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- Real estate debt
One Street Commercial Properties lands $37.8M loan for D.C. office-to-condo conversion
OakNorth and Hickory CRE Lending provided the financing for a 70,000-square-foot Georgetown building One Street bought for $19 million in May 2025.
- Deals
Braemar sells Four Seasons Scottsdale for $372 million to Evergreen Acquisitions
Connect CRE lists the newly created public company as buyer; Braemar's 2022 purchase price was $267.8 million.
- Real estate debt
JLL arranges refinancing for 150-key AC Hotel Vancouver Waterfront
Vesta Hospitality's three-year loan carries two one-year extension options; Connect CRE does not name the lender, amount or rate structure.
- Real estate debt
Trepp: CMBS special servicing rate rises to 11.49%, highest since February 2013
Office made up 57% of September's roughly $2.65 billion in new transfers, led by the $512.8 million One SoHo Square loan, which moved to special servicing for imminent balloon/maturity default.
- The Wrap
White House CRA rule change would exempt smaller banks from community development investment rules
The comment period is set to close Tuesday, and the National Community Reinvestment Coalition estimates $87 billion a year in community development could be at risk.
- Fundraising
BlackRock and Baillie Gifford co-lead $200M Series D for 3D-printing construction firm Icon
The Austin company says its Titan system cuts build time by six weeks and costs by 40%; proceeds will expand it in Texas, Florida and Washington, D.C., and new markets.
- Real estate debt
King Street Properties borrows $237.7M from Starwood Property Trust to refinance Morrisville life sciences campus
The loan covers phase one of Pathway Triangle, a four-building campus of nearly 582,000 square feet anchored by Novartis.
- Fundraising
LaSalle hires Brookfield real estate secondaries co-head Marcus Day to lead LaSalle Global Solutions
Day started Tuesday and formally takes over the $10 billion private indirect investment platform on Jan. 1, 2027.
- Deals
SKB and KCB Partners buy four-building Hillsboro R&D campus for $30.9M
Connect CRE reports the campus is 90% leased and sits in Hillsboro's Sunset Corridor.
- Real estate debt
IPA Capital Markets arranges $50M for 18-property industrial portfolio across Texas, Oklahoma and Georgia
The non-recourse financing was closed by Frank Montalto and Ethan Splan, per Connect CRE.
- Deals
STAG Industrial buys 652,090-square-foot El Paso warehouse from BH Properties
Cushman & Wakefield represented BH Properties in the sale; the report does not disclose a price.
- Deals
High Street Residential breaks ground on 435-unit Dallas apartments
Trammell Crow's residential arm is developing with Acram Group and Parse Capital preferred equity on a former office site, Connect CRE reports.
- Sectors
Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse Data Centers win Taylor approval for up to 1GW campus
The co-development partners propose the 664-acre Taylor Technology Campus in Austin's technology corridor, according to Connect CRE.
- Real estate debt
SK Development and Kinsmen have secured $203.5m construction financing for East Village project
Walker & Dunlop arranged the floating-rate financing for a proposed 17-story building with 184 residences and 12,529 square feet of retail.
- Fundraising
SWBC Real Estate launches second multifamily fund with $200m target
The private placement vehicle follows $125 million in commitments for SWBC RE Fund, LP, according to IREI.
- Fundraising
Apogem Capital closes Real Assets Fund IV at $372m, above target
A $100 million co-investment separate account lifts the program total to $472 million.
- Sectors
Yardi Matrix moves Sun Belt rent recovery target to 2027 as metro vacancies diverge
The data firm now expects positive rent growth across every major high-supply market by year-end 2027, a year later than its earlier call, Commercial Observer reported.
- Sectors
Trammell Crow Residential files Scottsdale office-to-apartment conversion plans
The 319-unit filing targets a Kierland Boulevard office site The Related Group bought for $32 million in 2023 after city conversion approvals.
- Fundraising
U.S. REITs raised $19.8 billion in Q3 2026, matching Q2, Nareit data show
Year-to-date issuance of $65.7 billion trails the $67.9 billion raised through the third quarter of 2025.
- Deals
GID buys Charlotte warehouse portfolio for $119.5M from La Caisse
Capital One provided financing on the Woodland Business Park acquisition, according to Charlotte Business Journal reporting relayed by Connect CRE.
