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Connect with Creative Latest Atlanta & Southeast Stories Basis-Led Team Acquires 25-Building Atlanta Warehouse Portfolio for $89.5M Atlanta & Southeast + Atlanta + Industrial | May 21, 2026 Basis Industrial and One Investment Management have paid $89.5 million for a 621,759-square-foot industrial portfolio within the Atlanta metro area. Commercial Search reports Middour Investments was the seller, and Bank of Montreal provided acquisition financing. The portfolio comprises 25 buildings across five industrial campuses completed between 1982 and 1995. Three of them are located in Stone Mountain, … Comedian Planning $350M Nashville Theme Park Atlanta & Southeast + Southeast + Hospitality | May 21, 2026 Stand-up comic Nate Bargatze is building a theme park. The park, to be called Nateland, will span more than 100 acres and include roller coasters, live shows and more with an estimated price tag of $350 million. The park’s three sections will be based on the famed comedian’s life. While renderings of the proposed park … Latest Boston & New England Stories Developers Advance $850M Plan for Former Carney Hospital Site in Dorchester Boston & New England + Boston + Healthcare | May 21, 2026 The HYM Investment Group (HYM) and My City at Peace (MyCAP) have filed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the Boston Planning & Development Agency for the redevelopment of 2100 Dorchester Ave., the former Carney Hospital site. The proposed $850-million redevelopment would transform the former 12.8-acre hospital site into a mixed-use Dorchester Health Campus centered … Needham Retail Block Sells After 55-Plus Years of Family Ownership Boston & New England + Metro Boston + Retail | May 20, 2026 Linear Retail Properties, LLC recently acquired Needham Center Shoppes in Needham, MA. The fully leased, single-story 11,330-square-foot store block is located at 113-133 Chapel St. & 1013-1019 Great Plain Ave. The purchase price was $7 million. 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Download the videos now!Connect Industrial Midwest 2026$59Learn MoreConnect Retail West 2025$59Learn MoreConnect New York Apartments Investment & Finance 2025$59Learn MoreView All Events Latest California Stories Safehold Closes on Ground Leases for Affordable in Santa Clarita, Santa Cruz California + Los Angeles + Apartments | May 20, 2026 Ground lease REIT Safehold Inc. has closed on ground leases for the development of two affordable housing communities, Banana Belt Apartments at 917-923 Water St. in Santa Cruz and Creekside Commons at 27200 Sierra Hwy. in Santa Clarita. The projects will be developed by CRP Affordable Housing & Community Development, an experienced development firm and … Rexford Launches Construction on Single-Tenant Kearny Mesa Industrial California + San Diego + Industrial | May 20, 2026 Rexford Industrial has launched construction on a new 177,551‑square‑foot Class A industrial building at 9323 Balboa Ave. in San Diego’s Kearny Mesa submarket. The project is the only industrial building currently under construction in Central San Diego, according to CBRE. CBRE’s Bill Dolan, Ryan Sparks and Chris Pascale are leasing the property on behalf of Rexford. The freestanding … Latest Chicago & Midwest Stories Colliers Closes 208K-SF Industrial Facility Sale in Ohio Chicago & Midwest + Midwest + Industrial | May 20, 2026 Colliers has completed the sale of Innovation Industrial Park Building 2, a 208,000-square-foot Class A industrial facility located at 1901 Innovation Avenue in Rossford, Ohio, just south of Toledo. Colliers Industrial Capital Markets advisors Alex Cantu, Alex Davenport, Jeff Devine, Steve Disse, and Tyler Ziebel, in partnership with local market advisors Tim Breckner and Conor … Machinery Company Acquires Suburban Chicago Office, Warehouse Space Chicago & Midwest + Greater Chicagoland + Industrial | May 20, 2026 Entre Commercial Realty completed the sale of a 28,300-square-foot industrial building located at 280-290 Industrial Drive in Wauconda, Illinois. This rare free-standing facility features 19-foot clear height, two exterior docks, two drive-in doors (12’ x 14’), and a triple catch basin system. Elisabeth Lazzara, Mike DeSerto, and Cory Kay of Entre Commercial Realty represented the … Latest Developers of the Year Stories JPI Starts Work on 5th Texas Project This Year Texas + Dallas-Fort Worth + Developers of the Year + Apartments | November 14, 2025 JPI has broken ground on a $103.2 million, 415-unit multifamily development in Denton, Texas. Located at 3855 Hudsonwood Road, Jefferson Quail Creek marks the company’s fifth construction close in Texas and third workforce community this calendar year. The community also marks the company’s second partnership with the Denton Housing Authority in 2025. JPI recently broke ground on Jefferson Bonnie Brae, … Ytech Secures $565M Loan for Brickell Residences Florida & Gulf Coast + Developers of the Year + South Florida + Apartments | November 4, 2025 Ytech secured $565 million in construction financing from J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Sculptor Real Estate for The Residences at 1428 Brickell, a 70-story residential condominium tower already