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Can Nithya Raman Break L.A.’s Development Gridlock? trib.al/ophjFea

L.A. Mayor-Elect Nithya Raman’sReal Estate Reckoning

‘I'm a planner first and foremost.’

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VNS Health Renews 8K-SF Lease at the Bronx’s Hutchinson Metro Center trib.al/vl4Kc8j
VNS Health Renews 8K-SF Lease at the Bronx’s Hutchinson Metro Center

VNS Health Renews 8K-SF Lease at the Bronx’s Hutchinson Metro Center

The senior care and in-home nursing provider has been a tenant at the mixed-use property since 2003.

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Jacob Fulop Files Plans for Two 99-Unit Buildings in East Harlem trib.al/okwkZKe
Jacob Fulop Files Plans for Two 99-Unit Buildings in East Harlem

Jacob Fulop Files Plans for Two 99-Unit Buildings in East Harlem

Plans for the 11-story buildings call for a gym at the top of 306 East 101st Street and 5,757 square feet of outdoor recreation space.

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CP Group-Led JV Lands $272M for Mixed-Use Boca Raton Campus trib.al/kah1Kvt
Blackstone Fund Lends $272M for Mixed-Use Boca Raton Campus

Blackstone Fund Lends $272M for Mixed-Use Boca Raton Campus

The developers paid $193 million for the mixed-use complex with 272 apartments and 544,852 square feet of office and retail space.

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Goodman Capital Leads $31M Condo Inventory Loan on Seattle-Area Resi Tower trib.al/rzSiNZH
Goodman Capital Leads $31M Condo Inventory Loan on Seattle Resi Tower

Goodman Capital Leads $31M Condo Inventory Loan on Seattle Resi Tower

Create World Real Estate developed the 138-unit luxury development in Bellevue, Wash.

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Extell Buys 1645 First Avenue on the Upper East Side for $28M trib.al/wpDp5L9
Extell Buys 1645 First Avenue on the Upper East Side for $28M

Extell Buys 1645 First Avenue on the Upper East Side for $28M

Gary Barnett’s Extell Development continues to stockpile small plots of land around Manhattan.

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RFR Seals $101M Refi on Downtown Miami Office Building trib.al/s1JQLGG
RFR Seals $101M Refi on Downtown Miami Office Building

RFR Seals $101M Refi on Downtown Miami Office Building

Derby Lane Partners and Axonic Capital supplied the loan for 100 Biscayne, a property the developer acquired in 2022.

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Peak Capital Sells Upper East Side Mixed-Use Building for $23M trib.al/YXHlbkg
Peak Capital Sells Upper East Side Mixed-Use Building for $23M

Peak Capital Sells Upper East Side Mixed-Use Building for $23M

The firm offloaded 308 East 78th Street to an unlikely buyer in Japanese staircase fabricator Yokomori Manufacturing Company.

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Unresolved NYC Housing Violations Increase 4% in October: Report trib.al/NFiCltb
Unresolved NYC Housing Violations Increase 4% in October: Report

Unresolved NYC Housing Violations Increase 4% in October: Report

Renters are filing complaints that go unaddressed, with the backlog rising, according to a new report from OpenIgloo.

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American Land Title Association Taps Orbital as Platform for Its Licensed Content trib.al/NuSeQZO
American Land Title Association Taps Orbital as Content Platform

American Land Title Association Taps Orbital as Content Platform

In a first for the property title clearinghouse, commercial real estate lawyers can now access ALTA forms through an AI-powered site.

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When Hotel Financing Fails, Know Who Holds Which Cards trib.al/vCcSS64
When Hotel Financing Fails, Know Who Holds Which Cards

When Hotel Financing Fails, Know Who Holds Which Cards

Hotel distress is fundamentally a contest over control, and the legal consequences of distress can continue even after ownership changes.

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Simon Nearing $555M CMBS Package to Refi Dadeland Mall in South Florida trib.al/Vz3vKM8
Simon Nearing $555M CMBS Package to Refi Dadeland Mall in SFL

Simon Nearing $555M CMBS Package to Refi Dadeland Mall in SFL

Fitch Ratings valued the 1.5 million-square-foot mall at $909 million.

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In California’s Orange County, the New Direction Is Vertical trib.al/FwyLvR5
In California’s Orange County, the New Direction Is Vertical

In California’s Orange County, the New Direction Is Vertical

Developers starting to lean into density in the famously car-centric and suburban L.A. neighbor.

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Roger Equities Buys Upper East Side Theater for $41M With Plans for Housing trib.al/FDQyU15
Roger Equities Buys Manhattan Theater for $41M With Plans for Housing

Roger Equities Buys Manhattan Theater for $41M With Plans for Housing

S3 Capital supplied $37 million of acquisition and predevelopment financing for 1001 Third Avenue, site of the shuttered Cinemas 123.

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CMBS Loan Backed by New Jersey’s Bridgewater Commons Sent to Special Servicing trib.al/TwlhBmF
Bridgewater Commons Mall’s $235M CMBS Loan Sent to Special Servicing

Bridgewater Commons Mall’s $235M CMBS Loan Sent to Special Servicing

Owner Pacific Retail Capital Partners had sold a parcel in April 2026 for $54 million to meet a debt yield requirement.

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Extell Buys 1190 Avenue of the Americas for Fifth Avenue Development trib.al/x8hebvd
Extell Buys 1190 Avenue of the Americas for Fifth Avenue Development

Extell Buys 1190 Avenue of the Americas for Fifth Avenue Development

Gary Barnett’s firm paid Lighthouse Properties and Solil Management for the four-story commercial building at 1190 Avenue of the Americas.

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Arden Logistics Parks Elevates Barbara Rea, Robert Timmons to President and CIO Roles trib.al/DsMKGke
Arden Logistics Parks Promotes Barb Rea and Robert Timmons

Arden Logistics Parks Promotes Barb Rea and Robert Timmons

Rea will serve as president and COO, while Timmons will be CIO as the firm aims to streamline operations.

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Sui Yoga to Open 13K-SF Studio at 71 Fifth Avenue trib.al/Sg2JUoV
Sui Yoga to Open 13K-SF Studio at 71 Fifth Avenue

Sui Yoga to Open 13K-SF Studio at 71 Fifth Avenue

The fitness studio inked a 13-year lease for the ground-floor and lower-level space.

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Equity Management Firm Forest Avenue Capital Inks 7K-SF Lease at 45 East 53rd Street trib.al/HmS30KG
Forest Avenue Capital Inks 7K-SF Lease at 45 East 53rd Street

Forest Avenue Capital Inks 7K-SF Lease at 45 East 53rd Street

It was one of three new leases at the building known as Park 53 totaling 19,145 square feet.

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Fortune Secures Equity Partner for Casa Tua Miami Condo trib.al/AQuA0ft
Fortune Secures Equity Partner for Casa Tua Miami Condo

Fortune Secures Equity Partner for Casa Tua Miami Condo

Romanian development firm One United Properties took a stake in the 77-story, 533-unit project.

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