brings the year-to-date activity level to more than $16.2 billion. If current momentum stays flat in…

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    Inland’s Joe Cosenza Passes Away

    Joe Cosenza, Inland Real Estate Group of Cos. Inland Real Estate Group of Cos. has announced the loss of cofounder Joe Cosenza. Cosenza, who passed away at age 81 on Dec. 25, was director & vice chairman of the group and president of Inland Real Estate Acquisitions L.L.C., managing the…

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    2024 New Orders – Commercial Property Executive

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau As of October, new orders increased by an average of 3.4 percent year-over-year, totaling $20.1 million, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Transportation Equipment sector led all industries with a notable 9.5 percent increase compared to October 2023. The Electrical Equipment,…

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    Top 5 NYC Office Building Sales—November 2024

    Source: PropertyShark, a Yardi Systems Company Sale Price: $360 million Apollo Global Management has acquired a $360 million ownership and equity stake in the 1.1 million-square-foot office building, from RXR Realty. The seller will continue to hold the property as majority owner, in partnership with SL Green. The LEED-certified Times…

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    Top 5 NYC Retail Building Sales—November 2024

    Source: PropertyShark, a Yardi Systems Company Sale Price: $46 million RFR Holding has sold the 10,139-square-foot retail building in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood to Japan-based Arkray Inc. The four-story building dates to 1910 and is currently occupied by the luxury brand Cartier, which upgraded the interiors in collaboration with Paris-based architectural…

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    Retail Construction Starts Surged in H1 2024

    Source: CommercialEdge, a Yardi Systems Company Retail construction starts exhibited a dynamic activity pattern in 2024, with sharp contrasts between the first and second halves of the year, CommercialEdge data shows. Early in the year, construction starts surged, with February standing out for a staggering 164 percent year-over-year increase—or nearly…

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    Commercial Borrowing Increased 59 Percent in Q3 2024

    Source: Mortgage Bankers Association Commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations increased 59 percent in the third quarter of 2024 compared to a year ago, and increased 44 percent from the second quarter of 2024, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations, released last month.…

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    Industrial Sales Prices Inched Up in 2024

    Source: CommercialEdge, a Yardi Systems Company Year-to-date through November, the average sale price for industrial properties in the U.S. stood at $128 per square foot, CommercialEdge data shows. The figure fluctuated throughout 2024, with highest prices recorded in the first two quarters of the year. During the first quarter, industrial…

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    Placer.ai Office Index—November 2024 Recap

    Source: Placer.ai In November, visits to office buildings nationwide were 62.4 percent of November 2019 (pre-pandemic) levels, down from 66.7 percent in November 2023. Miami led the regional office recovery pack with visits at 84.0 percent of November 2019 levels, followed by New York (81.9 percent). Year over year, office…

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    JV Secures $74M Loan for Metro Miami Building

    A joint venture of Taubco and Landau Properties has received a $74 million construction loan to develop One Kane Concourse, a 125,000-square-foot office building on Miami’s Bay Harbor Islands. Rendering of the One Kane Concourse office building on Miami’s Bay Harbor Islands. Image courtesy of One Kane Concourse The seven-story…

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    Norges Bank Pays $977M for Office Portfolio

    Nuveen Real Estate purchased 501 Boylston St. from Broadway Partners for $370.5 million back in 2007, according to CommercialEdge. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge Norges Bank Investment Management has taken full ownership of a 3.7 million-square foot office portfolio, paying $976.8 million for the remaining 50.1 percent interest in the properties.…

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    Atlanta Shopping Center Commands $64M

    Shaked Acquisitions has purchased Cobb Place, a 335,190-square-foot retail center in Kennesaw, Ga., for $63.5 million. Wicker Park Capital Management sold the asset, in a transaction brokered by JLL Capital Markets. Cobb Place. Image courtesy of JLL Capital Markets Wicker Park acquired the shopping center for $53.5 million back in…

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    RCLCO Market Index Points to Optimism for 2025

