July 2026

Suburban office vacancy drops for the first time since 2019

ONE Sotheby’s expands South Florida luxury presence with TFG International

ONE Sotheby’s International Realty has announced the South Florida expansion of TFG International , the luxury real estate group co-founded by Tomer Fridman, establishing a bi-coastal presence connecting Los Angeles a…

Apartment CMBS distress showed mixed signals in June: Trepp

However, the multifamily delinquency rate at FDIC-insured banks rose in Q1 2026, hitting its high-water mark since 2013, according to CREDiQ.

Hochul Selects Developers to Build 1,127 Housing Units in Hell’s Kitchen

A parking lot near the Intrepid Museum along the Hell’s Kitchen waterfront is about to become housing. Developers Gotham Organization , Fisher Brothers and Mural Real Estate Group have been chosen by Gov. Kathy Hochul…

Pizzas & Cream opens new location in South Charleston Park Place Shopping Center

Pizzas & Cream opens new location in South Charleston's Park Place Shopping Center

Affordable apartment complex planned just north of the Fort Worth Stockyards

EXEC: Lululemon Opens Massive Distribution Center in Ontario

Jewish High School Championed by Jeff Sutton Secures $30M in Construction Financing

A Jewish school in Brooklyn’s Gravesend neighborhood has received approval from the state attorney general for a $30 million construction loan, Commercial Observer has learned. Magen David Yeshivah , which operates mu…

WATERSTONE PROPERTIES GROUP ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF SHOPPING CENTER IN NORTH CAROLINA

EōS Fitness to replace Big Lots in aging Austell shopping center

L.A. County Property Values Hit $2.27 Trillion Despite Wildfires, Sluggish Market

Los Angeles County’s taxable property values reached a record $2.272 trillion at the start of 2026, rising 4.42 percent year-over-year despite the devastating wildfires 17 months ago, and despite a real estate market…

Blue Sage partners with Kinective on mortgage modernization at community banks, credit unions

Blue Sage Solutions has formed a strategic partnership with Kinective to simplify how banks and credit unions connect their digital mortgage lending technology to core banking and servicing systems, the companies anno…

Boeing Adding to Mesa Manufacturing Facility

A Mesa planning board will consider a nearly 268,000 proposed expansion to an existing Boeing manufacturing facility on the east side of Greenfield Road north of McDowell Road. (Photo courtesy of Todd Photographic Ser…

Integrated Builders completes Home Depot bulk distribution center

Thorofare Capital CEO Kevin Miller Exits Company After 17 Years

One year after losing its three head originators, Thorofare Capital ’ s shakeup is now evident at the very top of the C-suite level. Kevin Miller, who spent the last nearly 17 years as Thorofare’s CEO, is exiting the…

FalconX Acquires bloXroute to Accelerate the Future of Onchain Capital Markets

Acquisition brings together institutional trading, liquidity, and blockchain networking to power the next generation of onchain capital markets. NEW YORK, July 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- FalconX today announced it has a…

StreetLights Advancing Apartment Venture at Former Plano Office Campus

StreetLights Residential has secured $54 million in equity, along with $111.5 million in construction loans, for a new 22-story Plano apartment complex expected to open in 2029. The project will be part of the convers…

Podcast | How AI Helps Brokers Prospect Smarter, with DealGround CEO Dan Mosher

Dan Mosher is the CEO of DealGround , an AI-native platform helping commercial real estate brokers and investors find deals faster by organizing property data, identifying opportunities, and connecting directly with p…

Private Equity Turns to Debt Investments to Add Multifamily Assets

U.S. multifamily advertised rents increased by an average of $4 in June to $1,763, continuing the recent trend of moderate growth, Yardi Matrix reported. Rents rose 0.7% during the second quarter of 2026 and 1.0% in t…

SRE Acquisitions Acquires 357-Room Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley for $53MM from Ashford Hospitality Trust

The Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley has changed hands for the first time in more than a decade, giving a Dallas-based hotel REIT working through its own mounting debt problems a fresh infusion of cash and handing a ne…

Cambium Quadruples US Manufacturing Platform in North Carolina

SHD Composites, a Cambium company, expanding to 60,000 square feet in Mooresville, NC — rapid response manufacturing in the advanced materials supply chain. EL SEGUNDO, Calif., July 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambium, a…

Signorelli Reveals Two New Phases for New Caney’s Valley Ranch

The Signorelli Company announced Commerce District at Valley Ranch, a mixed-use destination that represents the next phase in the evolution of the 1,400-acre Valley Ranch master-planned community in New Caney, Texas.…

Restaurateur James O’Brien Bringing Wine Bar to Naftali’s Williamsburg Wharf

Some wine and a walk by the Williamsburg waterfront? Sounds like the perfect evening. James O’Brien , the restaurateur behind Cobble Hill’s popular Italian restaurant Popina , has signed a 2,000-square-foot leas…

JLL Inks Heritage Plaza Leasing Deal

JLL has recently been selected as the exclusive leasing team for Heritage Plaza. The 1.15 million-square-foot, 51-story property is located at 1111 Bagby Street JLL’s Jon Dutton, Tyler Garrett, and Paul Frazier…

Keller Williams leads RealTrends Verified City Rankings as team production overtakes agents

The 2026 RealTrends Verified City Rankings revealed where the industry’s highest-performing professionals are concentrated — and also showed teams now generating more production than individual agents with fewer entri…

Industrial real estate's mid-2026 signals: long leases, inland hubs, and a power crunch reshaping demand