- Sectors
SC Capital Partners completes investment in 40MW Pohang AI data center
The liquid-cooled project has power approval, building permits and a secured anchor tenant; completion is targeted for the end of 2027.
- Fundraising
Patrizia targets £1bn raise for UK essential housing
Patrizia says the £1bn target could support 4,000 homes for 10,000 people, but pension investment would require each scheme's own decision.
- Fundraising
LaSalle names Marcus Day to run $10bn indirect investment platform
Appointment effective Oct. 13, 2026; Day was a founding member and co-head of Brookfield's real estate secondaries platform.
- Sectors
Moinian details 1.9M-square-foot Hudson Yards office tower and land buys
The Commercial Observer interview, conducted Sept. 25, traces Moinian's path from Midtown South loft purchases and 1994 office-to-apartment conversions to a 1.9 million-square-foot Hudson Yards office project.
- The Wrap
Soar AI secures up to $1 billion equity line for industrial-to-data-center conversions
The equity line targets an Ohio campus with 154 megawatts available and a roadmap to 480 MW, plus brownfield sites.
- Who's investing
KPERS commits $100 million to EQT Exeter U.S. industrial value-add Fund VII
The fund's $6 billion maximum size is $1.2 billion above the $4.8 billion final close of its predecessor.
- Who's investing
NYSCRF commits $456.3 million to Artemis, Basis and Hyperion real estate funds
The $300 million Artemis allocation equals 12 percent of the fund's $2.5 billion maximum size, IREI reported.
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- Fundraising
Lightstone DIRECT's Godbersen: HNW investors want deal access and sponsor co-investment
The chief growth officer says Lightstone DIRECT closes on an asset first, invests a minimum of 20 percent of the equity and owns and operates the property.
- Real estate debt
S&P survey: 54% of social housing providers consider public debt within a year
The median rating across 51 public housing agencies and nonprofit developers is A+, and 86% of surveyed providers expect federal funding to be flat or lower.
- Deals
Slate and One Investment Management agree to buy eight Oslo-area retail parks
Connect CRE reports Tellus Eiendom AS has agreed to sell the eight grocery-anchored centers in Greater Oslo for about €250 million, or US$279 million.
- Sectors
Boston trophy office rents hit $105.02 per square foot, a two-year high
Marketwide asking rents averaged $66.49 and Class A space outside the top tier fell to $74.84, per JLL data reported by Bisnow.
- Fundraising
Soar AI secures up to $1B equity facility for industrial-to-data-center conversions
The discretionary equity line is meant to fund an Ohio campus with 154 megawatts available and a roadmap to 480 MW, plus brownfield sites.
- Sectors
Data centers become a target of $86.5M in midterm campaign ads
AdImpact data shared with Bisnow shows spots mentioning the sector reached viewers in 38 states, almost always in a negative context.
- Real estate debt
Anderson Real Estate refinances Century City campus for $550M
Connect CRE reports the two-building Anderson Towers campus at 1800 and 1900 Avenue of the Stars is 98.1% leased.
- Deals
RBC plans to vote against H&R REIT's $2.8B GO Residential asset sale
Mill Pond Capital has already rejected the sale; the transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter.
- Deals
Principal Asset Management buys Denver industrial project from Opus before delivery
The 386,000-square-foot Novera Commerce Center in Westminster is expected to deliver in the second half of 2027, per Connect CRE.
- Real estate debt
JLL arranges $100M floating-rate bridge for Waypoint's Florida rentals
TPG Real Estate Credit provides the floating-rate construction take-out on two recently completed apartment properties.
- Deals
TKO makes unsolicited $2 billion cash offer for SVC's hotel portfolio
SVC says it will study the proposal and had no prior contact from TKO, according to Connect CRE.
- Sectors
Portman breaks ground on 714,233-square-foot Houston industrial park
The three-building Gateway 1960 is slated to deliver in the third quarter of 2027 near George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
- Deals
BKM, Kayne Anderson buy Sandy Springs industrial campus for $100M
Third & Urban sold the 471,000-square-foot property; the deal lifts BKM's metro Atlanta holdings to roughly 1.5 million square feet.