California
Christine Pratt Joins Walker & Dunlop’s Irvine Team from PGIM
Walker & Dunlop, Inc. appointed Christine Pratt as Vice President on the company’s small loans team. Based in the firm’s… Read more
Paragon Targets Up to $500M in California Retail Acquisitions
El Segundo, CA-based Paragon Commercial Group, LLC is targeting up to $500 million in retail property acquisitions in California within… Read more
Crane Counting: The New Economic Indicator
An annual crane count is being eyed as a new way to evaluate the state of the U.S. economy. Rider… Read more
Don’t Believe the Hype: Navigating D.C. Politics from the Real Estate Roundtable’s DeBoer
Connect Los Angeles is the event that helped launch Connect Media five years ago. A standing-room-only crowd of more than… Read more
Congratulations to 2019’s Top Broker Award Winners
Connect Media is pleased to announce the winners of our second annual Top Broker Awards. These awards recognize the industry’s… Read more
BlueCrew Joins Long Line of Tech Firms in Chicago
San Francisco-based no more, on-demand staffing platform BlueCrew cut the ribbon Thursday on its new headquarters at Vornado Realty Trust’s… Read more
Is WeWork Watching You?
WeWork Cos. has made a huge name for itself as the leader in co-work spaces. And now, the New York… Read moreSluggish: Housing Starts and the Global Economy
In early 2018, the world was poised for continued economic expansion. Even as late as October 2018, the International Monetary… Read more
Pinterest Takes 490K SF at Alexandria’s SoMa Campus
Pasadena, CA-based Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. signed a nearly 490,000-square-foot lease with Pinterest at 88 Bluxome St. in San… Read more
Google’s Plans for New York: Continue Growing
“We’ve been growing in New York, year after year” since establishing a small sales office locally, Google’s Paul Darrah told… Read more
Hospitality Investment Specialist Joins Kidder Mathews
Commercial real estate broker Dev Patel joined the San Diego office of Kidder Mathews as a senior vice president. Patel… Read more
Newly-Built Raising Cane’s Sold at Record Cap Rate
Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors completed the sale of a brand-new single-tenant Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers situated on a… Read more
DJM Secures $101.3M Financing for La Habra Retail Center
DJM Capital Partners Inc. received $101.3 million in non-recourse bridge debt for La Habra Marketplace, a 37-acre, open-air regional shopping… Read more
California Home Sales Rebound in February, C.A.R. Reports
California home sales bounced back in February, after hitting the lowest sales level in more than 10 years the previous… Read more
Debt Funds Step Up Land, Construction Financing Pursuits
By Dennis Kaiser The continued stability of land prices has led a growing number of debt funds to enter the… Read more
Multifamily Numbers and Opportunity Zones
A great deal has been written about the Opportunity Zone program. Passed in December 2017 as part of the Tax… Read more
Mechanics Bank, Rabobank Merging to Form $17B Entity
Walnut Creek, CA-based Mechanics Bank will acquire Roseville, CA-based Rabobank, N.A. for a total consideration of roughly $2.1 billion. Rabobank,… Read more
Craft Beer Retailer Snags Final Space at East Village MXU
The entire ground-floor retail space at Shift, a newly-completed 20-story, 368-unit residential tower located in Downtown San Diego’s East Village… Read more
Vacant Centerpointe La Palma Campus Asset Acquired
A vacant 22,271-square-foot office building in La Palma, CA was acquired by Norman International Inc., a family-owned packaging company for… Read more