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More National Stories More Stories Connect CRE & Industry Events Connect Industrial Midwest 2027 Location: Rosemont, IL Date: March 2, 2027 More Events Apartment buildings for saleCheck out the latest properties available on apartmentbuildings.comReceivership Sale | Vacant 20-Unit RehabChicago, ILChicago & Midwest + Affordable HousingListing Status:AvailableListing Type:AuctionPrice:$250,000No. of Units:20Year Built:1930Building Size:21615 Sq ftNo. of Stories:3Opportunity Zone:NoPrice per unit:$12,500Learn More1817 E. 2nd Street, DuarteDuarte, CACalifornia & West + Apartment BuildingsListing Status:AvailableListing Type:Highest & best offerPrice:$8,200,000No. of Units:30Cap Rate:4.96GRM/GIM:10.64Average Occupancy:100Year Built:1966Building Size:23917 Sq ftLot Size:52034 AcresNo. of Stories:2APN:8529-009-022Opportunity Zone:NoPrice per unit:$273,333Learn MoreHUD-Financed Affordable Housing | Arbor View in Washington, DCWashington, DCWashington DC + Affordable HousingListing Status:AvailableListing Type:AuctionNo. of Units:156Year Renovated:2014Building Size:125592 Sq ftNo. of Stories:3No. of Parking Spots:120Opportunity Zone:NoLearn MoreView all apartments From Research Teams to AI Teammates: The Future of Multifamily Strategic Research: Q&A with Florey Street Advisors’ Brad Dillman National + Digital Infrastructure | October 27, 2026 Companies achieve great success when aligned around a common goal and brand story. 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Located at the corner of Prosperity Church and Benfield Roads, Village Park sits immediately next to Prosperity … Monroe Developer Advancing 275-Unit Midrise Atlanta & Southeast + Apartments | October 28, 2026 Switzenbaum & Associates has broken ground on an $80 million development in Monroe, N.C. Expected to open in Spring 2027, the project includes 275 apartments on a 23.4-acre site at the intersection of U.S. 74 and Morgan Mill Road. It’s the city’s first midrise apartment building at four stories. One-bedroom floor plans range from 792 … Latest Boston & New England Stories Pennrose Cuts Ribbon on First Phase of Naugatuck Redevelopment Boston & New England + New England + Apartments | October 27, 2026 Pennrose, The Cloud Company and the Borough of Naugatuck, CT cut the ribbon on Platform at Naugatuck, the first phase of a multi-phase redevelopment of a vacant, seven-acre site on Old Firehouse Road. The development delivers 60 apartments, approximately 3,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and an array of resident amenities. “After years of … Alexandria Divesting Part of Fenway Megacampus to Institutional User Boston & New England + Boston + Healthcare | October 27, 2026 Alexandria Real Estate Equities disclosed in an earnings report that it has entered into a purchase and sale agreement with an institutional user for the sale of 421 Park Dr. on the Alexandria Center for Life Science – Fenway Megacampus in Boston. The disposition of the office and lab building is expected to generate significant sales … Connect Conferences: Panel Recap VideosWhether you couldn't make it or just want to revisit the insights, video recordings of all Connect Conferences panel sessions are now available to purchase and view. Hear directly from the industry's top leaders as they discuss trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping the future. Download the videos now!Connect Texas Multifamily 2026$59Watch VideoConnect Industrial Midwest 2026$59Watch VideoConnect Retail West 2025$59Watch VideoView All Events Latest California Stories Truist Closes Construction Loan for Long Beach Multifamily California + Los Angeles + Apartments | October 27, 2026 Truist recently closed a $152-million construction loan for Marina Shores, a 390-unit multifamily community at 6615 E. Pacific Coast Hwy. in Long Beach. The project is being developed by Carmel Partners. The six-story project will transform an aging office complex and surface lot into a mixed-income community with approximately 5,400 square feet of ground-floor retail … Logos Faith Development Expands into San Diego Market California + San Diego + Apartments | October 27, 2026 Logos Faith Development, in partnership with San Diego’s Logan Temple AME Zion Church, commemorated the official groundbreaking on Logos Logan Legacy Place at the project site. The 43-home affordable housing community is located at 3186 and 3190 Franklin Ave. in San Diego’s Logan Heights neighborhood. The project marks the affordable housing developer’s expansion into