September 2026

New homes still cost less than resales in many U.S. markets

Zillow reports that new homes in July sold at $205 per square foot, compared with $212 for existing homes

Insights from Connect Apartments: Finding Opportunities in Challenges (VIDEO)

At Connect Apartments 2026 in Los Angeles, Connect CRE asked industry leaders where they’re seeing trends, opportunities or challenges in the Western multifamily market. While not downplaying the challenges that…

Signature Homes thinks 100-day builds can win in a smaller market

Builder expects 530 closings and $430 million revenue in 2026, with 304 net orders in the first half

Greystone Provides $35M in Freddie Mac Financing for Naperville Multifamily

Greystone has provided a $35.37 million Freddie Mac loan to finance the acquisition of The Ponds of Naperville, a 216-unit multifamily property in Naperville, Illinois. The financing was originated by Eric Rosenstock,…

Boone shopping center that includes Food Lion, Wingstop sells for $26 million

DC Retail Investment Activity Increases, Virginia Suburbs Show Strength

Across the Washington, D.C., area, more retail space was leased than vacated in 2025, despite federal government layoffs and broader economic headwinds, according to a recent report by Marcus & Millichap . The metro r…

FHFA says Fannie, Freddie will use one LLPA grid for FICO and VantageScore

Change follows lender feedback after VantageScore 4.0 was approved for eligible conventional loans earlier this month

Waterton acquires 453-unit Woodbury apartment complex

Genentech Breaks Ground on $750M Manufacturing Expansion in Hillsboro

Genentech , a subsidiary of Swiss drugmaker Roche Group, has broken ground on a $750 million expansion of its manufacturing facility in Hillsboro, Oregon. The move advances plans announced in August to increase capaci…

Construction underway for Youngstown industrial park

Blackstone subsidiary Link Logistics buys Charlotte area's only vacant big-box industrial space

Link Logistics Acquires Class-A Bulk Distribution Center in Charlotte

Educational Nonprofit Signs Lease to Build Campus on Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field

The National Park Service has leased a 7-acre space in Brooklyn’s Marine Park neighborhood to a workforce development nonprofit. Runway Green signed a 60-year agreement with the federal government to build a $60 milli…

Langley service commercial property sells for nearly $6.1 million

European Coworking Firm Enters U.S. With 32K-SF Lease in Downtown L.A.

European flexible workspace operator infinitSpace is entering the U.S. market with a 32,000-square-foot location in Downtown Los Angeles, its first step in a plan to open 30 locations nationwide in the next two years.…

RevKo Commercial Real Estate Announces AeroPoint 1960, a 457,000-Square-Foot Manufacturing Campus Coming to North Houston

Virginia Innovators Build the Future of Affordable Housing with 3D Printing in Henrico County

Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity, Virginia Housing, Virginia Tech and others partners to explore new construction technology for five affordable homes at Carter Place I RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewsw…

Boutique Union Square Offices Refinanced for $66M

Newmark arranged a $66.5-million loan on behalf of ZG Capital Partners to refinance 836–838 Broadway, a boutique, fully leased mixed-use office property in Manhattan’s Union Square neighborhood. J.P. Morgan provided t…

Ross plans 1.75M-square-foot distribution center in California

Ontario Contributes $1.7 Million Investment to Advance Life Sciences Innovation at Piramal Pharma's Aurora Facility

Piramal Pharma Solutions is investing over $5.3 million in its Aurora drug substance facility to upgrade site infrastructure. With its investment through the Life Sciences Scale-Up Fund, the Ontario government is supp…

Investor Daryl Hagler Takes Over Ridgewood’s Embattled Resi Tower Development

Real estate investor and controversial health care mogul Daryl Hagler has signed on the dotted line to take over one of the most embattled developments in Ridgewood, Queens. The under-construction mixed-use tower at 3…

Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing Buys KLA-Leased 189,000 SQFT Milpitas R&D Building for $84.1MM

All-Cash Buyer Pays $444 per SQFT, Well Above the Silicon Valley R&D Average, for KLA's Milpitas Data Center Hub A fund managed by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing has paid $84.1 million in cash for a Milpitas res…

FITNESS CONNECTION ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR NEW FACILITY AS PART OF CITYNORTH INDUSTRIAL PARK DEVELOPMENT

Local Gym Chain to Remain Open in Greenspoint Mall Throughout Construction Before Moving into its Newest Facility in Texas. HOUSTON, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Fitness Connection, a Texas-based fitness chain commi…

News | Hines buys Calgary office tower that fell into receivership

Alta Development Offers SoMi Walk, South Miami's First 16-Story Tower, for Sale to Qualified Buyers

The 173-residence, 673-bed luxury opportunity zone student housing development minutes from the University of Miami is under construction and slated to receive its TCO in June 2028, with pricing to be determined. SOUT…

King Technology Opens $17 Million Manufacturing and Distribution Center in Missouri

ST. PETERS, Mo., Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- King Technology, a leading innovator in hot tub, swim spa, and pool water care and sanitization systems, has opened a new centralized manufacturing, warehousing, and dis…

Industrial park in San Antonio-Austin corridor opens for business

Draper and Kramer’s Commercial Finance Group Arranges Loans Totaling $27.5M for Chicago-Area Apartment Community and Distribution Center

Oakbrook Center, outside Chicago, to support $800 million in CMBS

Lower nickel pig iron production at smelters in Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park could tighten spot-market supply and raise raw material costs for Chinese stainless steel producers.

