Commercial real estate — office, retail, industrial, and the trends reshaping business properties.
The ‘Wall Street of the South’ Effect: Packed Offices Are Fueling Miami’s Million-Dollar Home Deals
Miami's commercial real estate boom is driving demand for luxury residential properties across the city. As major corporations relocate offices to Mia…
He Had No Money for His First Deal: 5 Years Later, He Owns 17 Properties
A commercial real estate investor built a 17-property portfolio in five years without starting capital, demolishing the myth that entry into the secto…
Forget Tech — Law Firms Are Driving Manhattan Office Leasing
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, one of the world's largest law firms, signed a 916,000-square-foot lease at Extell Development's 570 Fifth Avenue tower in…
Tempo Signs HQ Lease in San Diego to Expand Industrial Electrification
Tempo, a thermochemical energy company supplying on-demand power for heavy industrial operations, has leased a 35,000-square-foot headquarters at 6680…
Paul Singer’s Elliott Management Buys Coconut Grove Hotel for $110M: Updated
Elliott Management, the investment firm controlled by Paul Singer, acquired the Mayfair House Hotel & Garden in Miami's Coconut Grove for $110 million…
Midwood Pays $41M for West Village Retail Swath at 403 Avenue of the Americas
Midwood Investment & Development, the firm helmed by John Usdan, has acquired a prime West Village retail property for $41 million in an all-cash deal…
AI Agent Platform Parloa Quickly Snaps Up More Office Space at 1245 Broadway
Parloa, an AI-driven customer service platform, has leased an additional 8,300 square feet at 1245 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, expanding its footpr…
Recruiting Firm Zeal Talent Ventures Takes 9K SF at 419 Lafayette Street
Zeal Talent Ventures has leased 9,250 square feet on the fourth floor of 419 Lafayette Street in Manhattan's NoHo neighborhood. The recruiting and tal…
Two Warehouse Leases Combine for $30M in One of L.A.’s Industrial Corridors
Sante Fe Warehouse inked a five-year lease for a newly completed 157,715-square-foot warehouse at 6501 Flotilla Street in Commerce, California. The de…
Deal Diaries: How Cameron Philgreen Built a Sprawling Portfolio Over Eight Years
Cameron Philgreen has assembled a 25-property portfolio spanning 35 units across Waco, Texas over eight years through a diversified investment strateg…
Rob Sistek of Speed Bay Warehouse Solutions: 5 Questions
Rob Sistek's Speed Bay Warehouse Solutions launches with a focused thesis on shallow-bay, multi-tenant industrial properties, a segment gaining tracti…
Cresa Hires Robert Gutman to Lead Structured Finance for Data Center Platform
Cresa, a commercial real estate advisory firm, has appointed Robert Gutman as managing principal to lead structured finance for its data center capita…
It’s Still Early Innings for AI, Crypto in Commercial Real Estate: Forum
Top commercial real estate executives and tech leaders gathered at Commercial Observer's quarterly AI and Innovation Forum to chart how the industry i…
Kings Capital Files Plans to Convert FiDi’s 61 Gold Street Into 108 Apartments
Kings Capital has filed plans to convert 61 Gold Street in Manhattan's Financial District into 108 residential units, joining a wave of office-to-resi…
Sports Investment Firm Dynasty Equity Takes 10K SF at Rudin’s 560 Lexington Avenue
Dynasty Equity, a sports-focused investment firm, has signed a nearly 10,000-square-foot lease at Rudin Company's 560 Lexington Avenue in Midtown Manh…
New Thai Restaurant to Open in 11K SF at 321 West 51st Street
SG Thai, the restaurant group behind Greenwich Village's popular Pranakhon, is opening a new Thai restaurant in Hell's Kitchen at 321 West 51st Street…
Industrial Real Estate Has Entered Its Fixer-Upper Phase
The industrial real estate sector faces a sharp reversal after years of explosive warehouse construction. The glut of generic logistics space has evap…