August 2026

CMBS Issuance Hits $76B as Office, Data Centers Dominate

S.Korea’s commercial property deals fall in Q2 despite broader APAC recovery

Sivers Semiconductors Announces $3.4M Program With SemiNex for Next-Generation InP Light Sources Used to Power AI Data Centers

Program targets the high-power, multi-wavelength light sources required by co-packaged optics and emerging scale-up and scale-out architectures KISTA, Sweden and DANVERS, Mass., Aug. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Sivers Se…

X Square Robot Demonstrates Embodied AI in Real-World Logistics Operations

In a livestream on X and YouTube, the company's embodied AI model and self-developed High-Performance 6-Axis Robot Arm autonomously identified, picked, reoriented, and fed highly variable parcels into a live sorting w…

Skanska signs an additional contract for a data center in Virginia, USA, worth USD 238M, about SEK 2.2 billion

STOCKHOLM, Aug. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Skanska has signed an additional contract with an existing client to build a data center in Virginia, USA. The contract is worth USD 238M, about SEK 2.2 billion, which will be…

Lumo Homes plc's Half-Year Financial Report 1 January-30 June 2026

Lumo Homes plc Stock Exchange Release, 13 August 2026 at 8.00 a.m. EEST Total revenue, net rental income and FFO grew in the second quarter HELSINKI, Aug. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- This is a summary of the 2026 Half-Ye…

Another Leading Player Enters the Commercial Real Estate REITs Track: Key Industry Development & Market Impact

Office vacancies are dropping. The reason may surprise you.

425-unit apartment complex coming to CedarView development

City receives site readiness planning grant for Industrial Park

Foxconn buys land in New Taipei Tucheng Industrial Park

Management reacts, Judge orders Palms on Rolling Creek apartments to fix safety hazards after years of tenant complaints

West Coast commercial real estate firm Kidder Mathews enters Dallas market

Digital cities reshape Philippine office real estate

Spurred by growing interest in Bridgeton retail corridor, developer buys shopping center for $8.35M

Real Estate Private Equity Firms Are Rethinking Cash Management as Undeployed Capital and Fund Reserves Sit Idle Across Funds and SPVs

New 84-unit apartment complex coming to Peoria. Here's what to know

7 Ways Data Center Construction Is Reshaping Commercial Real Estate in 2026

Tenant Inc. and TractIQ Partner to Bring Competitive Intelligence to Self Storage Operators

IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Tenant Inc. and TractIQ today announced their platform integration, delivering competitive intelligence directly inside Tenant Inc.'s Hummingbird PMS. First announced as a…

South Korea expands industrial park access to battery recycling, boosts investment - CHOSUNBIZ

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Announces Pricing of Public Offering of $1,000,000,000 of Series A Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2057

PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. ("Alexandria" or the "Company") (NYSE: ARE) today announced that it has priced a public offering of $1,000,000,000 aggregate princi…

Housing Market Spotlight: Price cuts and the battle for leverage

The share of homes with price cuts is getting closer to where it was a year ago. For the week ending Aug. 7, 41.44% of active single-family listings nationally had taken a price cut, compared with 41.85% during the sa…

AV Management Nabs SoHo Mixed-Use for $43M

Cushman & Wakefield arranged the sale of 73-75 Sullivan St., a newly constructed mixed-use property totaling 32,957 square feet and comprising 11 residential units and a ground-floor commercial space anchored by The M…

Kirkland puts shopping center up for sale after redevelopment plans falter

Wholesale logistics company closing Sacramento distribution center, cutting 99 jobs

U.S. Multifamily Gains Momentum in Q2 2026 as Absorption Surges

The U.S. multifamily market gained momentum in the second quarter of 2026 as apartment demand accelerated and new construction continued to moderate, CBRE said Wednesday. Net absorption of 167,500 units nearly doubled…

Institutional Investor Snares San Dimas Light Industrial Park

SRS Real Estate Partners arranged the $41-million sale of San Dimas Commerce Center, a 19-building light industrial park located at 410-490 W. Arrow Hwy, in San Dimas. VP Dave Faris and EVP and senior managing princip…

Morris Heights Seniors Housing Project Secures Permits

Permits have been approved for a new 10-story affordable senior housing development at 105 W. Tremont Ave. in the Morris Heights neighborhood of the Bronx. Developed by Crown Holdings in partnership with The Community…

Offerpad says it is turning the engine back on in 2026

It is no secret that Offerpad has struggled over the past few years. After recording three consecutive quarters of profitability, the Chandler, Arizona-based firm found itself in choppy waters during the third quarter…

Fully Leased Chula Vista Retail Fetches $30M

JLL Capital Markets arranged the $30.4-million sale of Terra Nova Plaza, a fully leased, 96,114-square-foot retail property positioned within a 301,000-square-foot regional shopping center in Chula Vista. Senior manag…

Luxury agent Clay Patterson joins top brokerage in Dallas-Fort Worth, and launches extreme estate in Aledo with sprawling stone home, private pond and nine acres of wow