    Commercial real estate investment sentiment has risen convincingly in the second half of the year, according to RCLCO’s real estate market index, which registered a 25 percent increase. After sputtering for the past few years, it’s now at 65, solidly into recovery territory. An RMI above 60 is typically indicative…

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    IPA Arranges $76M Retail Center Portfolio Sale

    Both Taylor Square and Tuttle Crossing are anchored by a Walmart. Image courtesy of Institutional Property Advisors Institutional Property Advisors has arranged the $76.3 million sale of a shopping center portfolio in metro Columbus, Ohio. The property collection consists of Taylor Square in Reynoldsburg and Tuttle Crossing in Dublin, two…

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    Rockefeller Group Wraps Phoenix-Area Project

    Rockefeller Group has completed the construction of a 418,400 square-foot distribution center on 24 acres in Surprise, Ariz., part of the Southwest Valley industrial submarket. Rockefeller Group’s newly delivered Surprise Pointe Commerce Center in Surprise, Ariz. Image courtesy of Rockefeller Group One to four tenants can fit within the Surprise…

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    Stonepeak Pays $244M for Logistics Portfolio

    Stonepeak, a New York-based alternative investment firm, has expanded its Texas footprint again this year with the acquisition of a six-property, 2.3 million-square-foot logistics portfolio in metro Houston. Starwood Capital Group was the seller, according to CommercialEdge data. Port of Houston portfolio in La Porte, Texas. Image courtesy of Stonepeak…

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    BXP Lands 400 KSF Lease Renewal at Boston Tower

    Prudential Tower, the second-tallest Boston office building, debuted in 1965. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge BXP has inked a 413,000-square-foot office lease renewal with Ropes & Gray at the Prudential Tower, a 1.2 million-square-foot building in Boston. The law firm will occupy the space through 2041. Ropes & Gray moved into…

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    The Opus Group Kicks Off 251 KSF Columbus Project

    Rendering of 33 Commerce Center, taking shape on an 18-acre lot in Marysville, Ohio. Image courtesy of The Opus Group The Opus Group has started construction on 33 Commerce Center, a 250,829-square-foot speculative industrial project in Marysville, Ohio. Completion is scheduled for August 2025. The development team includes AST Engineering…

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    Workbox to Open Flex Office Space Near White House

    Workbox-Dupont Circle will occupy Suite 200 at the property. Image courtesy of Workbox Workbox is entering the Washington, D.C., market with a 29,000-square-foot coworking space at 1333 New Hampshire Ave. NW in Dupont Circle. The new location is scheduled to open in February of 2025.  The office building is a…

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    AEW Makes $54M Purchase in Las Vegas

    IDV Speedway is a recently completed industrial building in the North Las Vegas submarket. Image courtesy of JLL Investment & Development Ventures has sold IDV Speedway, a 349,875-square-foot industrial building in Las Vegas. AEW Capital Management paid $54.3 million for the Class A property, according to Clark County public records.…

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    Dallas Industrial Sales Take the Lead

    The industrial sector in Dallas saw a considerable increase in investment volume during the first 10 months of this year, taking the lead nationally, CommercialEdge data shows. Going against the current, the metro registered a $1.1 billion growth compared to the same time frame in 2023, reaching an overall figure…

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    Why Big Data Centers Are Going Nuclear

    Rendering of NuScale’s VOYGR small modular reactor facility. Image courtesy of NuScale In 2023, data centers across the globe consumed 7.4 gigawatts of power, a 55 percent increase over 2022 usage, reported Cushman & Wakefield. And by 2026, AI electricity consumption could be 10 times higher, exceeding 1,000 terawatts globally—equivalent to Japan, predicted…

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    Fed Cuts Interest Rates in Final 2024 Meeting

    Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Dec. 18 Press Conference. Screenshot by Gabriel Frank At final meeting of the year, the Federal Reserve Open Markets Committee slashed interest rates by another 25 basis points on Wednesday, a move identical to its meeting last month. Heading into 2025, the current…

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    KPR Centers Pays $42M for Philadelphia-Area Mall

    KPR Centers has acquired Eagle Plaza, a 230,000-square-foot grocery-anchored neighborhood shopping center in the Philadelphia area, from First National Realty Partners for $41.7 million. Eagle Plaza in Voorhees Township, N.J. Image courtesy of KPR Centers The property at 700 Haddonfield-Berlin Road in New Jersey’s Voorhees Township was built in 1976…

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    Are You Ready for Next Year’s Tax Policy Changes?

