August 2026

Google Buys 83,000-Square-Foot Campus in Goleta for $32.5M

REITs Post Record High FFO in Q2 2026: Nareit

REITs posted record highs for funds from operations (FFO) and net operating income (NOI) in 2026’s second quarter while maintaining strong balance sheets, according to Nareit’s latest REIT Industry Tracker . Mor…

Judge narrows Roberts suit against eXp and CEO Glenn Sanford

Court keeps some claims against Sanford and eXp Realty, trial now set for Oct. 19 after a Sept. 18 conference.

Lancium Announces Partnership with NVIDIA to Advance Gigawatt-Scale AI Factory Development Across Its 15+ GW Portfolio

Partnership connects Lancium's power-secured campus pipeline with NVIDIA's AI ecosystem, enabling cloud partners, infrastructure developers, AI native companies and all other NVIDIA ecosystem partners to deploy NVIDIA…

Integrate Strengthens Defense Market Position with New U.S. Space Force Contract and Venture Debt Facility

Space Systems Integrations Office contract in place to accelerate acquisition for growing portfolio of national security space systems Integrate closes debt facility from J.P. Morgan to scale first-of-its-kind agentic…

Stile by Per Lei Opening Boutique at Gateway Shopping Center in Tredyffrin

Property trade made in Hicksville for $10M, old Grumman Aerospace building

TCC, Daiwa House Break Ground on 687,338 SF Industrial Project in Southwest Houston

HOUSTON — A joint venture between Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) and Japanese developer Daiwa House has broken ground on a 687,338-square-foot industrial project in southwest Houston. The project represents Phase II of Blue…

Marcus & Millichap Brokers Sale of 218,689 SF Office Campus in Northwest Houston

HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of The Preserve at North Loop, a 218,689-square-foot office campus in northwest Houston. Built in 1970, the 12.7-acre campus consists of seven buildings that were app…

San Benito High School District Plans 500-Unit Affordable Housing and Retail District on Former Campus Site in Hollister

The San Benito High School District is charting a new future for a long-held parcel at Best Road and Highway 25 in Hollister, swapping its original plan for a second high school there for a walkable district of more t…

MMCC Arranges $19.6M in Financing for Travel Center in Mount Pleasant, Texas

MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged $19.6 million in financing for a 9,557-square-foot travel center in Mount Pleasant, located in northeast Texas. The name and address of the…

Hugs Café Inc. Opens $10M SF Headquarters Office in McKinney, Texas

MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Hugs Café Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing training and employment for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, has opened its $10 million headquarters offic…

The Bench Rebrands ‘Branded Residences Forum’ as ‘FHS Living’

The Bench rebrands its Branded Residences Forum as FHS Living, expanding scope to cover student, senior, co-living and mixed-use assets across Dubai, Cairo, Paris, and Riyadh editions.

Downtown Phoenix Luxury Hotel to Debut September 16

Pacific Hospitality Group (PHG) is taking reservations for its latest hotel, the Denu Hotel & Spa in downtown Phoenix. The 236-room hotel is at 1 E. Adams Street in downtown Phoenix in a newly constructed 17-story bui…

Timber Equities Receives $27.5M Loan for Refinancing of Manhattan Apartment Building

NEW YORK CITY — Locally based owner-operator Timber Equities has received a $27.5 million loan for the refinancing of The Sophia, a 60-unit apartment building in Manhattan’s Inwood neighborhood. The 11-story building…

StreetLevel Investments to Open First Tenants at Village at Gateway Mixed-Use Development in Metro Dallas

Morgan Co., Idlewood Capital Acquire Food Lion-Anchored Center in Concord, North Carolina, Plan Redevelopment

Terreno Realty Acquires 65,000 SQFT Mendell Street Industrial Property in San Francisco for $25.9MM

Terreno Realty Corporation has purchased a fully leased ±64,782-square-foot industrial complex on 3.8 acres in San Francisco's India Basin from the Lowenberg Corporation for $25.9 million, deepening the REIT's bet on…

Atlantic Capital Partners Negotiates $8M Sale of Shopping Center in Milford, Massachusetts

MILFORD, MASS. — Regional brokerage firm Atlantic Capital Partners (ACP) has negotiated the $8 million sale of Milford Square, a 50,326-square-foot shopping center located about 40 miles southwest of Boston. The neigh…

JLL Arranges Refinancing of 48,312 SF Medical Office Building in New Providence, New Jersey

NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. — JLL has arranged a loan of an undisclosed amount for the refinancing of a 48,312-square-foot medical office building in New Providence, about 25 miles west of New York City. Murray Hill Medical…

HelloNation Article Examines Landlord Insurance With Insurance Expert Andrew Filar

The article explains key differences between coverage types and why property owners in Roswell, GA, need the right protection. ROSWELL, Ga., Aug. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- What insurance coverage do property owners nee…

ALDI Reveals Westward Expansion

As ALDI enters its 50th year in the United States, the low-price grocer is doubling down on its nationwide expansion, announcing plans to open more than 180 stores by the end of 2026. ALDI is announcing expansion plan…

JLL Completes $435 Million Office Tower Sale

Stout NYC to Open 13,900 SF Restaurant in Manhattan’s NoMad District

NEW YORK CITY — Stout NYC will open a 13,900-square-foot restaurant in Manhattan’s NoMad district. Dos Caminos formerly occupied the multi-level space at 373 Park Avenue S. Henry Rossignol of CBRE represented the tena…

Global Anti-Scam Summit America Convenes Government Officials, Silicon Valley Leaders, Financial Services Executives and Law Enforcement in San Francisco for the First Time

Leaders from Amazon, Google, OpenAI, Meta, AT&T, Verizon, JP Morgan, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Treasury, the Attorneys General of California and Utah and others will headline a two-day program focused o…

Mamdani Sets Sights on Fixing — Not Replacing — Deteriorating Section of BQE

Will Mayor Zohran Mamdani be the first administration to finally fix the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) along Brooklyn Heights? Mamdani announced Monday morning that the New York City Department of Transportation (D…

Kinsmen Property Group Plans to Bring 322 New Homes to 156-166 Bowery

Kinsmen Property Group , a New York City-based real estate development and investment firm, has big plans to build 322 homes along the Bowery in Manhattan’s Nolita neighborhood, Commercial Observer has learned. After…

The new Manhattan rental Compass lawsuit should scare everyone

Written disclosure and a set MLS date can reduce exposure in limited launch listings.

