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The financing was arranged by CBRE’s Debt & Structured Finance team led by Mike Ryan, Richard Henry, Blake Cohen and Taylor … JV Converting Nashville Bridgestone Plant into 1.5M-SF of Industrial Space Atlanta & Southeast + Tennessee + Industrial | October 16, 2026 Hamilton Development and Clarion Partners, joint venture partners, acquired the former Bridgestone tire plant in La Vergne, Tennessee, and unveiled plans to redevelop the site into a Class A+ industrial park. The new master-planned industrial park will offer 1.5 million square feet of space across 10 buildings. Demolition of the Bridgestone plant will begin immediately. … Latest Boston & New England Stories Greystar Opens New 416-Unit Community North of Boston Boston & New England + Metro Boston + Apartments | October 19, 2026 Greystar has begun to welcome residents to Juniper, its fifth apartment community in a formerly industrial neighborhood that the company is redeveloping north of Boston in Everett, MA. The 416-unit property at 201 Mill Road marks the final community delivered as part of Greystar’s $880 million transformation of Everett’s Commercial Triangle Economic Development District, creating … Office Vacancy Tightens in Metro Boston As Demand Outpaces New Supply Boston & New England + Metro Boston + Office | October 19, 2026 Office demand is outstripping supply in the Boston metro area, with vacancy expected to decline 10 basis points year-over-year to 19.1% in the fourth quarter, according to a recently released report by Marcus & Millichap. The market saw its first annual vacancy dip since 2022 earlier this year as select Class A offices and larger … Connect Conferences: Panel Recap VideosWhether you couldn't make it or just want to revisit the insights, video recordings of all Connect Conferences panel sessions are now available to purchase and view. Hear directly from the industry's top leaders as they discuss trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping the future. Download the videos now!Connect Texas Multifamily 2026$59Watch VideoConnect Industrial Midwest 2026$59Watch VideoConnect Retail West 2025$59Watch VideoView All Events Latest California Stories Newly Constructed Palmdale McDonald’s Trades in All-Cash Deal California + Los Angeles + Net Lease | October 19, 2026 Cushman & Wakefield arranged the investment sale of a newly constructed McDonald’s property totaling approximately 4,336 square feet located at 3854 Rancho Vista Blvd in Palmdale. The current tenant will remain in operation through the sale. FSD Rancho Vista sold the property to S&R Apt. 18th Street LLC for $3.5 million. The Cushman & Wakefield … New OCVIBE Hotel will be Anaheim’s First in Autograph Collection California + Orange County + Hospitality | October 19, 2026 OCVIBE, the 100-acre mixed-use development surrounding Honda Center, unveiled the design for SENA, Anaheim’s first hotel in Marriott’s Autograph Collection portfolio. Expected to open in 2029 with 300-plus keys, the hotel will be OCVIBE’s first and will include a signature restaurant from Chef José Andrés and a suite of hospitality and guest service experiences led by … Latest Chicago & Midwest Stories Irvine Company Sells Chicago Tower for $550M to Zara Founder Chicago & Midwest + Downtown + Office | October 19, 2026 Irvine Company has sold the One North Wacker building to Ponte Gadea, the family investment firm of Amancio Ortega, the billionaire founder of fashion retailer Zara. The 51-story office tower was acquired for approximately $550 million, reported Crain’s. The transaction includes the assumption of a $353 million CMBS loan that Irvine Company secured in 2021. … Private Event Space Planned to Top Former Hancock Center Chicago & Midwest + Downtown + Hospitality | October 16, 2026 360 CHICAGO, the 94th-floor observation deck atop 875 North Michigan Avenue (the former John Hancock Center), announced that its new private event venue, planned for the 96th floor of the building, will begin accepting bookings in 2027. Spanning nearly 14,000 square feet and more than 1,000 feet above the city, ELEVAIRE CHICAGO will pair sweeping … Latest Florida & Gulf Coast Stories Phillips Edison Pays $69.1M for Orlando-Area Retail Center Florida & Gulf Coast + Central Florida + Retail | October 19, 2026 Phillips Edison acquired Alafaya Square, a 168,532-square-foot grocery-anchored retail center for $69.1 million. The center is located at 81 Alafaya Woods Blvd. in Oviedo, Florida. JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between MCB Real Estate and an institutional investor, in the transaction. JLL says the transaction represents the largest single-asset retail sale in Seminole … Little Havana Apartment