Commercial real estate — office, retail, industrial, and the trends reshaping business properties.
Budge Huskey steps back as Premier Sotheby’s CEO, but retirement isn’t in the plan
# Premier Sotheby's Leadership Transition: Huskey Steps Down, Thiel Takes Helm Budge Huskey has stepped down as CEO of Premier Sotheby's Internationa…
With Data Centers, Lenders Are Getting a Lot More Selective
# Data Center Lending Tightens as Lenders Reassess Risk and Location Lenders are tightening criteria for data center financing, moving away from blan…
Gerber Life Insurance Signs 13K-SF Lease at Two Trees’ 45 Main Street
# Gerber Life Insurance Expands Brooklyn Footprint with 13K-SF Dumbo Office Lease Gerber Life Insurance has committed to a 12,868-square-foot office …
Everything we know so far about Open Real Estate
# Open Real Estate Pushes Forward With Q1 2027 Launch While Preserving Local MLS Control The real estate industry's long-awaited shift toward greater…
Shorenstein Signs 78K SF in Office Leases at Repositioned D.C. Building
Shorenstein Company has locked in three office tenants totaling 78,000 square feet at its repositioned building in Washington, D.C.'s East End, signal…
AI Firm Minerva Doubles Office Footprint at the Refinery at Domino
Minerva BI, a data platform focused on business intelligence, has nearly tripled its office footprint at the Refinery at Domino in Williamsburg, Brook…
BGO Transitions Its Name Back to GreenOak
# BGO Transitions Its Name Back to GreenOak The commercial real estate investment manager formerly known as BentallGreenOak is reverting to GreenOak,…
Industrial Color Expands to 59K SF at Rudin’s 32 Avenue of the Americas
Industrial Color locks in a 15-year commitment to stay and grow at Rudin Management's 32 Avenue of the Americas in Tribeca, expanding its footprint to…
Extell to Buy $24M in Air Rights From Episcopal Church for 570 Fifth Avenue Tower
Gary Barnett's Extell Development has struck a deal to purchase 87,000 square feet of air rights from the Church of St. Mary the Virgin for approximat…
KKR Refis Brooklyn Apartments With $95M Loan
KKR has provided a $95 million refinancing loan for a newly completed multifamily building in Brooklyn's Gowanus neighborhood, marking a significant c…
Podcast: Reducing CRE Energy Costs with Physical AI, with R-Zero CEO Jennifer Nuckles
# R-Zero's Physical AI Platform Targets $20-40% HVAC Savings in Commercial Real Estate Jennifer Nuckles, newly installed CEO of R-Zero, is pushing a …
Qualia expands into payments with earnest money, cash to close
# Qualia Expands Into Payments with Earnest Money, Cash to Close Qualia, the closing technology platform owned by real estate giant RE/MAX, has launc…
Rexford Sells $1.3B in SoCal Industrial Assets as Leasing Rebounds
Rexford Industrial Realty executed a major strategic shift in the third quarter, offloading $1.3 billion in Southern California industrial assets as t…
Roof of Concept: Meet Jeff Thramann, a Data Center Disruptor
# Data Center Disruptor Jeff Thramann Pivots Medical Expertise Into Real Estate Innovation Jeff Thramann, a Cornell Medical School-trained neurosurge…
The Agency, huntington & ellis expand as brokerages make moves
# The Agency Expands Global Footprint as Boutique Brokerages Reshape Market The Agency continues aggressive expansion, crossing the 190-office milest…
Sunday Summary: Market Slowing Down? Speeding Up? How About Both?
# Market Slowing Down? Speeding Up? How About Both? Ken Griffin's Citadel secured $3.3 billion in construction financing last week for 350 Park Avenu…
CP Group Sells Third Boca Raton Office for $79M
CP Group and Chicago-based Harrison Street Asset Management have unloaded their third office property in Boca Raton, selling One Boca Place to Golden …
Personal Training Studio LIV Method Takes 12K SF in Meatpacking District
The LIV Method, a private luxury training and wellness studio, has leased 12,028 square feet at 2 Gansevoort Street in Manhattan's Meatpacking Distric…
Safehold Delivers Predictable, Low-Cost Capital to Move Affordable Housing Forward
Safehold applies its ground lease model to affordable housing finance, offering property owners a capital structure designed to lower costs and improv…
Speaker Spotlight: Gevorg Shahbazyan of Starlife Group
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Citi Provides $210M Refi for Grand Hyatt Resort in Southern California
Citi provided $210 million in refinancing for the Grand Hyatt Indian Wells Resort & Villas in California's Coachella Valley, according to Commercial O…
Investment Firm Garnett Station Partners Expands to 35K SF at 450 Park Avenue
Garnett Station Partners, a New York-based private equity and alternative asset management firm, has expanded its office presence in Midtown Manhattan…
New York Investor Buys Palm Beach County Nursing Home for At Least $24M
Tordjman Equities, a New York-based investor, has acquired Pine Trail Nursing and Rehab Center in Palm Beach County, Florida for at least $23.8 millio…
Yves Saint Laurent to Open Store at Kering’s 717 Fifth Avenue
Yves Saint Laurent will occupy nearly 9,600 square feet at 717 Fifth Avenue, according to a CBRE market report. The Kering-owned luxury fashion house …
Sunday Summary: Welcome Back, Speyer!