    In this episode of FTI Experts’ Hub, Laura Calugar talks to Asha Shettigar and Leland Collins about upcoming tax policy changes. Image by peshkov/iStockphoto.com The Super Bowl of Tax or Taxmageddon—just a couple of the labels that experts have put on 2025 when referring to imminent tax policy changes. With a…

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    Consolidated Secures $18M for Denver-Area Industrial Assets

    Eastpark 70, a six-building, 1.1 million-square-foot industrial campus, debuted between 2016 and 2022. Image courtesy of JLL Consolidated Investment Group has secured a five-year, fixed-rate note amounting to $17.5 million for two Class A industrial assets in Aurora, Colo., totaling 235,987 square feet. JLL arranged the loan. Dubbed Building 5…

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    Commercial Real Estate Trends for 2025 

    Our writers have put together a series of outlook stories that provide a glimpse into what’s ahead for the main commercial real estate sectors in the year ahead. Here are the top predictions and trends for 2025 that you should closely monitor in the year ahead. Click on the links…

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    BKM Recaps Light Industrial Portfolio for $550M

    942 Hohokam Business Park, a 256,920-square-foot property in Tempe, Ariz., is one of the buildings recapitalized by BKM and Kayne Anderson. Image courtesy of BKM. BKM Capital Partners, a fund manager specializing in value-add light industrial properties, has undertaken a $550 million recapitalization of a nine-property portfolio with Kayne Anderson…

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    BGO JV Secures Refi for Seattle Office Tower

    Plaza 600 underwent renovation in 2023 which focused on the lobby area and amenity spaces. Image courtesy of BentallGreenOak BentallGreenOak and Urban Renaissance Group LLC have secured a refinancing loan for Plaza 600, a 209,256-square-foot office building in downtown Seattle. The ownership secured a committed capital of over $10 million…

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    Regus Inks Full-Building Lease in Miami Beach

    Regus has leased the entire 429 Lenox building in Miami Beach, Fla. Image courtesy of Colliers Regus has fully leased 429 Lenox, a 45,789-square-foot Class A flex office building in Miami Beach, Fla. The lease covers more than 10 years, Commercial Observer reports.  Colliers Vice Chair Stephen Rutchik and Vice…

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    Neuberger JV Buys 1.2 MSF Minneapolis Tower

    Developed in 1987, the 1.2 million-square-foot high-rise became Norwest Corp.’s headquarters. Image courtesy of Onward Investors A joint venture of Cross Ocean Partners, Neuberger Berman Special Situations client funds and Onward Investors has acquired Wells Fargo Center, the third-tallest building in Minneapolis. Starwood Capital Group previously owned the 57-story, 1.2…

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    Constellation, Crow Holdings Ink Houston Industrial Lease

    Constellation Post Oak features several points of ingress and egress. Image courtesy of Constellation Real Estate Partners A joint venture between Constellation Real Estate Partners and a real estate fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital has signed US ELogistics Service Corp. as a tenant at Constellation Post Oak, a 424,011-square-foot…

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    Prologis, Skybox Sell Chicago-Area Data Center Project

    Prologis Inc. has sold a data center development in Chicago to Australian alternative asset manager HMC Capital. Chris Curtis, Global Head of Data Centers, Prologis. Image courtesy of Prologis In partnership with Skybox Datacenters, Prologis is converting one of its warehouses into a high-capacity, turnkey data center with a marketed…

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    Longpoint Picks Up 415KSF Distribution Center in DFW

    Valley View Business Center consists of a one-story industrial facility that came online in 2009. Image courtesy of Cushman & Wakefield Longpoint Partners has acquired Valley View Business Center, a 414,871-square-foot industrial building in Irving, Texas, within the Las Colinas submarket of Dallas-Fort Worth. Cushman & Wakefield worked on behalf…

