August 2026

News | South Carolina industrial park trades to Invesco for $100 million

News | KeyBank expansion fills Manhattan office tower

Hawkins Way JV Acquires East Village Student Housing

Hawkins Way Capita and its joint venture partner, Varde Partners, have acquired 135 E. 12th St., a student housing property located in the East Village’s prime educational district. The purchase price was report…

Seattle Private School Buys Site for Campus Expansion

Cristo Rey Jesuit Seattle High School, a private high school in Seattle’s Rainier Beach neighborhood, has purchased a three-acre site for $3.6 million to accommodate more students. The school at 10001 57th Ave. S. pla…

Bascom Refis Historic Apartments in LA’s Westlake District

The Bascom Group, LLC has completed an $8.5-million refinancing of The Charleston Apartments, a 133-unit historic multifamily community located in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles. Michael Derk, Daizy Gomez, L…

Mortgage lenders weigh AI, alternative data and credit models

MISMO panelists cited rental and cash flow data, plus AI rules that may affect licensing and compliance

Law Firm Nutter Expands Tenancy at Durst’s 5 Grand Central East

The Durst Organization said Wednesday that full-service law firm Nutter is expanding its office at 5 Grand Central East to 11,438 square feet. Nutter will take the entire 25th floor, in addition to renewing the existi…

Report: Chicago’s Modern Big-Box Industrial Market Gains Momentum

Chicago’s modern big-box industrial market is experiencing a resurgence in leasing activity, with 9.1 million square feet leased in the first half of 2026, a 51% year-over-year increase from 6 million square fee…

CPC Mortgage Company Secures Financing for Michigan Workforce Housing Project

CPC Mortgage Company, a subsidiary of The Community Preservation Corporation (CPC) , has structured an $8.018 million permanent loan for Riverbend at Capital, a to-be-built 80-unit affordable and workforce housing com…

Fully Leased Temecula Retail Sells in 1031 Exchange

Progressive Real Estate Partners SVP Greg Bedell represented a private Los Angeles-based investor in the acquisition of an 8,781-square-foot multi-tenant retail building located at 32435 Temecula Pkwy. within Vail Ran…

Vishal Garg takes Better to court over ‘poison pill’

The moves comes just days after Better sued Garg for unlawful solicitation of stockholders

NYCEDC Launches “Circular Construction Hub” Pilot in Sunset Park

New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) aunched a year-long pilot of the Circular Construction Hub at MADE Bush Terminal in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The hub will be operated by Our Temenos, a Brooklyn-ba…

Developer announces massive apartment complex for downtown Rochester

For U.S. Life Sciences Real Estate, 2026 Is a Tale of Stabilization

The U.S. life sciences real estate market remains oversupplied, but improving funding conditions and a sharply reduced construction pipeline are beginning to set the stage for a recovery, according to Cushman & Wakefi…

Berkadia Adds Experienced Multifamily Sales Team in Boston

Berkadia has added senior managing Directors Kevin Gleason and Brendan Shields and director Maggie McFarland to its investment sales platform in Boston. Gleason, Shields and McFarland specialize in multifamily investm…

Ryan Serhant doesn’t want to buy your brokerage. He wants your agents

The brokerage now spans 19 states and DC, and says average agent earnings rise 144% in year one after switching firms.

AI Startup Thinking Machines Lab Takes 22K SF at 79 Fifth Avenue for First NYC Office

Artificial intelligence research startup Thinking Machines Lab is coming to New York. Just a year and a half after launching in San Francisco, the company has inked a 21,500-square-foot lease at Kalimian Properties ’…

History-steeped commercial property in Mount Vernon sells at auction for $280,900

JV Acquires Value-Add Escondido Multifamily

Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap serving the company’s institutional clients, closed the sale of Pacifica Palms Apartments, a 189-unit multifamily property in Escondido. The purc…

Northwest Bank to Open 75K-SF Corporate Headquarters in Ohio

Northwest Bank plans to open its new corporate headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, located in Bridge North, a new mixed-use development by the Daimler Group in the city’s Bridge Street District. The mixed-use developm…

Jadian Capital Secures $277M Apollo Loan for 37-Property IOS Portfolio

Jadian Capital, a New York City and Stamford, CT-based investment firm focused on alternative real estate and asset-intensive businesses, said Wednesday that JIOS, its vertically integrated industrial outdoor storage…

News | Developer secures refinancing for apartment complex in Hialeah, Florida

Vivmark Residential Commits $1.5M to Support True Ground’s Affordable Housing Services

True Ground announced a $1.5 million commitment from Vivmark Residential , the company formed by the merger of AvalonBay Communities and Equity Residential . Through a new, four-year philanthropic commitment, Vivmark…

Core Spaces opens 6,000 new student beds in 6 developments

The Chicago-based real estate developer said it finished all the projects ahead of schedule and has another 54,000 beds in development at Tier 1 university markets across the country.

