NAIOP SoCal Names Legislative Affairs Team,

NAIOP SoCal has appointed a 2026 legislative affairs team, positioning the organization to build on recent wins and drive even stronger results for the commercial real estate industry in Southern California and Sacramento. Longtime Sacramento lobbyist Adam Regele has...

Washington Commanders, HKS Unveil Stadium Renderings

The Washington Commanders and HKS have unveiled the first conceptual renderings of the team’s new, world-class stadium. The roofed stadium will be a year-round destination for sports, entertainment and community engagement, integrating sustainable design...

Transwestern Relocating Firm’s Chicago Headquarters,

Transwestern Real Estate Services will relocate its Chicago office to 123 N. Wacker Drive, signing a long-term, 35,000-square-foot lease for the tower’s penthouse with a move-in slated for the fall of this year. Transwestern’s Agency Leasing team, led by Executive...

Chemical Plant Slated for Casa Grande,

Sunlit, a Taiwan-based chemical supplier, acquired about 40 acres for $9.2 million near a rail line in Casa Grande. The Phoenix Business Journal reports Sunlit plans to build a hydrofluoric acid manufacturing plant on the newly acquired land that will support TSMC...

Chip Supplier Opens $60M Mesa Plant,

KoMiCo, a global leader in precision cleaning and advanced coatings for the semiconductor industry, opened its new state-of-the-art facility for cleaning, coating, and repair of advanced semiconductor equipment parts in Mesa, Arizona. The $60 million facility will...

JPI Lands $114M Loan for Grand Prairie Apartment Community,

JPI in partnership with Anchor Loans closed on construction financing for Jefferson Southwest Parkway, a planned $114 million Class A garden-style apartment community located at 4700 Lake Ridge Parkway in Grand Prairie, Texas.  Slated for delivery in 2027, Jefferson...

Penzance Acquires Two NC Rental Assets,

Penzance acquired approximately $200 million in multifamily and residential assets totaling 1,100 units and over 1.2 million square feet during the fourth quarter of 2025 in Virginia and the Carolinas. Of the four projects, two are in North Carolina: Presley Oaks in...

Ares Inks Refis on Two Atlanta-Metro Communities,

Newmark arranged a $109.5 million loan on behalf of an Ares Real Estate fund to refinance The Knox and The Finch, a portfolio of recently constructed multifamily communities located in Acworth and Hoschton, Georgia. The financing was secured from ACORE by...

Retail Labor Shortages Lead to Automation Increases

The retail industry has been beset by many challenges in recent years. In addition to recovery from the pandemic shutdown and consumer spending uncertainty, restaurants and other retailers have to meet consumers’ “need it now” expectations while dealing with labor...

Retail Labor Shortages Lead to Automation Increases,

The retail industry has been beset by many challenges in recent years. In addition to recovery from the pandemic shutdown and consumer spending uncertainty, restaurants and other retailers have to meet consumers’ “need it now” expectations while dealing with labor...

The 2026 Retail Forecast: Not Too Different from 2025,

J. Wickham Zimmerman The pandemic’s aftermath saw yet another prediction of retail’s demise. But fast-forwarding half a decade, and retail has been a robust commercial real estate asset class. Despite the current K-shaped economy, shopping cutbacks from lower-income...

Churchill Downs Plans $200M Expansion of New Hampshire Casino

Churchill Downs Inc. (CDI) will expand its existing Casino Salem within The Mall at Rockingham Park in Salem, NH. The current 19,000-square-foot facility will be redeveloped as Rockingham Grand Casino, occupying 160,000 square feet across three floors of the largest...

JLL Secures Refinancing for River North Hotel Portfolio

JLL has secured the refinancing for a dual-brand hotel portfolio, supporting the sponsors’ ongoing ownership and capital planning strategy in Chicago’s River North district. JLL worked on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between Friedman Properties and...

SL Green Closes on $730M Deal for Park Avenue Tower,

SL Green Realty Corp. said Thursday that it closed on the previously announced acquisition of Park Avenue Tower, an office property located at 65 E. 55th St. in Midtown Manhattan, for $730 million. The seller was Blackstone’s Perform Properties, represented by Gary...

Outstanding U.S. CRE Mortgage Debt Nears $5T

The level of commercial/multifamily mortgage debt outstanding ticked up by 1.1% or $53.4 billion in the third quarter of 2025, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) latest Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Debt Outstanding quarterly report. Total...
Return to Lender: Week of Jan. 15, 2026

Return to Lender: Week of Jan. 15, 2026

Hackman Capital Partners is expected to cede ownership of Radford Studio Center, the historic L.A. production facility, to lenders after defaulting on a $1.1-billion mortgage, Variety reported, citing a Bloomberg News account. Hackman, the world’s largest independent...
Return to Lender: Week of Jan. 15, 2026

Return to Lender: Week of Jan. 15, 2026,

Hackman Capital Partners is expected to cede ownership of Radford Studio Center, the historic L.A. production facility, to lenders after defaulting on a $1.1-billion mortgage, Variety reported, citing a Bloomberg News account. Hackman, the world’s largest independent...