Owners Land $50.8M Refi Florida & Gulf Coast + South Florida + Apartments | October 19, 2026 STRE Management and Lloyd Jones obtained a $50.8 million refinancing for The Vibe, a 194-unit luxury multifamily community located in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood. JLL’s Capital Markets Debt Advisory team representing the borrower was led by Jesse Wright, Joshua Odessky and Luke Maganas. The group secured a five-year, fixed-rate CMBS loan. The project benefits from … Latest Global Stories EQT to Acquire Stockbridge, Adding US$16.5B in AUM National + Global + Industrial | October 15, 2026 EQT AB has agreed to acquire Stockbridge, a leading U.S. real estate investment manager with approximately US$16.5 billion in fee-generating assets under management. With base consideration of US$375 million and potentially another US$175 million to be paid over the next four years, the acquisition covers 100% of the Stockbridge management company and the general partner … Data Center Chip Market Set to Reach $1 Trillion by 2035 National + Global + Digital Infrastructure | October 13, 2026 Led by North America, the global data center chip market was valued at US$314.87 billion in 2025 and is projected to surpass US$1 trillion by 2035, expanding at a CAGR of 12.49%, DC Market Insights says in a new report. AI accelerators now represent the largest chip value pool inside data centers, while custom silicon, … Latest National Stories AI Boom, Affordability Drive Rent Gains in a Handful of Apartment Markets Atlanta & Southeast + National + Apartments | October 19, 2026 Even as September marked the 38th consecutive month of annual declines nationwide in apartment rents, two market cohorts are seeing rent gains, Realtor.com reported. The AI boom is spiking demand in the Bay Area, while affordably priced metro areas are reversing their annual declines. The strongest rent growth is in the Bay Area, where the … AI is Making Power the New Driver of Real Estate Value, Say ULI and Heitman National + Digital Infrastructure | October 16, 2026 The expanding use of artificial intelligence and development of data centers to generate it are making access to power the new driver of real estate value, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and Heitman said in a new report. According to the report, titled Investment Strategies in the AI Era: Power Is the New Location, reliable … Latest New York & Tri-State Stories SL Green, Mori Trust Secure $2B Refi of Midtown Office Tower New York & Tri-State + Midtown New York + Office | October 19, 2026 SL Green Realty Corp. and a U.S. affiliate of Mori Trust Co. have secured a $2 billion refinancing of 245 Park Ave., a 44-story office tower spanning the entire block between East 46th and East 47th in Midtown Manhattan. The five-year, fixed-rate financing carries an interest rate of 6.52% and replaces the property’s previous $1.768 … Upper East Side Condo Project Lands $52M Construction Loan New York & Tri-State + Uptown/Bronx + Apartments | October 19, 2026 Developers Grand Cru Real Estate (GCRE) and Visabve Corp. have received a $52.5 million construction loan from S3 Capital for a 28-unit residential building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The financing for the ground-up development closed in tandem with the sponsor’s acquisition of the site at 1527 York Ave. this month. The 20-story building, located … Latest Phoenix & Southwest Stories Baron Picks Up 7-Property SW USA Warehouse Portfolio Phoenix & Southwest + Phoenix + Industrial | October 19, 2026 Piercey Realty Ventures has spun off a seven-property industrial portfolio with assets in Phoenix and one in Las Vegas. The portfolio totaled 426,000 square feet. Baron Properties was the buyer. Commercial Edge reports that the assets feature flexible configurations geared toward small- to mid-bay users and infill locations with access to regional freight corridors. The … Dermody Adding 1.2M SF to El Mirage Industrial Venture Phoenix & Southwest + Phoenix + Industrial | October 19, 2026 Dermody will begin construction on Buildings 3 and 4 at LogistiCenter at Copperwing in El Mirage, Arizona, with delivery estimated for the third quarter of 2027. Building 3 totals 693,760 square feet and Building 4 totals 520,170 SF. Together, the two buildings total 1,213,930 square feet and are designed to be combined into a single building … Latest Seattle & Northwest Stories Panattoni Secures Shield AI as Tenant at Des Moines Creek Business Park West Seattle & Northwest + Washington + Industrial | October 19, 2026 Panattoni Development Company announced that Shield AI has selected a Panattoni-developed facility at Des Moines Creek Business Park West as the production home for X-BAT, the company’s