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    Longpoint Buys New Jersey Retail Center for $50M

    The Hills Village Center occupies a 13-acre site within The Hills townhouse community. Image courtesy of JLL Longpoint Partners has acquired The Hills Village Center, a 110,453-square-foot retail center in Bedminster, N.J. The shopping center will be managed under the firm’s Lena Centers brand. Longpoint paid nearly $50 million for…

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    SL Green to Buy Out PGIM at Manhattan High-Rise

    The 834,000-square-foot 100 Park Ave. was completely redeveloped in 2009. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge SL Green Realty Corp. has signed a purchase option agreement to acquire its partner’s 49.9 percent interest in 100 Park Ave., an 834,000-square-foot Manhattan high-rise. PGIM Real Estate acquired the asset in a venture with SL…

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    Workbox to Open 1st Pittsburgh Location

    Workbox has leased the entire 31st floor at One PPG Place. Image courtesy of Workbox Workbox has leased more than 23,000 square feet of office space at One PPG Place Tower in Pittsburgh. Scheduled to open in January 2025, the new coworking location will cover the building’s entire 31st floor.…

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    Proficiency Capital Secures Loan for Inland Empire Buy

    Proficiency Capital LLC has received $32.2 million in acquisition financing for McGee Business Center in Chino and Pomona, Calif., in the Inland Empire West submarket. JLL Capital Markets sourced the three-year, floating-rate loan through a bank. McGee Business Center in Chino and Pomona, Calif., in the Inland Empire West submarket.…

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    The Most Active Life Sciences Markets in the US

    The life sciences construction pipeline remains resilient, with 54.7 million square feet of new space initiated between 2019 and October 2024, CommercialEdge data shows. Established life science markets continue to thrive, despite economic uncertainty. Image by Peter Lyons, courtesy of BioMed Realty Key life science clusters continue to thrive, even…

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    Banyan Street Pays $28M for DC Office Building

    The 1250 H Street office property is known as Herald Square building. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge Banyan Street Capital has acquired 1250 H St., a 196,490-square-foot office asset from Equity Commonwealth. The sale price was $27.5 million, public records show. Kairos Investment Management Co. originated a $28.5 million acquisition loan…

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    INDUS Acquires Stake in 4.3 MSF Industrial Portfolio

    Nevada Business Park came online last year and consists of three buildings totaling 319,500 square feet. Image courtesy of INDUS Realty Trust INDUS Realty Trust has purchased a majority interest in a 4.3 million-square-foot industrial portfolio, comprising 21 buildings in Charlotte, N.C., and Charleston, S.C. Childress Klein owns The Carolinas…

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    Prism Places, McWhinney Plan Mixed-Use Districts Near Denver

    Chad McWhinney, co-founder, chairman & CEO of McWhinney. Image courtesy of McWhinney Prism Places and McWhinney are teaming up to create two separate mixed-use commercial districts totaling about 676,000 square feet across 213 acres in growing master-planned communities developed by McWhinney in the Denver suburbs. The retail and commercial space…

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    Hines Lands 1st Tenant at Boston Tower

    Noting that occupiers are seeking best-in-class, highly amenitized office space close to mass transit, Hines said it has inked a 41,000-square-foot lease with global law firm Jones Day for South Station Tower, the 51-story mixed-use skyscraper it is building along the waterfront in downtown Boston. Hines’ South Station office tower…

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    Lilly Earmarks $3B for Metro Chicago Facility

    Construction on Lilly’s new manufacturing facility in Pleasant Prairie, Wis., is slated to start next year. Image courtesy of Eli Lilly and Co. With a $3 billion investment, Eli Lilly and Co. will expand its manufacturing operations at a facility purchased earlier this year in Pleasant Prairie, Wis. Construction on…

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    Unico Lands $35M Refi for Tacoma High-Rise

    The 1201 Pacific office building has a LEED Gold certification. Image courtesy of Gantry Unico Properties has secured a $35 million refinancing loan for 1201 Pacific, a 305,000-square-foot Class A office tower in Tacoma, Wash. Gantry’s insurance-arm Genworth Life Insurance Co. provided the 10-year, fixed-rate, non-recourse note, which replaces the…

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    The December Digital Issue of CPE Is Now Available!

