September 2026

Another wave of newcomers wants South Florida office flags — so why is leasing “kind of flat”?

JLL Arranges Sale of 10.5 MSF Southeast Industrial Portfolio for EQT Real Estate

CHICAGO — JLL has arranged the sale of a 10.5 million-square-foot industrial portfolio in the Southeast. EQT Real Estate is selling the 46-building portfolio to an affiliate of California-based LBA Realty for an undis…

SCALE Lending Provides $245M Loan for First Phase of Upland Park Apartments in Miami

MIAMI — SCALE Lending, the debt financing arm of Slate Property Group, has provided a $245 million bridge loan for Phase IA of Upland Park, a $1 billion mixed-use development underway on 47 acres in Miami’s Sweetwater…

US Commercial Real Estate Transaction Analysis – Q2 2026

Aromar Hotels & Restaurants Selects Cloudbeds for Next Phase of Growth and Modernization

Aromar Hotels & Restaurants, a 60-year-old family group on Spain's Costa Brava, will deploy Cloudbeds across its three properties for PMS, digital check-in, AI chatbot, and guest communications.

Jamestown Closes on Refis for Two Sandy Springs Retail Centers

Jamestown received a $72 million floating-rate loan from accounts managed by KKR to refinance Parkside Shops and Hammond Exchange in Sandy Springs. Cushman & Wakefield arranged the loan. The properties, which include…

Fairfield Acquires 812-Unit Apartment Community in West Palm Beach from Cortland for $208M

WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Fairfield, a multifamily owner-operator based in San Diego, has acquired Portofino Place Apartments in West Palm Beach. Atlanta-based Cortland sold the 812-unit property to Fairfield for $208 m…

Home Invest Purchases 997-Unit Multifamily Community in Stone Mountain, Georgia

STONE MOUNTAIN, GA. — Home Invest, a private real estate investment firm based in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., has purchased East Ponce Village, a 997-unit multifamily community located at 1310 Wood Bend Drive in Stone M…

Chobani Agrees to Buy Former Keurig Dr. Pepper Manufacturing Facility in Allentown, Pennsylvania for $125M

ALLENTOWN, PA. — Chobani has entered into an agreement to acquire the former manufacturing facility of Keurig Dr. Pepper in the Lehigh Valley city of Allentown, including the lease, equipment and operations, for $125…

Partnership Completes 300-Unit Apartment Complex in Livingston, New Jersey

LIVINGSTON, N.J. — A partnership between regional owner-operator Sterling Properties and New Jersey-based Danbro Properties has completed Canterly Place, a 300-unit apartment complex in the Northern New Jersey communi…

Avari Launches to Redefine What Vacation Rental Management Can Deliver

The company is building an innovative model designed to bring greater personalization and hospitality to vacation rentals, launching with 5,500 homes across 24 markets to date. Full Image Library HERE (Credit: Avari)…

Retail Location Intelligence Grows in Sophistication and Usage

In the late 1960s, science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke posited a now-famous law of the universe: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” As the rapid advancement of technology, espe…

GreenBarn’s David Welsh and David Schonbraun Aren’t Afraid of a Little Complexity

A lot happened in the world in 2020: some bad, some ugly but also some good. Amid the tumult and upheaval came some new shoots — “green” ones, so to speak — and, a few years after that, a pairing of two industry veter…

Butlr’s New Thermal Sensor Products Aim at Occupancy and Restrooms

Physical artificial intelligence technology company Butlr has launched two products — Ask Butlr and its Smart Cleaning module — for building operators. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology spinout, Butlr combines t…

Nickolas Asset Management and Kreate Announce $100 Million Advanced Manufacturing Investment in Tiffin, Ohio

542,000-square-foot facility will deploy 32 new ENGEL molding systems, FANUC robotics, autonomous material handling and Krevera read-write AI while creating approximately 120 jobs TIFFIN, Ohio, Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswi…

The Turndown Service

Terence Ronson cross-examines AI warnings from Bill Gates and Pope Leo XIV alongside China's robot culture to assess what AI means for hospitality's workforce, ethics, and human-first identity.

