CRE Wire Briefs — June 1, 2026

Ares Commercial Real Estate shareholders elect directors and approve proposals at annual meeting

Lone Star Funds Wins Bid for Washington Holdings’ Assets in Portfolio Deal, Outbidding Brookfield and Hines

Dallas-based opportunistic investor clinches the Seattle platform’s entire real estate book in one of the largest captive-pension dispositions in recent memory. Lone Star Funds has emerged as the winning bidder for th…

5 biggest commercial real estate deals from May

Berkshire Taylor Morrison deal focuses on scale and ecosystems

[ Editor’s Note: Berkshire Hathaway ‘s planned acquisition of Taylor Morrison is one of those rare transactions whose significance extends well beyond the companies involved. Today’s analysis examine…

New York City Housing Development Now Hinges on Certain Trends: Forum

Since the election of Mayor Zohran Mamdani — and even before — much of the commercial real estate industry has been singing Florida’s praises as a low-tax haven that will prioritize business above all else, allowing d…

Atria Health Institute to Anchor 52K-SF Space at One High Line

One High Line partners Access Industries and the Witkoff Group have found an anchor tenant in Atria Health and Research Institute . The membership-based preventive health care practice signed a 52,000-square-foot leas…

Ares Commercial Real Estate (NYSE: ACRE) holders back directors, auditor and pay at 2026 meeting

Long-stalled Pabst Farms commercial property pivots to housing

Industrial Acceptance Corp. - Media Notice

NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Industrial Acceptance Corporation ("IAC") was the victim of a cybercrime that resulted in the unauthorized acquisition of personal information. On February 24, 2025, IAC…

Alexander’s Closes Rego Park I Sale to Northwell Health

Alexander’s, Inc. has completed its previously announced sale of its Rego Park I property in Queens to Northwell Health, Inc. The gross sales price was $235.5 million, and the net proceeds were $203 million. Before th…

Citadel EHS Acquires Aurora Industrial Hygiene

GLENDALE, Calif., June 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Citadel EHS, a leading environmental, health, safety, and sustainability consulting firm headquartered in Southern California, announced today the acquisition of Aurora I…

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass On Fast-Tracking Housing and Reviving Downtown

With Los Angeles’ primary election this week, housing and affordability have dominated the election , as voters and the real estate industry question whether the city can build enough homes, reduce homelessness and sp…

2026 GameChanger: Why culture comes before numbers at fast-growing REMAX One

Between 2021 and 2025, REMAX at the Crossing/REMAX Centerstone — which rebranded on Monday to REMAX One — recorded an impressive 113% growth in transaction sides. In 2025 alone, the Indianapolis-based firm closed 1,21…

Powerhouse Boston real estate brokerage team fractures amid leadership struggle

Axius Water is Now Part of Oldcastle Infrastructure

ATLANTA, June 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Axius Water is now part of Oldcastle Infrastructure, strengthening its ability to deliver integrated water infrastructure solutions across municipal and industrial systems. "Effec…

Questions emerge over Vought’s authority as CFPB acting director’s term nears limit

For the past 16 months, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) acting director Russell Vought has moved aggressively to scale back the agency’s enforcement and regulatory activities, even as questions have…

Lockheed Martin Opens Next Generation Interceptor Facility in Courtland, Alabama

New 88,000-square foot facility expands advanced manufacturing capacity and supports rapid delivery of homeland defense capability. COURTLAND, Ala., June 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) today inaug…

Lekki Free Trade Zone Strengthens Position as Emerging Commercial Real Estate Hub

Boot Barn to Move into 24,700 SQFT Roseville Store as Pet Club Exits Sunrise Avenue

The Irvine-based western wear retailer is converting a longtime pet supplies box on North Sunrise Avenue into its newest Sacramento-region location, deepening a footprint that already counts six stores across the metr…

How a Digital Agency Transformed a Complex B2B Catalogue Into a Scalable Website

MIAMI, June 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- For industrial B2B companies, a website that cannot keep pace with a growing product catalogue stops being a sales asset and starts becoming a barrier. That was the challenge facing…