    The December Digital Issue of CPE Is Now Available! From the Editor Featured. Exterior photo courtesy of Brad Nicol Photography, interior photo courtesy of Mabry Campbell. Ranking. Image by JARAMA/iStockphoto.com Deals. Image courtesy of Davis Data Centers. Image courtesy of DC BLOX Economist’s View. Image by Ildar Abulkhanov/iStockphoto.com Transactions. Image…

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    KBS Realty Lands 55 KSF Tenant Near Orlando

    Maitland Promenade II came online in 2001 and is part of a two-building complex. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge Advanced therapy initiation and patient solutions provider AssistRx signed a 54,664-square-foot lease at Maitland Promenade II, a 230,366-square-foot office building in Maitland, Fla., an Orlando submarket. KBS Realty Advisors owns the building,…

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    Adapting Retail Real Estate to New Consumer Demands

    Daniel Herrold In recent years, consumer behavior has undergone a significant transformation, driven largely by the digital age’s advances. The shift toward online shopping, fueled by the desire for convenience and instant accessibility, has placed new demands on the retail real estate industry. As consumer expectations evolve, so too must…

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    2024 Top Commercial Real Estate Developers

    You can also read our other Top Development Firms rankings. * As of June 30, 2024 Key: O=Office; I=Industrial; R=Retail; H=Hospitality; He=Health care; X=Other Though we make every effort to include all major commercial developers, several notable firms (among them SL Green, Bridge Industrial and Prologis) did not participate this…

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    Lovett Industrial Breaks Ground on DFW Logistics Park

    Lovett Industrial is expanding its portfolio in the Dallas-Fort Worth area with the development of 121 Logistics Park, a two-building Class A logistics park with 339,280 square feet of space spanning 27 acres in Coppell and Lewisville, Texas. 121 Logistics Park is scheduled for completion in the third quarter of…

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    Thor Equities Secures Loan for Miami Retail Center

    Thor Equities Group has secured a $37 million construction loan from ACRES Capital for the 63,000-square-foot Wynwood Walk neighborhood retail center in Miami. Wynwood Walk is at 230 N.W. 29th St. in Miami. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge The funding reportedly will enable the ongoing leasing of the property, whose tenants…

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    PNK Group to Build Richmond-Area Industrial Project

    Rendering of the upcoming industrial development at 1653 Ashton Park Drive in Colonial Heights, Va. Image courtesy of PNK Group PNK Group plans to develop an 846,260-square-foot industrial facility in Colonial Heights, Va. The developer will invest nearly $80 million in the project, set to rise on a 86.6-acre site…

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    Stonelake Capital Enters Charlotte With $51M Buy

    The property part of a 2.1 million-square-foot industrial campus. Image courtesy of Avison Young SL Industrial Partners, an affiliate of The Silverman Group, has sold a 402,390-square-foot, fully occupied industrial facility in Concord, N.C. The buyer is Stonelake Capital Partners, which paid $51 million for the asset, Cabarrus County public…

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    San Diego’s Office Sales and Prices Decelerate

    San Diego’s office sector continued to perform well for completions and projects underway, according to CommercialEdge data. In terms of pipeline, two of the largest developments under construction in the metro are life sciences projects, as interest in this asset type continues to be one of the main drivers for…

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    Wilks Development Buys Metroplex Office Asset

    Since Wilks Development acquired the property, Equify Financial, LLC has signed a lease. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge Wilks Development has acquired One Ridgmar Centre, a 177,199-square-foot Class A office building in Fort Worth, Texas. The previous owner was Holt Lunsford Commercial, which purchased the property in 2017 from Newmark, CommercialEdge…

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    Venture One Closes on 2 MSF Chicago Industrial Project