under active construction and more than 60 percent sold. J.P. Morgan provided financing as the senior lender, with Sculptor Real Estate as the junior lender for the development. Melissa Rose and Brian … Latest Florida & Gulf Coast Stories Florida People & Companies, May 22, 2026 Florida & Gulf Coast + Florida + Office | May 21, 2026 Alta Developers Lands $91.8M Construction Loan for Miami Apartments Florida & Gulf Coast + South Florida + Apartments | May 21, 2026 Madison Realty Capital originated a $91.8 million construction loan to Alta Developers for the development of Alta Sunset, a 314-unit multifamily project located at 6075 Sunset Drive in South Miami, Florida. Upon completion, the property will rise ten-stories featuring 314 one- and two-bedroom homes, complemented by 5,444 square feet of ground-floor retail. Amenities include a … Latest Global Stories Grosvenor Group Looks to Sell U.S. Property Holdings Global + Apartments | May 12, 2026 Grosvenor Group, the centuries-old British property group owned by the billionaire Duke of Westminster, plans to sell its direct U.S. real estate holdings valued at about £700 million (US$954 million) as it pivots towards indirect investments in the region, Bloomberg News and other sources reported. The sale will happen “over a period of time,” probably … KKR Venture Trades Copenhagen Apartment Portfolio to Pears Global Global + Apartments | May 12, 2026 KKR and local asset manager Fokus Nordic have completed the sale of a portfolio of Danish residential units in Central and Greater Copenhagen to Pears Global Real Estate Denmark, a leading international real estate investment advisor. The details of the transaction were not disclosed. The portfolio comprises 213 residential units located across attractive submarkets within … Latest National Stories Office Prices Gain, Apartments Decline Year-Over-Year in April National + Finance | May 21, 2026 U.S. commercial property prices moved higher in April, with the RCA CPPI US National All-Property Index rising 1.1% year-over-year, MSCI Real Assets reported. On a monthly basis, prices increased 0.2%, which when annualized would suggest a stronger 2.0% annual price increase. “Elevated borrowing costs remain a headwind for commercial real estate,” according to MSCI Real … Equity Residential, AvalonBay to Merge for $52B Apartment REIT National + Apartments | May 21, 2026 Apartment REITs Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities, Inc. on Thursday announced a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock merger of equals. The new company will have a pro forma equity market capitalization of approximately $52 billion and a total enterprise value of approximately $69 billion, with more than 180,000 rental apartments and nearly 11,000 … Latest New York & Tri-State Stories JV of Halmar, Skanska Named Master Developer for NY Penn Station Overhaul New York & Tri-State + Midtown New York + Infrastructure | May 21, 2026 U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and Amtrak have selected Penn Transformation Partners, a joint venture of Halmar and Skanska, as the private master developer team to lead the transformation of New York Penn Station. The current timeline calls for groundbreaking to occur before the end of 2027. Under the Halmar/Skanska proposal, redevelopment … Law Firm Jones Jones Relocates within Financial District New York & Tri-State + Office | May 20, 2026 Lee & Associates NYC completed a new office lease for Jones Jones LLC at 44 Wall St. in Manhattan’s Financial District. The law firm signed a 10-year, nine-month lease for 5,311 square feet. Jones Jones will relocate from its former office at 5 Hanover Square amid the growing number of residential conversions taking place throughout the Financial District, including the planned … Latest Phoenix & Southwest Stories LXP Acquires 628K-SF Phoenix Office Campus Phoenix & Southwest + Phoenix + Office | May 20, 2026 Epic Apollo recently sold a Phoenix office campus for $103 million to LXP Industrial Trust. Epic Apollo paid $183 million for the three-building property at Broadway and 32nd Street in 2015. For many years, the office complex LXP acquired had served as the University of Phoenix’s headquarters campus. The online university currently occupies a few … Rosendin Converting Chandler MOB to Regional HQ Phoenix & Southwest + Phoenix + Office | May 20, 2026 Rosendin Electric purchased a two-story, 100,622-square-foot medical office building on the Allred Park Place office campus and will convert it into its new regional headquarters. The Phoenix Business Journal reports Rosendin bought the building for $17.7 million. Todd Noel and Michael Rosendin of Colliers represented Rosendin Electric in the acquisition. Michael Strittmatter with Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, … Latest Seattle & Northwest Stories Regence BlueCross BlueShield Signs 90K-SF Office Lease in Vancouver Seattle & Northwest + Portland + Office | May 20, 2026 Regence BlueCross BlueShield has signed a lease for 90,000 square feet at Terminal 1 in Vancouver. Portland-based Regence, which is part of Cambia Health Solutions, has been in downtown Vancouver since January 2024, reported the Portland Business Journal. Cambia