September 2026

CHLA backs Pulte plan for GSE credit score disclosures

Letter to FHFA says the added data could improve MBS transparency and reduce recurring credit score cost increases

Elme completes liquidation

The REIT has finalized the sale of its last remaining properties in September. Its last day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange is expected to be Nov. 5.

Compass’s Reffkin gives MLSs an ultimatum: Change listing rules or face lawsuits

Exclusive HousingWire coverage from CMLS: Reffkin said Compass could file antitrust suits by mid-October and set an October 6 deadline

Springhill Suites Greensboro Airport Welcomes High Point Market 2026 Guests

Free breakfast, airport shuttle and parking about 10 miles from the October 17–21 show GREENSBORO, N.C., Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SpringHill Suites by Marriott Greensboro Airport is ready to host attendees of Hi…

News | San Francisco apartment complex sells for $9.9 million

News | Veteran Treasure Coast brokers launch independent commercial real estate firm in Stuart, Florida

Colovore Pursuing $430M Denton County Data Center

Colovare filed for a permit to build a data center in the Denton County portion of Fort Worth, a day after Governor Greg Abbott ordered a pause on issuing data center permits. Community Impact reports that the filing…

Billionaire Josh Harris’s Firm Moving to New Miami Design District Dev

Developer Craig Robins has signed up office tenants at the newest development within the Miami Design District luxury mall, including the private equity firm of billionaire Josh Harris , who co-founded financial behem…

Who scored stadium and arena contracts this summer?

Franchises in the MLB, NBA and NFL awarded contractors with megaproject deals to construct arenas around the U.S. Catch up on which contractors are building them.

Sheetz Unveils $169 Million Distribution Center

Marriott-Branded Hotel to Open Along the Guadalupe River

Oldham Goodwin is getting close to opening a new SpringHill Suites by Marriott in New Braunfels River Village. The 8-story, 150-key hotel, located along the Guadalupe River at 738 I-35 N. frontage road, will open in J…

London’s Maison Estelle Is Taking Over the Infamous Limelight Church

The former site of Manhattan’s most iconic (and infamous) nightclub is getting a members-only rebrand. Exclusive, London-based private club Maison Estelle has leased roughly 30,000 square feet inside the Church…

India’s Retail Real Estate Shifts Towards Experience-Led Destinations Driven by Changing Consumer Preferences

Cushman & Wakefield Tapped to Market Properties Once Slated for Detention Centers

The Trump administration is working with Cushman & Wakefield to offload seven industrial sites it had planned to convert to immigrant detention centers. Along with the U.S. General Services Administration , the admini…

BGO Snaps Up 11-Property Surgery Center Portfolio

A joint venture of Flagship Healthcare Properties and AEW Capital Management have sold a 100 percent leased, 11-property portfolio of surgery centers across the U.S. to BGO , the buyer announced Wednesday. The portfol…

Meijer Opens New Supercenter in Plymouth Township

New location is retailer's 130th store in Michigan PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, Mich., Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Meijer opened a new 159,000-square-foot supercenter in Southeast Michigan today, bringing value and one-stop…

Massachusetts firm buys Matthews shopping center for $87M in second sale since 2024

Kauhale Health Acquires Former Pines at Bluffton, Plans $5 Million Memory Care Redevelopment

Kauhale Bluffton to Become Dedicated Memory Care Community Serving the Lowcountry WESTERVILLE, Ohio, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Kauhale Health ("Kauhale") has completed the acquisition of the former Pines at Bluff…

Archwest Capital closes $300M rated RTL securitization

Deal is backed by 218 loans, plus a $98.5M accumulation account and a two-year revolving structure

Publix, West Elm, restaurants, other tenants coming to Seven Pines

Zillow’s Samuelson: Undermining the MLS could bring regulators knocking

He cited Hill scrutiny of Compass and MRED and warned data restrictions could invite regulation

Skydio Hunts for Up to 400,000 SQFT Drone Factory as San Mateo Sublease Nears End

Skydio is scouting 300,000 to 400,000 square feet of manufacturing space and weighing out-of-state incentives, even as it pushes its Hayward plant toward 150,000 square feet and its San Mateo headquarters sublease run…

Texas Mortgage Source: Reverse is the ‘largest underserved market in the business right now’

At AIME Fuse in Austin, Mark Hairston and Shara Parker shared successful borrower scenarios for unlocking nearly $15 trillion in U.S. senior home equity

When pricing power disappears, builders have to find margin upstream

As incentives and input costs squeeze homebuilder margins, controlling product complexity earlier can create another lever for protecting profitability

Northwest Bank Lends $35M on Boston-Area Industrial Buy

Luzern Associates has landed $34.5 million of acquisition financing to purchase a three-building industrial campus in Boston’s North Shore area, Commercial Observer has learned. Northwest Bank supplied the loan for Lu…

JLL Income Property Trust buys $90M Worcester D...