A roundup of Maine’s commercial real estate sales from June 2026

Work Underway on $115M E. Texas Factory Expansion

RoyOMartin , a provider of plywoods, timbers and boards, is underway on $115 million manufacturing expansion project in Corrigan, about 100 miles northeast of Houston. The project involves the construction of a 370,40…

Healthcare Real Estate Investment Continues to Gain Traction

Healthcare real estate entered 2026 with strong fundamentals intact, including high occupancy, predictable income streams and mission-critical tenancy, Partner Valuation Advisors said in its newly issued Q1 2026 Healt…

Seegene lancia il test Allplex™ MDRO Assay conforme al Regolamento IVDR: ampliamento del portfolio di test AMR in Europa

Estende lo spettro diagnostico dai batteri enterici resistenti agli antimicrobici ai microrganismi multiresistenti ad alto rischio (MDRO) in ambito ospedaliero Supporta uno screening molecolare di prima linea basato s…

MTA Awards $498M Contract to Skanska for Second Avenue Subway Work

Development and construction group Skanska and two other civil engineering firms have landed a $1.02 billion contract to build the next phase of New York City’s Second Avenue Subway extension, the company announced. S…

Bellforge Arts Center Breaks Ground at Former Medfield Hospital Campus

Bellforge Arts Center broke ground today on a $30-million preservation and renovation project at the former Medfield State Hospital tol transform the Lee Chapel and adjacent Infirmary into a year-round arts and educat…

HouseMe.ai launches free AI listing reports for Toronto buyers

HouseMe.ai , a new AI-powered real estate intelligence platform, launched Monday with a free service that generates instant, data-driven reports on every active home listing in the Greater Toronto Area , according to…

Marcus & Millichap Brokers Sale of Self-Storage Development Site in Ridgefield, New Jersey

RIDGEFIELD, N.J. ­— Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a self-storage development site in the Northern New Jersey community of Ridgefield. The site at 1099 Hendricks Causeway is fully entitled and permitted,…

Rentals | How to Run Maintenance Operations at Scale, with Lula CCO Will Parrish

Will Parrish is the Co-Founder and Chief Customer Officer of Lula , a Kansas City-based proptech platform built to streamline property maintenance for property managers and their residents. Will co-founded Lula alongs…

TXOne Networks Positions Enforceable Protection as the Next Evolution of OT Cybersecurity

Showcasing a structured path from visibility to production-safe protection for industrial environments at Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2026 NATIONAL HARBOR, Md., June 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- TXOne Network…

Washington Union Station renovation gets $466M from US DOT

The Department of Transportation will take a lead role in redeveloping the station and increasing its revenue potential.

Inland Waterfront Destination Slated for Miramar

Sunbeam and Stiles are building what they say is the first inland waterfront destination in South Florida. Miramar Cove officially broke ground on May 27 in Miramar. Nearly one-third of the 125-acre site is dedicated…

Partnership to Recapitalize Gibson Mill Adaptive Reuse Development in Concord, North Carolina

CONCORD, N.C. — A partnership between Charlotte-based real estate investment firm White Point and the Liles family have announced plans to recapitalize Gibson Mill, a 653,000-square-foot adaptive reuse development loc…

Industrial Control System (ICS) Security Market worth $38.48 billion by 2031 | MarketsandMarkets™

DELRAY BEACH, Fla., June 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- According to MarketsandMarkets™, the Industrial Control System (ICS) Security Market is projected to grow from USD 17.91 billion in 2026 to USD 38.48 billion by 2031 at…

Realtracs keeps Zillow listing feed live until June 8

Despite an announcement last week, Realtracs will continue sending listing feeds to Zillow until June 8, even though the deadline for Zillow to comply with Realtracs’ updated IDX display rules was Sunday. Over the wee…

Let Them Build: How SEQRA Reform and Market Realignment Are Reshaping Commercial Real Estate in New York's Hudson Valley

Hurricane season begins: FPL is ready and urges customers to prepare

JUNO BEACH, Fla., June 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Monday, June 1, is the official start of the six-month Atlantic hurricane season. Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) prepares year-round by building a stronger, more sto…

Allstacks Launches Product Studio, a Context-Aware Workspace for Product Teams Building With AI