Tishman Speyer acquired the ground lease for the Chrysler Building in 1997, though Cooper Union retained ownership of the underlying land. The transac…
Taco Bell’s Office Lease Largest in Orange County, Calif., in Five Years
Taco Bell signed the largest office lease in Orange County, California in five years, anchoring a period of improvement for the region's office market…
Charter School Inks 56K-SF Lease in Retail Center Near Miami Suburb
BridgePrep Academy, a charter school network operating 19 locations across Florida, has leased 56,000 square feet at California Club Shopping Center i…
Law Firm Morgan & Morgan Signs 71K-SF Lease at One Seaport Plaza
Morgan & Morgan, a personal injury law firm, signed a 70,602-square-foot lease at 199 Water Street, known as One Seaport Plaza, according to third-qua…
Delivery Service Spot & Tango, Ad Firm MediaRadar Sign at 11 Bryant Park Plaza
Dog food delivery service Spot & Tango and advertising intelligence firm MediaRadar have leased approximately 32,000 square feet combined at 11 Bryant…
Miami Design District Owner Revives Office Project With BH3
The owner of Miami's Design District luxury mall has revived a stalled office development in partnership with BH3 Management. The project, called the …
Miami-Dade Office Rents Rise and Vacancy Tightens
Miami-Dade County's office market strengthened over the past year, with vacancy rates declining and rents climbing across both premium and budget segm…
DRA Advisors Buys 49% Stake in 1301 Avenue of the Americas
Michael Nierenberg's Rithm Capital has formed a joint venture with DRA Advisors for ownership and operation of 1301 Avenue of the Americas in New York…
Google Relocation Leads D.C.’s Office Market in Q3
Google's relocation anchored Washington, D.C.'s office market during the third quarter, even as the broader sector showed signs of bifurcation between…
Stockbridge Buys Maryland Industrial Property for $57M
Stockbridge, a San Francisco-based investment management firm, acquired a 203,000-square-foot industrial property in Upper Marlboro, Maryland for $56.…
Blackstone, LBA Land $270M Office Refi in L.A.’s Culver City
Blackstone and LBA Realty have locked in a $270 million refinancing for One Culver, a sprawling office campus in Los Angeles' Culver City submarket. N…
Qube Inks 52K-SF Deal at Related and Oxford’s 70 Hudson Yards Development
Qube, a global investment manager, has leased 52,000 square feet at 70 Hudson Yards, the 1.4 million-square-foot office tower under development by Rel…
CMLS CEO Jessica Edgerton urges industry to ‘get messy’ at 2026 Open House
# CMLS Chief Calls for Honest Industry Dialogue, Launches New Broker Tier Jessica Edgerton, CEO of CMLS, pressed the real estate industry to embrace …
Burlington Stores Inks 32K SF at Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Admirals Row Campus
Burlington Stores has secured a major foothold in Brooklyn's waterfront revival, signing a 31,717-square-foot retail lease at 25 Navy Street within th…
BXP Sells D.C. Office to Jemal Equities for $92M
Boston Properties has sold a 254,000-square-foot office tower in Washington, D.C.'s Dupont Circle neighborhood to Jemal Equities for $92.3 million, ma…
European Coworking Firm Enters U.S. With 32K-SF Lease in Downtown L.A.