AI-piloted vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. Located at 1800 S. 216th Street in Des Moines, approximately 15 minutes south of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the approximately 405,680-square-foot facility is … Keelbase Capital Acquires The Baxter Apartments in Bellevue Seattle & Northwest + Seattle + Apartments | October 16, 2026 Keelbase Capital, a Seattle-based real estate investment firm, announced the acquisition of The Baxter, an 80-unit apartment community in downtown Bellevue. The acquisition reflects Keelbase’s strategy of targeting fundamentally strong, well-located real estate where capital market dislocations have created attractive investment opportunities. The transaction was capitalized with a group of prominent private investors and family … Latest Texas Stories Work to Start Soon on 221-Room Grapevine Hotel Texas + Dallas-Fort Worth + Hospitality | October 19, 2026 Northland Properties and Trammell Crow are joining forces on the construction of a Sandman Signature Hotel in Grapevine, not far from Grapevine Mills. The 6-story hotel will have 221 rooms. Construction is expected to begin on November 15. The hotel will include a 275-seat restaurant and a 4,200-square-foot banquet and meeting room. Other amenities include … AT&T Reveals Construction Schedule of $1.3B Plano Campus Texas + Dallas-Fort Worth + Office | October 19, 2026 Construction of the new AT&T headquarters planned in Plano is expected to begin in December. The $1.3 billion campus will include numerous buildings ranging in size from 225,000 to 680,000 square feet, making up over 2.3 million square feet of office space. The facility will include over 2.5 million square feet for parking garages. The … Latest Washington DC & Mid-Atlantic Stories Marcus & Millichap Brokers Sale of Park MacArthur MF Property in Northwest DC Washington DC & Mid-Atlantic + DC + Apartments | October 19, 2026 Marcus & Millichap announced the sale of Park MacArthur, a 17-unit multifamily property in Northwest Washington, D.C. The asset sold for $4.3 million. “Park MacArthur stood out in the market as a high-quality asset, professionally maintained by a well-respected seller and ideally located in the Palisades, just minutes from Georgetown,” said John Slowinski, associate director … Trader Joe’s, Onelife Fitness to Join $500M MXU Development in Richmond Washington DC & Mid-Atlantic + Virginia + Retail | October 16, 2026 Greenberg Gibbons announced that Trader Joe’s and Onelife Fitness are joining Midtown64 – a $500 million, 46-acre mixed-use destination in Richmond, Virginia. The first phase of development at Midtown64, which includes the project’s retail component, is expected to be completed in 2028. “Our vision for Midtown64 is to create a vibrant, welcoming destination that becomes … Latest Stories FromNY Pension Allocates $565M to U.S. Real EstateAlternative Assets | October 19, 2026The New York State Common Retirement Fund allocated approximately $565.2 million to U.S. real estate in August, combining a middle-market fund commitment with student housing, industrial property and grocery-anchored retail investments, according to state comptroller disclosures. The largest allocation was $300 million to Artemis Real Estate Partners Fund V, which makes debt and equity investments Brightwood Capital Prices $253.55M Middle-Market CLOCLOs | October 19, 2026Brightwood Capital Advisors has priced a $253.55 million collateralized loan obligation, adding to its financing activity for middle-market lending. The transaction, Brightwood Capital MM CLO 2026-1 Ltd., is the firm’s 10th CLO issuance since 2019. GreensLedge Capital Markets will serve as placement agent. Brightwood said it received indications from third-party investors for securities rated AAA Adams Street Launches $363.5M Evergreen Venture FundAlternative Assets | October 19, 2026Adams Street Partners has launched the Adams Street Venture & Growth Fund (AVNGR), a closed-end, perpetual-term tender offer fund designed to give qualified clients evergreen access to venture capital. The fund launches with $363.5 million in net assets from anchor investors and will be broadly available starting Dec. 1 on all major custodian platforms. AVNGR Continental Properties Closes $203M Multifamily Development FundAlternative Assets | October 19, 2026Continental Properties has closed its fourth real estate development fund with $203 million in capital commitments, providing financing for suburban rental housing aimed at middle-income households. Continental Properties Real Estate Development Fund IV will pay for 10 to 15 suburban multifamily communities under the company’s Springs Apartments and Authentix Apartments brands. The projects come from