    Roughly 28 miles from VenturePark65’s site, Venture One and DRA Advisors acquired a fully leased 718,709-square-foot industrial asset. The deal closed in September. Image courtesy of Venture One Real Estate and DRA Advisors Venture One Real Estate has closed on VenturePark65, an industrial build-to-suit project encompassing 2 million square feet…

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    Clarion Partners Pays $25M for Charleston Asset

    The industrial facility is within Jedburg Logistics Center, a two-building industrial campus in Summerville, S.C. Image courtesy of JLL Clarion Partners has acquired Jedburg Logistics Park Building 2, a 158,340-square-foot Class A distribution facility in Summerville, S.C., within the Charleston, S.C. market. The company paid approximately $25.3 million for the…

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    Carr Workplaces Expands DC-Area Footprint

    The Hartford building was awarded LEED Gold recertification for existing buildings in April. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge Carr Workplaces, a provider of short-term coworking and flex space, has signed a 26,331-square-foot lease with Comstock Holding Cos. in Arlington, Va. The new location is slated to open within The Hartford office building…

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    Leading Markets Shape Coworking Space Growth

    Source: CommercialEdge In November, CommercialEdge data provides a snapshot of the nation’s coworking landscape, highlighting the top 10 markets driving the growth of shared office space. These key locations showcased notable variations in footprints, reflecting the evolving demand for flexible work environments across the U.S. Manhattan led the way, with…

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    Top 5 NYC Office Building Sales—October 2024

    Source: PropertyShark, a Yardi Systems Company Sale Price: $159.4 million Extell Development Co. bought the 198,347-square-foot office building in Manhattan’s Lenox Hill neighborhood from Williams Equities, at a sale price of $803.8 per square foot. The acquisition was financed with a $150 million consolidated mortgage provided by Tyko Capital. Dating…

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    Brookfield Taps JLL for Big NYC Office Leasing Job

    Manhattan West’s office buildings came online between 1913 and 2023. Image courtesy of JLL Brookfield Properties has tapped JLL as the exclusive leasing agent for Manhattan West’s office component, which spans 6 million square feet. Chairman & President Peter Riguardi, Vice Chairs Paul Glickman and Matt Astrachan, Executive Managing Director…

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    PUMA Opens Flagship Store in Las Vegas

    PUMA has opened a 25,000-square-foot store at BLVD, a 400,000-square-foot retail center coming online in Las Vegas. The retailer’s second flagship venue in the U.S. was also the first frontstore to open at the mixed-use development. PUMA’s flagship store at BLVD has a Las Vegas-inspired design. Image courtesy of PUMA Originally…

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    The Malin to Open Midtown Manhattan Coworking Space

    The Malin’s new coworking venue at 895 Broadway in Manhattan. Image courtesy of The Malin The Malin is planning to open a 32,700-square-foot coworking space in Manhattan’s Flatiron District in the spring of 2025. The new coworking venue will be within the Equinox building at 895 Broadway, occupying the fourth…

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    Galvanize Real Estate Expands With New Jersey Acquisition

    Galvanize Real Estate has acquired 150 Milford Road, a 608,000-square-foot industrial property along the I-95 corridor in East Windsor Township in central New Jersey. Galvanize Real Estate has acquired 150 Milford Road, a 608,000-square-foot industrial asset in Central New Jersey. Image courtesy Galvanize Real Estate The seller was AXA Real…

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    SL Green Sells Stake in Manhattan Skyscraper

    The 1.7 million-square-foot One Vanderbilt came online in 2020 and features about 187,000 square feet of retail space. Image courtesy of Mori Building Co. SL Green Realty Corp. has sold an 11 percent ownership interest in One Vanderbilt, its 1.7 million-square-foot skyscraper in Manhattan. Mori Building Co. acquired the stake…

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    Capital Commercial Buys Houston Office Building

    Capital Commercial Investments Inc., of Austin, Texas, has acquired Energy Crossing II, a 327,404-square-foot office building in Houston’s Energy Corridor. JLL Capital Markets led the sales effort for the property. The Energy Crossing II office building is situated in Houston’s Energy Corridor. Image by Jud Haggard Photography, courtesy of JLL…