The Always-on Workspace for Product and Engineering Teams to Build Context-aware Specifications That Streamline Development Workflows RALEIGH, N.C., June 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Allstacks, the intelligence and managem…

Atlis Property Management: Palm Beach County Self-Managing Landlords Lose $2,450 Per Vacancy Cycle to Mispriced Listings

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., June 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlis Property Management, the residential property management firm serving Jupiter, Palm Beach Gardens, West Palm Beach, Boynton Beach, Boca Raton, Delray Beach, an…

A Texas Start-Up's Stubborn Bet That AI Can Solve Industrial Commerce

Resin8 proves AI's role in procurement as it closes a major industrial oil-and-gas transaction. HOUSTON, June 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The team at Resin8 believes their AI model is now ready to automate the entire indu…

Barings to acquire Moorabbin Airport with Aware and Rest for A$1.5bn

The property has been considered a real estate asset since current owner Goodman Group purchased it in 2010.

Patrick Southern of Serhant: 5 Questions

In a world where Manhattan is largely considered the most glamorous market in which to broker luxury residential deals, SERHANT ’s Patrick Southern takes a different approach. Across the Hudson River from Manhattan li…

Will AI kill commercial real estate?

Commercial Real Estate Market Advances Through AI-Driven Solutions

When homebuilder M&A turns hostile, talent often walks

In business, executives often spend months modeling synergies, forecasting EBITDA improvements, and calculating cost savings. Yet the factor most likely to determine whether a merger, acquisition, or integration succe…

Why Dodoma has overtaken Dar in commercial property premiums

ARCTRUST Acquires Seven Triple-Net Properties for DST Offering

ARCTRUST Private Capital acquired a seven-property, single-tenant net lease portfolio comprised of two Pinnacle Bank locations, three CVS Pharmacy locations and two NAPA Auto Parts locations across six states. Seller(…

French capital flowing into Scottish commercial property

What Nextel got right about construction communication

Sprint killed iDEN in 2013. Here's what construction crews lost—and what's replacing it.

Knight Frank: £183m worth of French capital flows into Scottish commercial property

French investors get a taste for Scottish property

RDS Wins Gold for Favorite Commercial Real Estate

Blaize and Winmate Bring Rugged Edge AI from the U.S. to the Global Stage at COMPUTEX 2026, Advancing Joint Mission-Critical and Industrial Solutions

Following their U.S. debut at MDEX in Detroit, the companies are showcasing integrated rugged edge AI concepts at COMPUTEX 2026 and discussing potential future collaboration opportunities in aerial and embedded AI sys…

LaSalle Investment Management: Discipline replaces tailwinds in Japan’s real estate market

Higher rates and shifting capital dynamics are forcing a rethink of how returns are generated, says LaSalle’s Steve Hyung Kim.

Seven Seas Advisors: Inflation shift widens divide in real estate returns

Rising rates and stronger pricing are reshaping Japan’s property market, pushing capital toward higher-yielding strategies, say Minoru Yonekura and Kenya Shimono with Seven Seas Advisors.

Why separate accounts are not what they used to be

Investors are finding ways to maintain control over investments even while granting more discretion to managers.

Bain Capital on how flex living is going mainstream

Leveraging a flex living strategy can help address supply-demand imbalances and acute affordability issues across major gateway cities, say Bain Capital’s Ali Haroon and Rafael Coste Campos.

The PERE 100 returns to growth as the PERE 200 stalls

The top tier of capital raisers added $52bn to their collective fundraising total in the past year, but the second tier has struggled for momentum.

Arrow Global on how selectivity is reshaping development finance

As residential markets adjust to a more disciplined lending environment, lenders are finding opportunities in well-structured schemes and strong sponsor partnerships, says Arrow Global’s Emma Burke.

There’s a new second place on the PERE 100

The manager that has unseated Brookfield shares its fundraising scale, but that is where the similarities end.

Japan tests real estate pricing assumptions

Higher borrowing costs are changing underwriting across Japan, but surging domestic capital and strong rental growth continue to keep pricing surprisingly resilient across assets, writes James Alker.