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Opportunity Zone 2.0: Beefing Up an Investment Tool

National + Finance | July 10, 2026

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Story | July 8, 2026

Green Street: “Sticky” Cap Rates Keep Pricing Gains Modest

National + Finance | July 9, 2026

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Southern Land Obtains Refinancing for Charleston Apartments

Atlanta & Southeast + Southeast + Finance | August 27, 2025

Southern Land Company refinanced the construction debt of Society at Laurens, a 148-unit apartment community in Charleston, South Carolina. Walker & Dunlop arranged a three-year bridge loan of $75 million with Aareal Capital. The W&D Capital Markets team, led by Walker Layne, Matt Wallach and Stephen West, served as advisors to Southern Land Company. The property has 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom and …

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NewStar Acquires Suburban BTR, Launches 1031 DST

Atlanta & Southeast + Atlanta Metro + Finance | September 15, 2023

NewStar Exchange, a subsidiary of NewStar Asset Management, acquired Tranquil Gardens, a single-family rental subdivision located in Woodstock, GA, an Atlanta suburb. The 95% leased property was acquired on behalf of a newly launched 1031 Delaware Statutory Trust offering, NewStar 6 Tranquil Gardens BTR, DST. “We are excited to announce our sixth investment since launching NewStar …

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Hometown Financial to Acquire New Hampshire Lender, Rebrand as TruNorth Bank

Boston & New England + New England + Finance | July 7, 2026

Easthampton, MA-based Hometown Financial Group, Inc., the holding company for bankESB, bankHometown, and TruNorth Bank, has entered into a merger agreement to acquire Primary Bank, a publicly traded commercial bank based in Bedford, NH. Hometown Financial’s ninth M&A deal in the past 10 years, the Primary Bank acquisition will expand its presence in southern New …

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Berkeley Investments Launches Transatlantic Joint Venture with GARBE

Boston & New England + Boston + Finance | June 15, 2026

Boston-based Berkeley Investments has formed a joint venture with GARBE, one of Europe’s leading real estate investment, development, and asset management companies. The new venture, named Berkeley Garbe LLC, will be led by Young Park, founder and president of Berkeley Investments. It creates a transatlantic platform that will encourage immediate expansion across US industrial, multifamily and infrastructure markets – initially focusing on …

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CIM Real Estate Finance Trust Acquires CIM Group LLC’s Real Estate Business

California + Los Angeles + Finance | June 29, 2026

CIM Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc. said Monday it has acquired CIM Group, LLC’s real assets management business and portfolio of investments to form a combined company. Terms were not disclosed. In exchange for its contributed businesses, CIM Group, LLC received 67.5% voting and economic ownership of the combined company, which is now known as CIM Group, Inc. The combined company will operate as …

Latest Chicago & Midwest Finance Stories

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VersaBank Sells Only Minnesota Branch Back to Stearns

Chicago & Midwest + Midwest + Finance | March 30, 2026

VersaBank, a Canadian digital bank, is selling certain assets of its only Minnesota branch back to Stearns Bank Holdingford, which it purchased nearly two years ago. VersaBank says it will result in a one-time, non-cash write-off of approximately $1.7 million, with minimal financial impact. Stearns Bank is headquartered in Minnesota and has branches in Minnesota, …

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LI-Based Esquire Bank Expands Reach with Signature Bank Chicago Deal

New York & Tri-State + Chicago & Midwest + Long Island + Finance | March 13, 2026

Jericho, NY-based Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Esquire Bank, will acquire Signature Bancorporation in an all-stock transaction valued at $348 million. The combined company will have approximately $4.8 billion in assets at closing, combining Esquire’s established national verticals with Rosemont, IL-based Signature’s established Chicago commercial banking franchise. “This merger is compelling on …

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Where C-PACE Financing Creates an Edge in Multifamily — Insights from Loren Biller

Florida & Gulf Coast + Florida + Finance | November 20, 2025

Some developers overlook C-PACE when planning multifamily financing simply because they’re less familiar with it than traditional options. Loren Biller, SVP of Originations at PACE Loan Group, is a featured speaker at Connect Southeast Multifamily coming up on December 4th in Key Biscayne and we caught up with him in advance of the event to explore the unique characteristics …

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Continua, Oldtown Snag $50M Financing for Miami Apartments

Florida & Gulf Coast + South Florida + Finance | September 5, 2025

Continua Developments and Oldtown Capital Partners landed a $40 million senior loan from First American Bank for the Urbania NoMi 125 St. project in Miami. The developers of the 195-unit multifamily community also secured a $10 million preferred equity investment from Waterton Residential. The Urbania NoMi is a 12-story multifamily development on a 1.3-acre site at 1150 Northeast 125th Street. Construction began …

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Starwood Capital Closes $10.2B Opportunistic Fund

National + Global + Finance | July 1, 2026

Starwood Capital Group has held the final closing of Starwood Distressed Opportunity Fund XIII, raising more than $10.2 billion in capital commitments from over 300 new and existing investors across approximately 20 countries. SOF XIII will focus primarily on the U.S. and Europe, with selective exposure to Asia Pacific, targeting residential, data center, industrial, and …