Connell Co. Begins Leasing 179-Unit Apartment Building in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. — Locally based developer The Connell Co. has begun leasing RT500, a 179-unit apartment building located within The Park, a 185-acre mixed-use development in the Northern New Jersey community of…

Forbearances, Modifications Carry Weight in Latest Data

CRED iQ tracked 82 modified commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) and commercial real estate collateralized loan obligation (CRE CLO) loans with a combined $2.36 billion in outstanding balance from May through…

Canyon Partners, J.P. Morgan Provide $74.7M Construction Loan for Inland Empire Townhome Project

RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Canyon Partners and J.P. Morgan have provided a $74.7 million senior construction loan for a townhome rental project in Riverside’s Mission Grove neighborhood. The developer, BCT Development, is a…

Terra Lands $245M Financing for Newly Completed Upland Park Development

Terra secured $245 million in permanent financing for the newly completed first phase of Upland Park, a $1 billion, 47-acre mixed-use transit-oriented development in West Miami-Dade County. Slate Property Group provid…

Trammell Crow Co. Completes 181,000 SF Mixed-Use Project in Phoenix

PHOENIX — Trammell Crow Co. has completed the development of an 8-acre, 181,000-square-foot mixed-used development in Phoenix. Project partners include U.S. Realty Advisors, RSP Architects, Wespac Construction, Keyser…

Freestone Capital Acquires 106-Unit Multifamily Property in Seattle for $32.2M

SEATTLE — Freestone Capital has acquired Aperture on Fifth, a 106-unit community in the Denny Triangle neighborhood of Seattle, from PrivatePortfolio GroupFreestone Capital for $32.2 million, or $304,245 per unit. Gio…

Northmarq Arranges $23.5M Sale of Two-Property Multifamily Portfolio in Northern California

UKIAH, CALIF. — Northmarq has arranged the $23.5 million sale of a two-property apartment portfolio in Ukiah. Ridge Capital Investments sold the portfolio to an undisclosed buyer. Totaling 121 units, the portfolio inc…

Veeva Signs 62,223 SF Office Lease at The PENN District in Midtown Manhattan

NEW YORK CITY — Veeva has signed a 62,223-square-foot office lease at The PENN District, a two-building, 4.4 million-square-foot development in Midtown Manhattan. The provider of cloud software, AI, data and consultin…

Scion Group acquires a 2,316-bed student housing portfolio for $400M

With the purchase of the four-property portfolio from SCHENK+, Chicago-based Scion expands its presence at Texas State University, the University of Tennessee and the University of Georgia.

Lighthouse Launches Ernest Crews to Get Hotel Commercial Teams Running on AI in as Little as 30 Days

Lighthouse's Ernest Crews embed AI and tech specialists within hotel commercial teams for 30-60 days to deploy its Ernest AI teammate, addressing low adoption rates cited in its 2026 survey.

Gatsby Florida Inks $118.6M Construction Loan for Palm Beach Gardens Offices, Retail

Berkadia arranged a $118.6 million loan on behalf of Gatsby Florida for the construction of The Palm, Palm Beach Gardens. Upon completion in 2028, the eight-story, 200,000-square-foot development will deliver office a…

Suffolk wins $278M California university dental school project

Using progressive design-build, the builder will deliver new educational, clinical and collaborative spaces on UC San Francisco’s Mission Bay campus.

BayPort Credit Union Donates $25,000 and 100 Pounds of School Supplies to Support Newport News Public Schools

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- BayPort Credit Union is continuing its commitment to Newport News Public Schools with a $25,000 sponsorship supporting the Office of Youth Development, Family and Commu…

Tishman Speyer Receives $340M Loan for Refinancing of Chicago Office Complex

CHICAGO — Tishman Speyer has received a $340 million CMBS loan for the refinancing of The Franklin, a two-tower office complex in Chicago’s West Loop. JPMorgan led the single asset single borrower (SASB) loan with Ban…

Gantry Arranges $22.8M Loan for Kansas Student Housing Property

PITTSBURG, KAN. — Gantry has arranged a $22.8 million permanent CMBS loan for University Digs, a multifamily property located at 1902 S. Broadway St. in Pittsburg, directly adjacent to Pittsburg University. The three-…

BDK Express Signs 120,985 SF Industrial Lease in Bensenville, Illinois

BENSENVILLE, ILL. — BDK Express, a trucking and logistics company, has signed a full-building industrial lease totaling 120,985 square feet at 951 Thorndale Ave. in Bensenville. Paddy Dwyer, Joe Bronson and Pat Cliffo…

‘Not just a hope and a wish’: How contractors can tap underrepresented communities

Industry leaders cited accommodations for transit and daycare schedules as ways to make the industry attractive to a wider labor pool during a Construction Dive virtual event.