# European Coworking Firm InfinitSpace Plants U.S. Flag in Downtown L.A. InfinitSpace, a European flexible workspace operator, is launching its U.S. …
Sports-Focused Investment Firm Patricof Takes 8K SF at Marx’s 545 Madison Avenue
Patricof, a private investment platform that connects professional athletes with capital opportunities, has signed a 10-year lease for 7,500 square fe…
Podcast: Automating CRE Accounts Payable Coding, with PredictAP CEO David Stifter
# Automation Reshapes CRE Finance Operations as PredictAP Gains Traction David Stifter's two-decade career spanning real estate, technology, and fina…
Private Equity Firm Sentinel Capital Expands to 35K SF at One Vanderbilt
Private equity firm Sentinel Capital Partners has secured additional office space at One Vanderbilt, Manhattan's supertall tower completed in 2020. Th…
Hedge Fund Castle Hook Takes Penthouse Office at Related’s 625 Madison Avenue
Castle Hook Partners, a New York-based hedge fund manager, has secured the penthouse office lease at Related Companies' forthcoming 625 Madison Avenue…
Lofty launches MCP server for brokerages
# Lofty Launches MCP Server for Real Estate Brokerages Lofty has rolled out a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server designed to connect real estate bro…
Solidcore Signs Lease for Fitness Studio at 1695 Second Avenue on Upper East Side
Solidcore, the national high-intensity strength training chain, has signed a lease for the full retail space at 1695 Second Avenue on Manhattan's Uppe…
Men’s Grooming Club John Allan’s Moves to 4 East 46th Street
John Allan's, the upscale men's grooming brand, has relocated its flagship location to 4 East 46th Street in Midtown East, signing a 3,000-square-foot…
Toys R Us Bets on Brick and Mortar With 120 New Stores
Toys R Us operator WHP Global plans to open 120 new U.S. stores before the holiday season through a partnership with Go! Retail Group, a seasonal pop-…
Harbor Associates Sells Office Campus in North L.A. County for $32M
Strauss Investments, a San Diego-based operator, acquired Commons at Valencia, a two-building Class A office campus in Santa Clarita's northern Los An…
Coworking Firm Industrious to Provide Hologram-Like Google Beam Meetings
# Industrious Rolls Out Google Beam Hologram Rooms Across Coworking Network Industrious, a leading flexible workspace operator, has partnered with Go…
Newmark, Cushman & Wakefield Among Winners at REBNY’s 2026 Retail Deal Awards
# Newmark, Cushman & Wakefield Dominate REBNY's 2026 Retail Deal Awards Newmark and Cushman & Wakefield secured top honors at the Real Estate Board o…
Why file ops costs are the next pressure point for brokerages
# Transaction Management Tools Leave Brokerages Exposed to Rising File Operations Costs Brokerages face mounting pressure from file operations expens…
U.S. Government Pays $285M for Defense Health Agency HQ in Northern Virginia
# U.S. Government Pays $285M for Defense Health Agency HQ in Northern Virginia The federal government completed a $285 million acquisition of the Def…
Construction Firm Brasfield & Gorrie Inks 19K-SF Lease in Broward County
Brasfield & Gorrie, a major general contractor, is expanding its South Florida footprint by relocating from Coral Gables to Weston. The firm signed a …
Greystone Lends $35M on Chicago-Area Apartments Acquisition
Greystone has closed a $35.4 million acquisition loan for Grand Lifestyles to purchase The Ponds of Naperville, a multifamily property in Naperville, …
Aquarian Real Estate Partners, 3650 Capital Loan $72M on Chicago-Area Acquisition
Rhino Investments Group closed a $72.3 million refinance on Randhurst Village, a 929,899-square-foot open-air shopping center in the Chicago suburbs. …
Pistola Denim Takes Nearly 18K SF at ROW DTLA
Pistola Denim, the Los Angeles-based womenswear brand founded by Grace Na in 2013, has leased 17,922 square feet of office space at ROW DTLA, the near…
A Resilient New York City Wins Big at Commercial Observer’s Power Gala
# New York City Real Estate Leadership Celebrated at Commercial Observer Power Gala New York City's commercial real estate establishment gathered at …
South Florida Starchitect Kobi Karp: 5 Questions
# South Florida's Master Builder Kobi Karp Shapes Luxury and Urban Development Kobi Karp has left an imprint across South Florida's skyline for over …
Moishe Mana Buys Discounted Fort Lauderdale Officer Tower for $89M
Moishe Mana, the Miami-based real estate developer known for aggressive acquisition strategies, has expanded his portfolio northward with a $89 millio…
Starbucks to Close 250 North American Stores Amid Massive Overhaul
Starbucks will shutter 250 locations across North America this week, marking the second major wave of closures since Brian Niccol assumed the CEO and …
Cerity Partners Expands to 68K SF at Global Holdings’ 99 Park Avenue
Cerity Partners, a wealth management firm, is doubling down on its Midtown Manhattan office presence. The company has signed for an additional 19,600 …
Virginia, Maryland Tighten Data Center Rules as Scrutiny Intensifies
# Virginia, Maryland Tighten Data Center Rules as Scrutiny Intensifies Maryland and Virginia are implementing stricter oversight of data center devel…
Hudson Bay Capital Refis Microsoft-Anchored SoHo Building With $85M Loan
Hudson Bay Capital has provided an $85 million refinancing loan for 300 Lafayette Street, a seven-story mixed-use building in Manhattan's SoHo neighbo…
Nomic AI Inks 5K-SF Deal at 99 University Place Near Union Square
Nomic AI and three other tenants have committed to nearly 16,000 square feet of office space at 99 University Place, a 10-story building positioned be…