Haynes to Complete Multi-Level Renovation at Hotel 1620 in Plymouth

BOSTON, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Haynes, a Massachusetts- and Rhode Island-based construction management firm, is leading a multi-level renovation of Hotel 1620, a boutique waterfront hotel in historic Plymouth…

Burlington Taking Over Shuttered Houston Big Box Location

Burlington, which recently announced expansion plans, rounded up a prime retail real estate spot left vacant by recent corporate bankruptcies. The popular off-price department store is bringing a new location to South…

Redevelopment Of Market Street Shopping Center Makes Progress

Greenberg Traurig Expands West Palm Beach Team, Adds Labor & Employment Shareholder Allison Oasis Kahn

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenberg Traurig, P.A. has added Shareholder Allison Oasis Kahn to its West Palm Beach office as chair of the firm's West Palm Beach Labor & Employment Practice,…

Henry S. Miller, Lincoln Reveal Start Date for New Pepper Square

Henry S. Miller and Lincoln Property Co. are partnering on the redevelopment of Pepper Square, a mixed-use project located at the southeast corner of Preston Road and Belt Line Road. The two have agreed to jointly dev…

Food Bank for NYC secures $6M to expand, modernize Hunts Point distribution center

News | West Michigan shopping center with Starbucks, medical tenants sells for $4 million

EliseAI, Manhattan-Based Proptech Unicorn, Raises $350M

EliseAI , an artificial intelligence company automating housing and health care systems, announced Tuesday that it has raised $350 million, bringing the proptech unicorn ’s valuation to $4 billion. Andreessen Horowitz…

GID Provides $125M Construction Loan for St. Petersburg Multifamily Tower

PTM Partners has secured $125 million of construction financing to build Edge Collective II , a 330-unit multifamily tower that represents the second phase of a broader mixed-use development in Downtown St. Petersburg…

News | Troubled downtown Dallas office tower heads to foreclosure auction

Commercial Property Investment Trends To Watch In 2026

Houston Investor Buys Arlo Wynwood Hotel for at Least $44M

Dauntless Capital Partners paid at least $44.3 million for the Arlo Wynwood hotel in Miami, property records show. The nine-story building features 217 guest rooms, as well as a cafe on the ground floor and a bar and…

Arrow Linen Supply Sells Stalled Park Slope Development Site for $55M

Arrow Linen Supply Company , a family-owned laundry rental business, has sold its recently rezoned property in Park Slope, Brooklyn, to a developer. The former industrial site at 441–467 Prospect Avenue sold Monday to…

NRMLA says it will keep pushing for HECM insurance changes after remarks by Ginnie Mae president

NRMLA President Steve Irwin said the trade group will continue to lobby HUD, FHA on lowering the upfront mortgage insurance premium for federally insured reverse mortgages

Commercial, Multifamily Mortgage Debt Outstanding Increased by $42.9B in Second Quarter, MBA Reports

Warehouse Developer Inks Users Before 1.7-SF Houston Industrial Park Debuts

Partners Capital announced that every acre of Phase I at North Houston Commerce Park is sold or under contract, with the remaining closings expected before the end of the year. The 153-acre project, assembled by Partn…

British Luxury Fashion Brand JW Anderson to Open at SoHo’s 138 Wooster Street

British luxury fashion label JW Anderson has leased 4,500 square feet at 138 Wooster Street in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood for its first stand-alone U.S. store, Commercial Observer has learned. Founded in 2008 by Jo…

Partners Picks Up Three-Property Houston Retail Portfolio

Partners Capital acquired the Highway 6 Retail Portfolio, a three-property, 116,143-square-foot collection of neighborhood retail centers located near the intersection of Highway 6 and U.S. Hwy 290 in northwest Housto…

PACSUN CASTS A SPELL WITH ITS BIGGEST HALLOWEEN STOREFRONT YET

The Expanded Shop Brings Together 67 Costumes and Accessories, With a Spooky Movie Night to Celebrate LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Halloween has a new headquarters. Pacsun, the purpose-driven fashion re…

PAULS Re-Acquires 15-Story Denver Office Tower