Wingspan Development Group, UrbanStreet Group aim to ramp up production

The Chicago-area firms have joined to “activate more projects quicker,” according to the CEO of Nicholas Family of Cos.

Wingspan Development, UrbanStreet partner to ramp up multifamily production

The Chicago-area firms have joined to “activate more projects quicker,” according to the CEO of Nicholas Family of Cos.

324-unit downtown Sarasota apartment complex proposal wins key approval

Pizza Napoli to Open in 3K SF at 383 Fifth Avenue

As one pizzeria shuts down, another is growing in its place, Commercial Observer has learned. Pizza Napoli has signed a 2,500-square-foot lease at Jonathan and Jan Soleimani ’s 383 Fifth Avenue just off East 36th Stre…

Habitat Reaches Milestones at Two Chicago Housing Projects

Habitat announced two significant milestones in its efforts to bring new mixed-use and mixed-income developments to Chicago. The Habitat Company, together with Cabrera Capital Partners, completed the financial closing…

DOJ, FBI say China-backed hackers breached Fed, other US agencies

Court docs tie QTFY group to multiagency cyber breaches

Millennium Partners Secures $575M Office Loan

Millennium Partners Scores $856M Financing for Downtown Boston’s Winthrop Center

JLL advised Millennium Partners on a total of $856 million in financing across the residential and office components of Winthrop Center in downtown Boston. Executive managing director Riaz Cassum, managing director An…

As the silver tsunami hits Delaware, who will serve an aging population?

The East Coast state has become a senior migration destination, with HousingWire Data illustrating relatively affordable market conditions

Rents are rising faster in Chicago than other US cities. The mayor wants rental reform.

The proposed reforms target “hidden junk fees” and establish an administrative body to handle rental complaints. Industry groups are pushing back.

Philadelphia-based PRG Real Estate pays $77 million for Citrus Tower Apartments in Clermont

Google Leases Office Building by Union Station, Plans to Consolidate DC Locations

Google has leased a large portion of a 231,000-square-foot office building near Union Station. The tech giant plans to combine its multiple D.C. offices, reported the Washington Business Journal . Google will move its…

News | Chicago-based buyer marks its seventh Arizona acquisition with apartment complex purchase

Data centers and real estate: What housing professionals need to know

HousingWire stories cover agent talking points on power costs, pricing uncertainty near facilities and where housing is being pushed next.

$300M McKinney Music Venue to Open Early 2027

Venu Holdings has been working on the 20,000-seat amphitheater since last year, and expects it to be open for its first concert early next year. The Dallas Business Journal reports the parking garage is near completio…

California investor Bluecore Residential buys lower South End apartments for $87.5M

Trumark Acquires 195 Lots for Two New Bishop Ranch Neighborhoods

Trumark Homes is adding to the residential component of Sunset Development’s Bishop Ranch mixed-use megaproject in San Ramon, acquiring 195 lots for The Trails in Bishop Ranch. Located on the northwestern land o…

Provident Industrial Completes Gateway Logistics Park with Delivery of Final Phase in El Paso

EL PASO, Texas, Aug. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Provident Industrial, a division of Dallas-based real estate development and investment firm Provident, today announced the completion of Phase 4 at Gateway Logistics Park…

Camelback Offices Trades for $86M

Esplanade III, a 222,820-square-foot trophy office building on 2415 E. Camelback Road, sold for $86 million. The 10-story building was acquired by Southwest Value Partners, a joint venture made up of Transwestern and…

Mortenson, Bartlett Cocke win $1.3B NBA Spurs’ arena

The San Antonio Spurs’ new home will anchor the city’s sports and entertainment district, which includes a new convention center and infrastructure improvements.

Nonprofit Biohub, Software Firm Fundraise Up Lease 20K SF at 100-104 Fifth Avenue

Two nonprofit-related tenants are moving to an office just west of Manhattan’s Union Square . In the largest deal, the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub , better known simply as Biohub , secured a 10,666-square-foot lease at Sov…

AI worries rise among real estate leaders

Brokerage size also influenced the types of concerns leaders reported

Queens’ Apartment Pipeline Shallowest in a Decade — But New Supply On the Way

The world’s borough might attract some new residents soon. There’s a multifamily squeeze in Queens as the rental market tightens amid a dip in new construction, according to new data from CoStar . But experts on the b…

Marcus & Millichap Closes Self-Storage Portfolio Sale in Oregon

Marcus & Millichap completed the sale of a six-property, 537,962-square-foot, 3,545-unit Secure Storage self-storage portfolio in Ashland, Bend, Prineville, Redmond, Hood River, and Hillsboro, Oregon. “This family-own…

New Florida shopping center with Publix, Home Depot in booming spot

City sells more than 10 acres for warehouse, office project