New Meijer Grocery Store Opens in Fishers Today

New food-focused store brings value and a convenient shopping experience to customers in Fishers FISHERS, Ind., Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Meijer opened a new 75,000-square-foot Meijer Grocery store in Fishers, In…

News | Sealy buys Irish paper company's distribution center near Cincinnati

Stockton Mortgage elevates founder David Stockton to CEO, names new president

Anthony Whiteside becomes president, while Scott Bristol joins as EVP of national sales

Goldman Sachs Affiliate Sells 303K-SF Phoenix Retail Center

Goldman Sachs Asset Management has offloaded Grand Canyon Crossing, a 303,000 square foot Phoenix shopping center. Cohen & Steers Income Opportunities REIT Inc, along with the Sterling Organization , was the buyer. Co…

JLL Income Property Trust Acquires Greater Boston Area Warehouse

CHICAGO, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- JLL Income Property Trust, an institutionally managed, daily NAV REIT (NASDAQ: ZIPTAX; ZIPTMX; ZIPIAX; ZIPIMX; ZIPIBX; ZIPSAX; ZIPZAX; ZIPDBX) with approximately $7.0 billion in…

Twin Cities Accounting Firm Consolidates Offices Into 43K-SF Space

Carlson Partners announced that its advisors, Tim Olsen, SIOR, partner, and Sami Cowger, SIOR, executive director, represented Boyum Barenscheer, a Twin Cities accounting and advisory firm, in consolidating its two Mi…

CMLS CEO Jessica Edgerton urges industry to ‘get messy’ at 2026 Open House

Edgerton also announced a new broker membership tier at CMLS

Samsung Commits $1B to Helix’s Digital Infrastructure Strategy

Helix Digital Infrastructure and KKR announced that Samsung has committed $1 billion to Helix, an AI infrastructure company formed by KKR this past June to help meet the growing infrastructure needs of hyperscalers, t…

Mercan Group Launches Albor at Santa María, Reinforcing Its Commitment to Panama Amid New Qualified Investor Regulations

The Canada-headquartered global developer expands its Panama portfolio with its first residential project, advancing more than US$200 million in investments in the country. PANAMA CITY, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ --…

Q&A: Inside mixed-use development Arbor South’s retail leasing strategy

Burlington Stores Inks 32K SF at Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Admirals Row Campus

Burlington Stores is coming to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The retailer formerly known as Burlington Coat Factory signed a 31,717-square-foot retail lease at 25 Navy Street , according to city records filed Tuesday evenin…

Quantum Real Estate Advisors Brokers Sale of New Construction Strip Center in Huntley

Quantum Real Estate Advisors, Inc. has brokered the sale of a roughly 6,375-square-foot new construction strip center for $2.8 million. The property is located at 12860 IL-47 in Huntley, Illinois, and consists of thre…

Pierce County to Fund Five Affordable Housing Projects Across the Region

Pierce County Human Services is investing $11.4 million to fund five affordable housing projects across the region, adding and preserving 220 affordable homes. The new funding pushes the total supported by the Maureen…

Ken Griffin Gives $3B to Carnegie Mellon to Launch 35-Acre Miami Campus

Billionaire Ken Griffin is making a $3 billion donation to Carnegie Mellon University , including $2 billion to build a major new campus in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood. It’s the largest single donation to higher educ…

CRMLS rejects Compass demands on MLS cooperation rules

MLS says it is preparing for possible litigation and launching an MLS Cooperation Legal Defense Fund

AI didn’t fix our construction data problem. It exposed it.

One contractor's data director has documentation tips for construction firms adopting artificial intelligence tools.

AI didn’t fix our data problem. It exposed it.

The hard part of rolling out AI wasn't the model, but the lack of a unified folder naming convention, writes the director of data for a heavy civil and marine contractor.

PXV Multifamily Acquires 196-Unit Virginia Apartment Community

PXV Multifamily , in joint venture with funds managed by Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation, has acquired Indigo 19, a 196-unit apartment community in Virginia Beach, Virginia, marking its second investment in t…

New York-Area Home Sales Dip Slightly Year-Over-Year as Overall Inventory Shrinks

Home sales in the New York metropolitan area — defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as 23 counties across New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania — are holding up better than the rest of the country, according to the lates…

Industrious Leases Full Floor in Bellevue Office Tower

National coworking space operator Industrious has leased a floor at Skanska’s 25-story office building, The Eight. The company will occupy 22,000 square feet, taking up the entire third floor of the tower, with…

GSEs grant policy waiver for lenders not ready for UAD 3.6 mandate

Lenders that secure a one-time waiver can keep using UAD 2.6 into 2027

Dalfen Puts 800K-SF Austin Logistics Park Up for Sale

Furniture maker Four Hands recently expanded its space requirements at the Airport Logistics Center in Austin to include just over 800,000 square feet across two buildings. The Austin Business Journal reports that the…

Newsom signs law expanding starter home rules

The newly minted bill removes a 5-acre cap and curbs local rules that can reduce housing yield on qualifying projects

Cushman & Wakefield Arranges $57M Sale of Industrial Facility in Maryland

Cushman & Wakefield arranged the $56.6 million sale of 8511 Pepco Place, a 202,976-square-foot industrial facility in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Stockbridge acquired the property from TA Realty. Cushman & Wakefield’s M…