will remain in its longtime headquarters in downtown Portland, at 200 S.W. Market Street, where it … TMR Investments Acquires Apartments in Seattle’s Ballard Neighborhood Seattle & Northwest + Seattle + Apartments | May 20, 2026 TMR Investments, a Seattle-based, operator-led multifamily investment firm, has acquired VIVE Apartments, a 91-unit residential community located on 15th Ave. NW in the heart of Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. Built in 2015, VIVE Apartments is a well-maintained, amenity-rich property offering a mix of studio and one-bedroom residences. The community features a rooftop deck, resident lounge, bike … Latest Texas Stories Liberty Hill Developer Eyeing 150K-SF Retail Project Texas + Austin + Retail | May 20, 2026 Developer Pohl Jensen has received zoning approval from a Liberty Hill zoning board to develop 21.5 acres of the 90-acre parent tract for retail use. It will now move to the City Council. The Austin Business Journal reports the project will likely include between 120,000 and 150,000 square feet of retail mixed-use, with an emphasis on … Hospital Group Reveals Completion Date for $240M Waxahachie Addition Texas + Dallas-Fort Worth + Healthcare | May 20, 2026 A new six-story inpatient tower at the 52-acre Baylor Scott & White Medical Center (BSW) in Waxahachie should be ready this fall. Construction on the tower is complete. Remaining work will focus on training, installing equipment, cleaning and establishing new processes for the space. The $240 million facility will add 59 beds to the current … Latest Transactions of the Year Stories OKO-Led Team Closes On Record Brickell Acquisition Florida & Gulf Coast + South Florida + Transactions of the Year + Apartments | January 2, 2026 Oak Row Equities and Mariposa Real Estate claim to have completed the largest single land acquisition in Florida. The joint venture closed on the $520 million purchase of Aimco’s 4.25-acre waterfront parcel—located at 1001 and 1111 Brickell Bay Drive—with 485 feet of continuous Biscayne Bay frontage. The Brickell assemblage includes The Yacht Club Apartments and the … Latest Washington DC & Mid-Atlantic Stories SRS Real Estate Partners Completes $11M Sale of Waldorf Park in MD Washington DC & Mid-Atlantic + Maryland + Retail | May 20, 2026 SRS Real Estate Partners completed the $10.825 million sale of inline shops at Waldorf Park, located at 3716 Crain Highway in Waldorf, Maryland. Built in 2022, the 22,425-square-foot property is situated on 2.03 acres and is 93% occupied by 12 tenants, including Comprehensive Primary Care, Club Pilates, and Naz’s Halal Food. SRS Capital Markets Executive … Colliers’ Virginia Office Facilitates $360M Sale of Manufacturing Site in Taiwan Washington DC & Mid-Atlantic + Virginia + Industrial | May 20, 2026 Colliers advised The Chemours Company on the sale of its industrial site at its former titanium dioxide manufacturing facility in Taiwan for $360 million. The transaction includes ten contiguous lots spanning across 67.83 acres. The transaction represents the largest single industrial land transaction in Northern Taiwan in the past 20 years, ranking among the highest … Latest Stories FromTemasek Partners With Brookfield-Backed Pinegrove Credit to Back Venture DebtAlternative Assets | May 21, 2026Pinegrove Credit Partners has formed a strategic partnership with Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek to expand venture debt financing for growth-stage companies across the innovation economy. Pinegrove, backed by Brookfield and HRTG Partners, provides secured loans to venture-backed businesses in sectors including AI and compute infrastructure, defense, space, energy, robotics, enterprise software, healthcare, and life ...VoltaGrid Secures $1B from Blackstone, Halliburton to Power AI Data CentersAlternative Assets | May 20, 2026VoltaGrid LLC has signed agreements for a $1 billion strategic equity investment, comprising a $775 million primary capital raise and a $225 million secondary purchase from existing shareholders, led by funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities and Halliburton Company. The proceeds will fuel accelerated deployment of VoltaGrid’s behind-the-meter power generation solutions for data centers, microgrids, ...New Mountain Combines Azuria and Inframark in $2.5B Water Platform BuildAlternative Assets | May 20, 2026New Mountain Capital has completed the combination of Azuria Water Solutions and Inframark, creating a scaled, tech-enabled platform expected to generate more than $2.5 billion in revenue across the U.S. water ecosystem. The transaction is backed by funds managed by New Mountain, including a newly raised $2.4 billion single-asset continuation vehicle and its flagship New ...Värde Partners Prices $1B CRE CLO Backed by Multifamily, Industrial LoansAlternative Assets | May 20, 2026Värde Partners has closed VMC 2026-FL6, a $1 billion commercial real estate collateralized loan obligation representing the firm’s largest CRE CLO to date and its 13th CRE securitization overall. The transaction was backed entirely by loans originated through Värde’s proprietary CRE lending platform and reflects a diversified mix of U.S. property markets and asset types. ...