Refad broadens its logistics real estate portfolio with a high-specification dry warehouse at King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam

Tailwind Investment Group Lands 419-Unit California Place and Bent Tree Apartment Portfolio in Sacramento for $65MM

Newport Beach-based Tailwind Investment Group has pushed deeper into Northern California with its purchase of the 419-unit California Place and Bent Tree apartment portfolio in suburban Sacramento, buying a pair of wo…

McShane to Build 52-Unit Affordable Housing Community in Portage, Wisconsin

PORTAGE, WIS. — Impact Seven, in partnership with Harmony Housing Partners, has selected McShane Construction Co. to build River Crossing, a 52-unit affordable housing community in Portage. Positioned on a 2-acre site…

How 10-to-15 Minute Delivery Platforms Are Rewriting India’s Urban Commercial Property Map- Expert View by Spherical Insights

GOPRO ENTERS INTO DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO MERGE WITH STARMAN OPTICAL, INC.

Merger to Recapitalize and Reposition GoPro; Company to Remain Publicly Listed on Nasdaq Transaction Expected to Add U.S. Onshore Optical Transceiver Business, Positioning GoPro to Expand into AI Data Center, Governme…

TaxHawk Opens New Headquarters on State Street

PROVO, Utah, Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- TaxHawk, Inc., the visionary company behind FreeTaxUSA, and second largest filer of do-it-yourself tax returns, recently opened its new corporate headquarters at 1255 South S…

Walmart to build $1.3B fulfillment center in Georgia

The 1.5-million-square-foot automated facility is slated to break ground later this year.

Silicon Valley Data Centers Sit Power-Starved as CBRE Reports Record 1.4% National Vacancy

CBRE's North America Data Center Trends webinar for the first half of 2026 described a national supply crunch that plays out with a cruel twist in Silicon Valley, where inventory is plentiful but nearly 100 megawatts…

Trademark Property Company purchases 116,000-square-foot shopping center in Austin

Trepp’s Stephen Buschbom and Andy Boettcher On a Very Busy 2026 for CMBS

Trepp’s Stephen Buschbom and Andy Boettcher On a Very Busy 2026 for CMBS

The commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market is on track to exceed issuance expectations in 2026, with single-asset, single-borrower (SASB) deals driving the reassessment. With more than $90 billion of CMBS…

InnoFin Solutions Joins Ascend Partners to Accelerate Office of the CFO Digital Transformation

Global FP&A leader taps popular Oracle EPM practice to drive financial and data transformation at commercial and government organizations across North America NEW YORK, September 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascend Partner…

POP.STORE, Estate Media partner on AI-powered lead conversion

For listings, an AI concierge engages every visitor upon arrival, answering questions about the property

POP.STORE's ECHO-ME and Estate Media Partner to Bring AI-Powered Lead Generation to Creator-Led Real Estate

Estate Media talent Glennda Baker, Tracy Tutor, Daniel Heider, and Chad Carroll join ECHO-ME's real estate ambassador network, as the two companies expand the partnership to bring proven growth strategies to agents at…

Ridge Capital Investors Sells 121-Unit Ukiah Apartment Portfolio for $23.5MM

The deal works out to roughly $194,200 per unit for a pair of renovated communities in a small Mendocino County market where two of the region’s traditional economic anchors, cannabis and wine, have been contracting r…

US Forest Service Backs California Mass Timber, Mills With $2.2MM Share of $105.5MM Wood Grants

The U.S. Forest Service has directed roughly $2.2 million of a $105.5 million national wood innovation grant round to seven California projects, funding the state’s first dowel-laminated timber apartment building, two…

PG&E Lists 21,000 SQFT ‘Power Bunker’ Substation in San Francisco’s SoMa, Targeting AI and Computing Buyers

Pacific Gas & Electric has hired JLL to find a buyer for the Power Bunker, its decommissioned former Substation I in South of Market, offering as much as 12 megawatts of power to artificial intelligence and computing…