August 2026

Charter Hall banks on SMSF investor surge into commercial property

How the “Vanity Economy” Is Impacting Retail

Social media and its influencers have turned appearance into a powerful consumer category, and shopping centers offering such services are the beneficiaries, according to a recent CBRE report . Influencer marketing, c…

Inflation Is Down. But Consumers Aren’t Out of the Woods Yet

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 3.4% year over year in July. Meanwhile, the core CPI , which excludes food and energy costs, rose 2.5%. Both measures fell slightly month over month. They also matched market e…

Retail Regains Its Footing as Demand Returns and Supply Stays Soft

After a soft first quarter, the retail sector regained positive momentum in Q2 as tenant demand returned, vacancies remained stable and new construction stayed limited. According to second-quarter reports from CBRE ,…

US Office Vacancy Drops, Medical Office Defies Weakness

Residents fear 'development by stealth' after council gives go-ahead to 'industrial park'

Korea's Commercial Real Estate "Data Giant" Attracts NPS, GIC and Blackstone

Korea's Commercial Real Estate "Data Giant" Attracts NPS, GIC and Blackstone

RSQUARE's Investment Advisory Division recorded a 2.3 times year-on-year increase in assets under advisory in 2025 Advisory capabilities extend beyond financial investor matching to identifying corporate owner occupie…

Forest Bathing, Curated: Three Levels of Hospitality Engagement

Three engagement models for forest bathing in luxury hotels range from unguided nature access to fully integrated wellness journeys, with examples from Aman, Four Seasons, and Ritz-Carlton.

Rocky Hill apartment complex reaches second agreement following tenant issues

Mumbai office vacancy drops to 16-year low of 10.8% in Q2

Canadian Banking Regulator Urged to Rethink Climate Risk Guideline says Friends of Science; Keystone XL could REcarbonize Canada

CALGARY, AB, Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- As talk of a potential rebirth of Keystone XL pipeline rises in Canada-US trade negotiations, a Friends of Science Society open letter urges the Office of the Superintendent…

T&E Development Buys West Chelsea Site for $34M From PPHE Hotel Group

A development site in Manhattan’s West Chelsea area previously conceived for hotel and luxury residences in 2019 by an international hospitality firm is now poised for a new residential journey. Amsterdam-based…

Cyber Risk Management Firm Signs Five-Year Renewal of Midtown Offices

JLL arepresented SecurityScorecard, a global leader in cyber risk intelligence, in a five-year renewal of its full-floor headquarters at 1140 Ave. of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan. A tenant since 2023, the company…

ABS Management and Riverbay Plaza BH LLC Announce Multiple Long-Term Lease Renewals; Yechiel Rivlin Oversees Transactions

Liberty Tax, New China and Jackson Hewitt extend commitments at Riverbay Plaza, reinforcing the shopping center's service-oriented tenant mix RIVERVIEW, Fla., Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Riverbay Plaza BH LLC has co…

Data Centers Push Into Frontier Markets

One trend emerging from JLL’s Midyear North America Data Center Report is that developers continue to hit the power wall. This obstacle is stretching timelines in established hubs, encouraging developers to examine sp…

Park Hyatt Chicago Launches HERITAGE SERIES with the Debut of Japanese Artistry at NoMI

Exclusive two-night experience explores Japanese hospitality through the centuries-old art of gyotaku, omakase and Japanese whisky CHICAGO, Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- NoMI, the signature restaurant located within P…

Lincoln Property, SVP Complete Redevelopment of Playa Vista Creative Campus

Lincoln Property Company and Strategic Value Partners, LLC, have completed the redevelopment of The Bluffs at Playa Vista, a 500,000-square-foot Class A office campus in the heart of Playa Vista’s live-work-play commu…

New York People and Company News, Week of August 21, 2026

Veteran dealmaker Lisa A. Lim has returned to Akerman LLP’s Real Estate Practice Group as a partner in New York City, where she will serve as Chair of Affordable Housing Transactions. Lim has previously served a…

California People and Company News, Week of August 21, 2026

Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) , a division of Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI) dedicated to serving the company’s institutional clients, announced that Max Unger, a retail real estate investment advisor with mor…

Chicago/Midwest People & Company News, week of August 21, 2026

McColly Bennett Commercial Advantage is expanding its commercial real estate brokerage and dealmaking presence in Will County, establishing an office and adding two brokers in New Lenox. The firm has named Joe Nugent…

Interra Realty Brokers Edgewater Apartment Transaction

Interra Realty brokered the $2.135 million sale of 1433 W. Ardmore Ave., a 13-unit multifamily building in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. The transaction equates to $164,230 per unit. Interra Director Joe Braun rep…

Lee & Associates of Illinois Brokers Two Orland Park Property Sales

Lee & Associates has closed a pair of sale transactions in Orland Park, Illinois. Carole Caveney, senior vice president at Lee & Associates’ Illinois office, represented the seller, Marquette Bank, on the off-market d…

L.A. County Investment Sales Jump 28% in July Thanks to Multifamily

Commercial real estate investment sales accelerated across Los Angeles County in July, with multifamily accounting for the majority of capital deployed. About 7.25 million square feet of commercial property traded for…