BirchStreet Unveils AI-Powered Smart AP Solution to Optimize P2P and Accounting Efficiencies for Hospitality

BirchStreet Smart AP automates the full accounts payable cycle with AI-driven 3-way matching and touchless invoicing, claiming up to 95% reduction in manual invoice processing tasks for hospitality operators.

Fort Dodge’s 720-acre industrial park is recognized as project ready

Closing the AI Adoption Gap in Commercial Real Estate

Google Wires Agentic Booking to the GDS, IHG Converts 14 Kyoto Hotels in One Deal, European Booking Windows Compress

Monday brought confirmation that Google's agentic hotel booking test now reaches the GDS, with Amadeus named as the first infrastructure partner and Sabre offering the same capability, which gives independent hotels a…

Boston waterfront tower sells for $435 million, biggest standalone office sale in five years

Trophy Seaport office tower trades for $435M as institutional capital returns to Boston's premier waterfront district

JLL led the sales efforts for One Marina Park Drive, underscoring investor confidence in irreplaceable Boston assets Key Takeaways Historic transaction volume: The $435 million sale of One Marina Park Drive represents…

Seller choice isn’t a policy. It’s a promise we made a long time ago.

Three-phased marketing is a structured way to match seller timelines without guessing on price.

Inn-Flow Appoints Jon Coley as Senior Vice President and Head of Sales to Spearhead Hospitality Market Expansion Opportunities

Inn-Flow names Jon Coley, a 20-year SaaS sales veteran, as SVP and Head of Sales to drive growth of its AI-enabled accounting, labor management, and procurement platform for hotels.

Front Street Eyeing 8.4M-SF Lexington, NC Industrial Development

Front Street Capital is pursuing an 850-acre master-planned industrial park in the city of Lexington. The city annexed the land to accommodate the project, but it still needs to create and approve zoning for the proje…

Cushman & Wakefield Arranges $250M Refinancing for 506-Unit Seattle MF

Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $250 million refinancing for Museum House, a newly completed 506-unit multifamily community in Seattle, Washington. The Cushman & Wakefield Equity, Debt & Structured Finance team of…

QXO names Honeywell executive Ken West as president and COO

West will lead day-to-day operations and integrate TopBuild and Kodiak Building Partners as QXO targets $50B in annual revenue

Largest Commercial Property Leasing Deal in Hong Kong This Quarter | CBRE - News and Statistics

W Properties Bets on 2029 Multifamily Recovery with 252-Unit Melissa Development

Developer targets mid-2027 construction start as North Texas works through historic apartment supply cycle MELISSA, Texas, Aug. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- W Properties announced plans for a 252-unit garden-style multifa…

Amazon to Invest $6B to Build New Data Center Campus in Shreveport, Louisiana

SHREVEPORT, LA. — Amazon has unveiled plans to invest an estimated $6 billion in northwest Louisiana for the development of a new data center. The data center, which will be located at Resilient Technology Park in Shr…

Morehouse, Atrium Health Advancing $700M Hospital Project

Morehouse School of Medicine and Atrium Health are moving forward with plans for a new teaching hospital at 675 Metropolitan Parkway SW, which will include a network of primary, urgent and specialty care designed to r…

PHILLIPS LYTLE'S BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES PRACTICE ANCHORS CHICAGO GROWTH STRATEGY

Newly named Chicago Office Leader Victoria L. Grady accelerates Midwest expansion plans with focus on banking and litigation CHICAGO, Aug. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Phillips Lytle LLP has appointed Victoria L. Grady, a…

Top 5 Short Term Rental Realtors in the Smoky Mountains by Transaction Volume

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- With the short term rental tax strategy gaining national attention, investors are buying vacation rentals and using bonus depreciation to lower their tax bill by tens to…

Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale of Two Louisiana Multifamily Properties Totaling 462 Units

BATON ROUGE AND NATCHITOCHES, LA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of two multifamily properties totaling 462 units in Louisiana: Magnolia Trace in Baton Rouge and The Melrose in Natchitoches. John Hamilton…

Foundry Commercial Negotiates Sale of 104,897 SF Office Complex in St. Petersburg, Florida

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Foundry Commercial has negotiated the sale of Castille at Carillon, a two-building office complex located at 400 and 450 Carillon Parkway in St. Petersburg, a suburb of Tampa. Joe Chick, Christi…

Integra Investments, City of North Miami Begin Preleasing for 342-Unit Mixed-Income Apartment Complex

NORTH MIAMI, FLA — Integra Investments, in partnership with the City of North Miami Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), has begun preleasing for Lakeview at Nomi, a 342-unit mixed-income apartment complex located in…

Four North Wales commercial property projects backed by Development Bank funding

Genentech to Invest $750M in Manufacturing Facility in Hillsboro, Oregon

HILLSBORO, ORE. — Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, plans to invest $750 million in a new device fill-finish manufacturing facility at its 75-acre campus in Hillsboro. The development will bring new end-to-end d…