DALLAS, Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The legendary luxury brokerage of North Texas, Briggs Freeman Sotheby's International Realty, proudly announces that expert advisor Clay Patterson has joined the award-winning fir…

Walker & Dunlop Arranges Debt, Equity for Port Chester Multifamily Project

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. has arranged $147.5 million in debt and equity capitalization for the construction of 2 South Main, a 322-unit multifamily project in downtown Port Chester, NY. The sponsorship group is a joint v…

Barnes & Noble Opens New Store in Chicago

Barnes & Noble announced the upcoming opening of its newest bookstore in Chicago, Illinois. The new store is to open on State Street in The Loop, in the historic building that was once a flagship Borders Bookstore. Mo…

TikTok Tells U.S. Employees to Return to Office 5 Days a Week

TikTok ’s work-from-home era is scrolling to an end. The ByteDance -owned social media platform has instructed its U.S. employees to return to the office five days a week, sources told Business Insider . The change im…

News | Commercial real estate giant signs office lease at suburban Minneapolis campus

Spirit Halloween Inks Seasonal Lease for 10K SF in Medford

The Hamilton Company has leased approximately 10,000 square feet to Sprit Halloween at 55 Riverside Ave. in Medford, MA, which formerly housed a CVS. The retailer will open more than 1,550 seasonal locations this year…

International Tower Hill Mines Files 2026 Second Quarter Financial Results

VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. (the "Company") - (TSX: ITH) (NYSE American: THM) today announced that it has filed its unaudited second quarter Financial Statements an…

Chicago-Based L&G Acquires Site to Build Multifamily Property in Boston

L&G’s Asset Management business in the U.S. has acquired a development site in Concord, Massachusetts, and plans to begin construction on a new two-building, 201-unit multifamily community. The investment and property…

Blackstone Snaps Up Ken Griffin’s 125 Worth Avenue in Palm Beach for $86M

Billionaire Ken Griffin just parted ways with his last remaining retail property on Worth Avenue in Palm Beach, Fla., Commercial Observer has learned. Blackstone Real Estate has agreed to acquire the three-story offic…

Levin Johnston Completes 1031 Exchange with Mountain View Apartment Deal

The Levin Johnston team at Marcus & Millichap directed the $12.1-million acquisition of Alamo Park Apartments, a 33-unit multifamily community in Mountain View, on behalf of a private investor. The acquisition complet…

Joseph Creech Joins Greenberg Traurig to Lead D.C. Metro Real Estate Practice

Former Chair of Venable's Real Estate Group Strengthens Firm's Global Real Estate Platform in Mid-Atlantic Region WASHINGTON, Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added prominent real estate attorn…

Veterans Boulevard commercial property sold in Metairie

Hyperscale Data Expects to Report Approximately $360 Million in Total Assets, or Approximately $0.62 Per Outstanding Class A Common Share, and Book Value of Approximately $0.19 Per Share

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyperscale Data, Inc. (NYSE American: GPUS), an artificial intelligence ("AI") data center company anchored by Bitcoin ("Hyperscale Data" or the "Company"), today announced pre…

Steel Peak Acquires Seattle-Area IOS Property

Steel Peak has acquired an industrial outdoor storage (IOS) property located at 1031 4th Avenue North in Kent, Washington, for $9 million. This is Steel Peak’s fourth IOS property acquisition in the Seattle area in th…

Stellus Private Credit BDC Reports Results for its Second Fiscal Quarter Ended June 30, 2026

HOUSTON, Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Stellus Private Credit BDC ("Stellus PBDC", "we", or the "Company") today announced financial results for its fiscal quarter June 30, 2026. Robert T. Ladd, Chief Executive Office…

California Awards $239M in Gap Funding to 20 Affordable Projects

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced nearly $239 million in construction-gap funding for 20 affordable multifamily developments across California. The projects underwent a streamlined approval process to keep development on tr…

Inventory is down year over year, but months of supply says the market is functioning

Housing inventory is down year over year, and price growth stands at 2.0% per the NAR existing home sales report . That combination might seem bad for affordability, but the truth is housing inventory is back at a hea…

The next phase of The Real Brokerage’s AI is replacing the work, not the agent

The Real Brokerage is rolling out Leo 2.0, an AI assistant built into its proprietary reZEN platform that automates back-office work, marketing and lead generation for agents. The system — in beta with thousands of ag…

Walmart-Anchored Retail Property in Portland Secures $14M Refinancing

Gantry has secured a $13.65 million permanent loan to refinance maturing debt for Parkway Village at Sherwood, located at 21174-21430 SW Langer Farm Parkway in Sherwood, a Portland suburb approximately 15 miles from t…

Multiple factors pushed multifamily CMBS distress up in July

CRED iQ Founder and CEO Mike Haas told Multifamily Dive that increases in insurance, property taxes and lending costs were among the issues contributing to trouble with securitized multifamily loans.