CBRE Arranges Sale of Boutique Bergen County Apartments

A CBRE team led by Jeffrey Dunne, Stuart MacKenzie, Eric Apfel, Travis Langer and Eric Greenberg of CBRE Institutional Properties, in partnership with Charles Berger of CBRE Investment Properties, closed the sale of L…

Moreau puts 68 acres up for sale in industrial park

Kirkland Condominium Project Reaches Construction Milestone

Cordillera Homes announced several significant construction milestones at Central Peak Residences, a boutique collection of 26 condominiums in the heart of downtown Kirkland, including completion of the project’s cast…

Buyer Moves Fast to Acquire Southern New Hampshire Industrial

Marcus & Millichap closed the sale of an industrial property in Hudson, NH, near the Massachusetts border. The asset sold for $3.9 million. “We ran a targeted process to a short list of buyers who could actually perfo…

Michaels Organization Set to Break Ground in Davis

The Michaels Organization , a national leader in residential real estate, and its partners, Kyuden Urban Development America and Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation for Transport & Urban Development (…

Rocky Hill apartment complex to receive routine inspections under AG settlement, following tenant issues

Mr. Muscle Car Engels Gualdani Educates on Private Sales Transactions Between Collectors Via Expert Website from HelloNation

Engels Gualdani, Classic Car Expert, Details Record $1.975 Million Sale of 1971 440 Six-Pack HILTON, N.Y., Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A numbers-matching 1971 Plymouth Cuda convertible with a rare 440 six-pack engin…

Dream Finders bets empty nesters want amenities, not age limits

Reverie active adult brand targets Gen X buyers seeking amenities and connection, while builders look to protect margins

Gillette Acquires South Boston Site for $1B Technical Innovation Center

Life science real estate developer Breakthrough Properties has finalized the sale of its 232 A Street development site in South Boston to P&G Gillette, following Gillette’s previously announced plans to establish its…

Invesco cuts management fees by 20% for $13B real estate fund as redemption queue swells

California Senate Approves Bill to Address Commercial Plan-Checking Delays

An industry-sponsored measure to address prolonged commercial plan-checking delays has passed the California Senate in a unanimous 38-0 vote. Introduced by Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez (D-Los Angeles), Assembly Bill 2…

Town planners vote 5-2 to hold hearing on industrial zoning ordinance changes

Invesco cuts fees by 20% to stem surge in real estate fund redemption requests - report (IVZ:NYSE)

Rocky Hill apartment complex to receive inspections under AG settlement following tenant issues

Luminate Bank acquires select assets of First State Mortgage Services

Luminate adds volume and a larger Midwest presence

AMH Announces Distributions

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AMH (NYSE: AMH) (the "Company"), a leading large-scale integrated owner, operator and developer of single-family rental homes, today announced that the Board of Trustees declar…

Real Assets Investment Veterans Launch One Orchard as New Platform

New York City-based One Orchard has launched as an investment firm and holding company designed to concentrate capital into fully integrated, proprietary real asset platforms. Concurrent with its launch, One Orchard i…

Parrish Medical Center Awarded More Than $5.2 Million in Grants to Promote Rural Health, Workforce Development, in First Year of Florida's Rural Health Transformation Program

TITUSVILLE, Fla., Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Parrish Medical Center is among the first Florida healthcare provider organizations to receive grants, in Parrish's case totaling more than $5.2 million, to help transfo…

Toll Brothers luxury moat meets a tougher market test

Cash buyers were 25% of deliveries, and the average loan-to-value was 69% in fiscal Q3

Grandbridge to Act as Servicer for $210M Refinancing of Two Seattle Office Towers

Grandbridge Real Estate Capital , a subsidiary of Truist, has been named master servicer on its first commercial mortgage-backed securities transaction, marking a significant milestone as the firm expands its servicin…

Realterm, Starwood Property Trust Co-Originate IOS Financing

Realterm , alongside Starwood Property Trust, Inc. , announced the closing of a $672 million industrial outdoor storage (IOS) portfolio financing, the largest ever of its kind. The 78-property IOS portfolio is owned b…

JLL Arranges Sale of 1.1M-SF Subaru Distribution Facility in Indiana

JLL completed the sale of Subaru at Park 267, a 1,119,056-square-foot industrial distribution facility located at 5190 S. State Road 267 in Whitestown, Indiana. JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between Prol…

New tax on high-value second homes challenged in Rhode Island

Plaintiffs say the law should not target out-of-state residents who cannot vote in Rhode Island

News | Morgan Stanley buys Kansas City distribution center

New York City’s Technology Labor Market Has Surpassed San Francisco: Report

It’s official. New York is employing more tech workers than the San Francisco Bay area. According to an annual CBRE report on North American tech talent, the New York metropolitan area’s tech workforce reached 394,300…

Texas People & Companies, August 21, 2026

Dallas-based Mohr Partners named Kam Schroeder as President of Brokerage, a newly created role designed to support the expansion of the firm’s national brokerage platform. Schroeder brings extensive corporate re…