Greystar faces 114 housing voucher discrimination complaints

Greystar Worldwide , the largest apartment manager and owner in the U.S., is facing more than 100 civil rights complaints alleging a systematic refusal to rent to tenants using Housing Choice Vouchers across six state…

Cushman & Wakefield Arranges $95.7M in Financing for Metro Houston, Dallas Affordable Housing Portfolio

HUMBLE AND ROWLETT, TEXAS — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged $95.7 million in financing for a portfolio of two affordable housing properties totaling 626 units. Grove East is a 324-unit, garden-style property located…

Versal Negotiates Sale of 464-Unit Self-Storage Facility in Lubbock, Texas

LUBBOCK, TEXAS — Self-storage brokerage firm Versal has negotiated the sale of All American Storage, a 464-unit facility located in the West Texas city of Lubbock. The facility spans 54,453 net rentable square feet. B…

Andover Properties Buys 134,500 SF Industrial Flex Building in San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO — Andover Properties has acquired Rail Drive Commerce Center, a 134,500-square-foot industrial flex building in northeast San Antonio. Completed in April and acquired by Andover in May, Rail Drive Commerce…

Pinecroft Realty Refinances Two Metro Houston Medical Office Buildings Totaling 70,000 SF

SHENANDOAH AND RICHMOND, TEXAS — Pinecroft Realty has refinanced two medical office buildings totaling approximately 70,000 square feet in metro Houston. The loan amount(s) was not disclosed. The buildings include the…

Booking Is Building a Machine to Wholesale Your Rooms at Scale, Hotel Satisfaction Hits 30-Year High, Urban Cowboy Built Four Hotels with Zero Marketing

Wednesday brought hospitality.today's warning that Booking Holdings is unifying its B2B wholesale operation to resell hotel net-rate inventory across bank apps, airline checkouts, and loyalty portals at scale, JD Powe…

Richland Capital Converting Tampa Offices to Warehouse Facility

Richland Capital Holdings broke ground on Lakeview Corporate Park, a new 310,000-square-foot logistics space, at 6700 Lakeview Center Drive. The Tampa Bay Business Journal reports the project will redevelop a three-st…

Blue Owl Lists SanDisk’s 578,000 SQFT Flash Memory HQ Campus in Milpitas Three Years After $192.5MM Sale-Leaseback

Blue Owl Capital has placed the five-building Milpitas R&D campus it bought from Western Digital in a 2023 sale-leaseback back on the market, offering investors a 12.5-year triple-net lease to SanDisk, 13 megawatts of…

News | Part of Chicago office tower could become luxury hotel after discounted sale

HelloNation Explores Whether Stillwater, MN, Is a Good Place for Raising a Family Featuring Real Estate Expert Olivia VanOrsdale

The article reviews schools, community life, parks and trails, and daily convenience for family living. STILLWATER, Minn., July 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Is Stillwater, MN, a good place to raise a family? A HelloNation…

Bank of Clarke Launches Clarke Leasing to Deliver Flexible Equipment Financing for Growing Businesses

BERRYVILLE, Va., July 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Bank of Clarke today announced the launch of Clarke Leasing, a new equipment financing solution designed to help businesses acquire the equipment they need while preservi…

Beyond RevPAR: Why the Hotel Performance Dashboard Is Expanding

The article argues that Occupancy, ADR, and RevPAR are no longer sufficient, calling for dashboards that also track TRevPAR, ESG metrics, employee engagement, and real-time AI-driven analytics.

San Francisco Cuts Inclusionary Housing Rate to 5%, Exempts Projects Under 24 Units

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 9-2 on Tuesday to cut the city’s inclusionary housing requirement from 15 percent to 5 percent and to exempt developments of fewer than 24 units entirely, delivering the ma…

Kite Realty CEO Says Portfolio Repositioning Strengthens Long-Term Growth Outlook

Image CEO John Kite says the REIT has spent the past two years reshaping its portfolio.

How Europe’s Accommodation Sector Is Tackling Seasonality

The European Accommodation Barometer finds hoteliers are combining dynamic pricing, OTA partnerships, and event-driven strategies to reduce reliance on July-August, when 31% of all EU tourism nights are concentrated.

Commercial property’s pricing reset is bringing buyers off the sidelines

Provident Industrial Breaks Ground on Philly-Area Asset

Automotive Fluid Distributor to Invest $170M for Metro Atlanta Distribution Center

MCDONOUGH, GA. — Highline Warren, a distributor of cleaners and other fluids for the automotive and industrial sectors, has announced plans to invest $170 million in a new logistics hub in metro Atlanta. The Memphis-b…

JLL Arranges $76.8M Construction Loan for Multifamily Development in Jacksonville Beach

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, FLA. — JLL has arranged a $76.8 million construction loan for a 415-unit multifamily development in Jacksonville Beach. Mark West led the JLL team in arranging the four-year, floating-rate loan thr…

The Case for U.S. Real Estate Debt Today: Base Rates, Back Leverage, Basis

CCI Real Estate Underway on 353-Bed Student Housing Development Near University of Georgia

ATHENS, GA. — CCI Real Estate has begun construction on 290 Lumpkin, a 353-bed student housing development located near the University of Georgia campus in Athens. The community is being developed in partnership with…

KBRA Releases Research - Time Is Not Free: Loan Modifications in SASB CMBS 2.0

Trinity Capital, Town Lane Begin Renovations for 15-Story Office Building in Uptown Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Trinity Capital Advisors and Town Lane have begun renovations on 440 South Church, a 15-story, 388,657-square-foot office building in Uptown Charlotte. Current tenants at the Class A property include…