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    Nuveen Buys Philly-Area Shopping Center

    The 13-acre Shoppes at English Village comprises three buildings. Image courtesy of CBRE Nuveen Real Estate has purchased The Shoppes at English Village, a 103,325-square-foot retail center in North Wales, Pa. MetLife Investment Management sold the asset in a transaction brokered by CBRE. MetLife had acquired the retail center back…

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    TF Cornerstone Inks Long-Term Renewal in Manhattan

    The office mid-rise originally came online in 1910 and went through a $20 million renovation program in 2017. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge TF Cornerstone has signed a 21,000-square-foot, 10-year extension and renewal with Criteo at 387 Park Ave. S. in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. Cushman & Wakefield worked on behalf of…

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    Equity Lands Refi for 146 KSF Texas Panhandle MOB

    Equity acquired the one-story 3501 MedCenter in 2020. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge Newmark Healthcare Capital Markets has arranged $12.5 million in refinancing for 3501 MedCenter, a 146,000-square-foot medical office building in Amarillo, Texas. Regional lender East West Bank provided the note to the borrower, Equity, according to CommercialEdge information. The…

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    TECfusions Lands $300M for Virginia Data Center

    Aerial view of TECfusions’ data center campus, an adaptive reuse initiative that will include 220 megawatts of future capacity. Image courtesy of TECfusions TECfusions has obtained some $300 million for the development and expansion of its data center in Clarksville, Va. The 15-year loan will fund the development’s Phase I…

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    Brookfield Inks 43 KSF Lease in DC

    799 Ninth St. came online in 2001 and went through cosmetic renovation in 2014. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge International law firm Nixon Peabody LLP has renewed its lease at 799 Ninth St. NW in Washington, D.C., extending its 43,000-square-foot commitment. Brookfield Properties owns the 10-story, 204,028-square-foot Class A building in…

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    Indus Enters Phoenix With $72M Buy

    Amazon is one of the tenants at CBRE Investment Management’s former building near Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. Image courtesy of Cushman & Wakefield Indus Realty Trust has acquired Phoenix Airport Logistics, a 393,484-square-feet warehouse/distribution center in Phoenix’s airport submarket. CBRE Investment Management sold the asset for $72.4 million, according to…

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    ‘Big D’ Industrial Stays on Top

    Pauli Kerr Despite economic uncertainties and shifts in market fundamentals, the Dallas-Fort Worth industrial sector continues to demonstrate growth and resilience, offering diverse prospects for those seeking to capitalize on its long-term growth trajectory and strategic advantages. This analysis explores the current state of the DFW industrial market, examining key…

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    Turning Tax Challenges Into Opportunities

    J. Kieran Jennings Investing should be straightforward—and so should managing investments. Yet real estate, often labeled a “passive” investment, is anything but. Real estate investment done right may not be thrilling, but it requires active management, particularly in controlling one of the largest ongoing expenses, property taxes. In recent years,…

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    AEW Buys Vegas Retail Center for $56M

    An Albertsons store anchors Vista Commons. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge AEW Capital Management has purchased Vista Commons, a 98,716-square-foot retail center in Las Vegas. MIG Real Estate sold the asset for $56.1 million, according to CommercialEdge information. JLL represented the seller. MIG had acquired the retail center in January 2011…

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    Meet the CPE and MHN Editorial Team

    Come join us for a special event where you can meet the individuals behind MHN and CPE! Our editorial team will be at 10 Grand Central in NYC on December 6th from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. to chat with you, answer your questions and hear your feedback. Refreshments will be served.…

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    Connell Co. Kicks Off Retail Component at $500M Project

    The future retail center is part of The Park’s $500 million redevelopment. All images courtesy of The Connell Co. The Connell Co. has broken ground on a 60,000-square-foot retail center in Berkeley Heights, N.J. The property is part of the developer’s master-planned neighborhood, The Park.   The new development will…