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Bridgepoint to Acquire Kayne Anderson Real Estate in U.S. CRE Push

National + Global + Finance | June 29, 2026

London-based private equity firm Bridgepoint Group said Monday it has agreed to acquire Kayne Anderson Real Estate (KARE) from Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $1.393 billion. The acquisition marks a major step forward for Bridgepoint in establishing its U.S. real estate presence. Headquartered in Boca Raton, FL, KARE has approximately …

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Opportunity Zone 2.0: Beefing Up an Investment Tool

National + Finance | July 10, 2026

Congress created the Opportunity Zone program as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The initial Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program offered tax incentives to investors who invested capital gains from the sale of assets into a Qualified Opportunity Fund (QOF). The fund would then put that money toward improving designated economically …

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Green Street: “Sticky” Cap Rates Keep Pricing Gains Modest

National + Finance | July 9, 2026

The Green Street Commercial Property Price Index was unchanged in June 2026 from the previous month. Over the past 12 months, the all-property index has increased 4.1%, while pricing overall is still down 14% from the 2022 peak. “Price gains have been modest because cap rates continue to be quite sticky,” said Peter Rothemund, co-head of strategic research …

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PNC Rebranding 82 FirstBank Colorado Branch Locations

Phoenix & Southwest + Denver + Finance | July 7, 2026

PNC Bank paid $4.1 billion for FirstBank Holding Co. earlier this year. Now, PNC is taking down the FirstBank signs and replacing them with their own at 82 branches throughout Colorado. PNC now has 120 branches statewide. The Denver Business Journal reports FirstBank was the state’s largest until PNC took it over. PNC is the nation’s …

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Recap from Connect Phoenix Multifamily 2026 – The Phoenix Factor and the State of Insurance and Risk in a Growth Market

Phoenix & Southwest + Phoenix + Finance | April 17, 2026

Amid ongoing market volatility, tightening credit conditions, and elevated interest rates, lenders are navigating a more complex and disciplined commercial real estate environment. At Connect Phoenix Multifamily 2026, Wm. Ryan Donahue, Vice President, Business Insurance Division at Marsh McLennan Agency, spoke with Sarah Quinn, Co-founder and Vice President of Connect Commercial Real Estate, about the …

Latest Seattle & Northwest Finance Stories

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$79M Bridge Loan Finances Senior Living Portfolio in Oregon, Montana

Seattle & Northwest + Oregon + Finance | August 15, 2025

JLL Securities and JLL Capital Markets have arranged approximately $79.32 million in tax-exempt, floating-rate bank financing for Integrated Senior Foundation’s acquisition of three senior living communities in Oregon and Montana. JLL worked on behalf of ISF, a nonprofit provider, to secure a low spread bridge loan, financing the acquisition at 103% LTC. The JLL Securities team …

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Keelbase Capital Launches, Eyes $105B CRE Opportunity

Seattle & Northwest + Seattle + Finance | July 16, 2025

Keelbase Capital, a Seattle-based real estate investment firm, has launched a strategic focus to capitalize on an emerging trend in major U.S. markets: systemic overleverage, driven by depressed asset values and the rebound from a period of near-zero interest rates. Keelbase Capital plans to deploy $125 million to $250 million in private credit over the …

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Texas Stock Exchange Starts Trading Operations

Texas + Dallas-Fort Worth + Finance | July 7, 2026

The Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) officially launched on Monday, beginning trading operations from its headquarters in Dallas. The exchange operates from Weir’s Plaza on Knox Street, but has signed a lease at the Bank of America Tower at Parkside, under construction in Uptown. The launch marks the beginning of a phased rollout that supporters believe could fundamentally reshape the American financial …

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Texas Group Inks Financing for 270-Unit Houston Affordable Rental Community

Texas + Houston-Galveston + Finance | February 19, 2026

Texas Group has secured a $37 million first-lien construction loan for the development of Orem Circle Apartments, an affordable, Class A garden-style multifamily community in Houston. Asher Bittman of Sheridan Capital Partners arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower. HALL Structured Finance (HSF) provided the financing. Completion is slated for fall 2027. The project …

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Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners Closes $167M in Debt Investments

Washington DC & Mid-Atlantic + Maryland + Finance | March 5, 2026

Bethesda, Maryland-based Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners (WDIP) announced the closing of five debt transactions totaling $167.7 million, as part of the firm’s continued focus on multifamily bridge lending amid shifting credit market dynamics. As traditional lending channels continue to adjust, multifamily bridge financing remains a critical source of flexible capital for high-quality assets in …

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Walker & Dunlop Closes $240M LIHTC Investment Fund

Washington DC & Mid-Atlantic + Maryland + Finance | July 3, 2025

Bethesda-based Walker & Dunlop, Inc. has closed Fund 124, a $240 million multi-investor Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) investment fund aimed at advancing affordable housing solutions in fifteen key markets across the United States. The largest Walker & Dunlop LIHTC fund to date, Fund 124 will support the development of 18 properties in ten states: …

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