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Capstone Equities Buys Nonperforming Loan on Garden City, N.Y., Office Complex trib.al/98EnxAA
Capstone Buys Nonperforming Loan on Garden City Office Complex

Capstone Buys Nonperforming Loan on Garden City Office Complex

Capstone Equities has purchased the nonperforming loan on Garden City Plaza, a four-building office complex in Garden City, N.Y.

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Curiosity Is the Competitive Advantage That Never Gets Old trib.al/StAFo1c
Curiosity Is the Competitive Advantage That Never Gets Old

Curiosity Is the Competitive Advantage That Never Gets Old

The moment you believe you have nothing left to learn is the moment you begin to limit what you can become.

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Multifamily’s Refinancing Crunch Is Raising the Stakes for AI trib.al/fbFjUSj
Multifamily's Refinancing Crunch Is Raising the Stakes for AI

Multifamily's Refinancing Crunch Is Raising the Stakes for AI

As multifamily owners confront loan maturities, the measure of AI's usefulness will be whether it helps identify urgent financial issues.

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Raj Singh of JLL Spark Global Ventures: 5 Questions trib.al/5XP5VlF
Raj Singh of JLL Spark Global Ventures: 5 Questions

Raj Singh of JLL Spark Global Ventures: 5 Questions

The managing partner of JLL’s venture capital arm doesn’t think everyday real estate robots are on the immediate horizon, but …

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Owners 2026 trib.al/D5jcOoC
Owners 2026

Owners 2026

These are the players who are seeing the action up close and who are making decisions every day.

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Debt vs. Equity in Commercial Real Estate Financing: Both Sides Now trib.al/triTnFy
Debt vs. Equity in Commercial Real Estate Financing: Both Sides Now

Debt vs. Equity in Commercial Real Estate Financing: Both Sides Now

Higher borrowing costs and other uncertainties compel lenders to work off both investment vehicles.

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Executive Spotlight: Sam Sidhu of Customers Bank trib.al/IyEWtFw
Executive Spotlight: Sam Sidhu of Customers Bank

Executive Spotlight: Sam Sidhu of Customers Bank

Sam Sidhu, CEO of Customers Bank, sat down with Commercial Observer to discuss the bank’s momentum across diversified loan growth, the nationwide rollout of its AI-powered credit underwriting system...

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When Will Rising Interest Rates Impact Pricing? Follow the Contracts. trib.al/nId7CZs
When Will Rising Interest Rates Impact Pricing? Follow the Contracts.

When Will Rising Interest Rates Impact Pricing? Follow the Contracts.

Remember that the 10-Year Treasury is just one index. Meanwhile, debt capital is plentiful and spreads remain tight.

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Related Group Lands $177M to Build Resi Complex at Office Depot HQ trib.al/b4yUIwx
Related Group Lands $177M to Build Resi Complex at Office Depot HQ

Related Group Lands $177M to Build Resi Complex at Office Depot HQ

The luxury development will include 494 units in Boca Raton, Fla.

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Stabilizing Footprints, Demand Shifts Drive U.S. Office Leasing to 62M SF in Q3 trib.al/1IyjVGt
Stabilizing Footprints, Demand Shifts Drive U.S. Office Leasing in Q3

Stabilizing Footprints, Demand Shifts Drive U.S. Office Leasing in Q3

The U.S. office market recovery can expect continued support from a narrowing construction pipeline, according to Newmark’s report.

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KKR’s Profit Grows as Fee-Related Earnings Hits Record trib.al/OnAfimu
KKR’s Profit Grows as Fee-Related Earnings Hits Record

KKR’s Profit Grows as Fee-Related Earnings Hits Record

The New York-based firm generated $1.1 billion in profit in the third quarter of 2026.

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Peachtree Recaps Portland-Area Hotels With $41M Loan trib.al/UO4XSPc
Peachtree Recaps Portland-Area Hotels With $41M Loan

Peachtree Recaps Portland-Area Hotels With $41M Loan 

WalshDupart acquired the adjacent Hilton-branded hotels in Hillsboro, Oreg., three years ago. 

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Oxford Properties Buys Six-Property Industrial Portfolio in Phoenix trib.al/A7CQIls
Oxford Properties Buys Six-Property Industrial Portfolio in Phoenix

Oxford Properties Buys Six-Property Industrial Portfolio in Phoenix

Oxford announced the acquisition of 440 West Fairmont Drive, 800 West Fairmont Drive and 2115 South 11th Avenue.

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Truist, Capital One Provide $474M Refi for U.S. Industrial Portfolio trib.al/WaTqCYn
Truist, Capital One Provide $474M to Faropoint Industrial Portfolio

Truist, Capital One Provide $474M to Faropoint Industrial Portfolio

The assets are located across 12 states, including near Chicago, Philadelphia and New York City.

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California Rejects Construction Fast-Track Measure, Approves Billions for Housing trib.al/JUNonOC
California Rejects Construction Measure, Approves Billions for Housing

California Rejects Construction Measure, Approves Billions for Housing

Voters authorized $36.25 billion in housing bonds while preserving existing environmental review requirements.

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Retail Broker Matt Ogle Returns to CBRE After 11 Years at JLL trib.al/ywNmpd2
Retail Broker Matt Ogle Returns to CBRE After 11 Years at JLL

Retail Broker Matt Ogle Returns to CBRE After 11 Years at JLL

CBRE has clawed back an old associate from JLL after he’d spent more than 20 years at other firms.

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Investment Bank Oppenheimer Relocates HQ to 220K-SF Office at 32 Old Slip trib.al/RDNQq4b
Investment Bank Oppenheimer Relocates HQ to 220K SF at 32 Old Slip

Investment Bank Oppenheimer Relocates HQ to 220K SF at 32 Old Slip

The firm will relocate in early 2028 from nearby 2 Wall Street.

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Campari Group’s Holding Company Sells SoHo Property to Asian Buyer for $34M trib.al/c6uPNsp
Campari Group’s Holding Company Sells SoHo Property for $34M

Campari Group’s Holding Company Sells SoHo Property for $34M

The sale of 484-486 Broadway to a private Asian buyer turns a profit on Lagfin’s 2022 purchase of the mixed-use property from Vornado.

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Bondi Sushi to Open at Rockefeller’s 1221 Avenue of the Americas trib.al/hmdyUNh
Bondi Sushi to Open at Rockefeller’s 1221 Avenue of the Americas

Bondi Sushi to Open at Rockefeller’s 1221 Avenue of the Americas

Bondi Sushi opened its Bryant Park location at 461 Fifth Avenue in January, following its other spots across Manhattan and Brooklyn.

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Real Estate Private Equity Needs to Prioritize Succession Planning trib.al/j0IseJ1
Real Estate Private Equity Needs to Prioritize Succession Planning

Real Estate Private Equity Needs to Prioritize Succession Planning

The last cycle made it easy for CRE private equity platforms to defer hard conversations about succession. Not anymore.

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