the San Diego … Latest Chicago & Midwest Stories NAI Hiffman Announces Lease at Arlington Heights Office Campus Chicago & Midwest + Greater Chicagoland + Office | October 27, 2026 NAI Hiffman represented a private ownership group in a 7,941-square-foot lease with Chicago Speech Therapy at 3436 N. Kennicott Avenue in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Chicago Speech Therapy, a provider of services for children with speech and language disorders, will open its newest location within the two-building office campus. The practice has multiple locations in Chicago … The Boulder Group Arranges Sale of Net Leased Steak ’n Shake in Aurora Chicago & Midwest + Greater Chicagoland + Retail | October 27, 2026 The Boulder Group completed the sale of a single-tenant net-leased restaurant property occupied by Steak ’n Shake in Aurora, Illinois, for $1.27 million. The property is located at 4333 Fox Valley Center Drive, near the intersection of Illinois Route 59 and New York Street. The property sits across from Fox Valley Mall, a roughly 1,500,000-square-foot … Latest Florida & Gulf Coast Stories $81M Nora Hotel Debuts in West Palm Beach Florida & Gulf Coast + South Florida + Hospitality | October 28, 2026 The Nora Hotel has opened its doors to guests in West Palm Beach’s Nora District. BD Hotels, along with a group led by Sean MacPherson, is behind the hotel’s concept. The South Florida Business Journal reports that NDT Development, Place Projects and Wheelock Street Capital developed the property, which has an estimated development value of … Kissimmee Affordable Housing Project Rents Start at $592 Florida & Gulf Coast + Central Florida + Apartments | October 28, 2026 HTG secured financing and broke ground on Kissimmee Cove, a new 73-unit affordable housing community located in the City of Kissimmee. Apartments are reserved for income-qualifying residents, with monthly rents ranging from approximately $592 to $1,660. Average rents in the submarket now exceed $1,500 for a one-bedroom apartment. The community is supported in part by an … Latest Global Stories Brookfield Reinforces Qatar Presence with New Doha Office Global + Finance | October 26, 2026 Brookfield has opened a Doha office, anchored by its global credit platform including the recently acquired Oaktree. The Qatar News Agency reported that the move builds on Brookfield’s existing investments and partnerships in Qatar, notably its planned $20-billion joint venture with Qai, the artificial intelligence subsidiary of the Qatar Investment Authority, to develop AI infrastructure … Northmarq Arranges $19M Sale of Kent Canyon Ridge Plaza in WA Seattle & Northwest + Global + Washington + Retail | October 20, 2026 Northmarq’s Pacific Northwest Investment Sales team, led by Sean Tufts, Kevin Adatto, Joe Dugoni, and Jack Hallberg, completed the $19 million sale of Canyon Ridge Plaza, an 86,909-square-foot multi-tenant retail community center located at 26015 104th Ave. SE in Kent, Washington. The property was acquired by Kimco Realty. “Shopping centers continue to be one of … Latest National Stories Vantage Reaches 1-Gigawatt Transformer Supply Deal with Heron Power National + Digital Infrastructure | October 27, 2026 Denver-based Vantage, a leading global provider of digital infrastructure, and Heron Power Electronics, a manufacturer of next-generation power electronics and a participant in NVIDIA’s 800-volt direct current MGX ecosystem, have reached a gigawatt-scale manufacturing capacity agreement. Under the agreement, Vantage has secured more than 1GW of manufacturing capacity of Heron Link, Heron’s solid-state transformer, to … From Research Teams to AI Teammates: The Future of Multifamily Strategic Research: Q&A with Florey Street Advisors’ Brad Dillman National + Digital Infrastructure | October 27, 2026 Multifamily research has wrestled with tensions and conflicts between data, technology, judgment and experience. Brad Dillman, founder of Florey Street Advisors, believes that agentic AI can help multifamily investors access institutional-grade strategic research, combining domain expertise, proprietary data and advanced analytics to improve decisions at greater speed, scale and efficiency. He recently answered several questions … Latest New York & Tri-State Stories Tishman Speyer Sells SoHo Offices to Shorenstein New York & Tri-State + Downtown New York + Office | October 27, 2026 Tishman Speyer has sold 148 Lafayette St., a fully leased, 12-story, Class A boutique office building in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood, for $132.5 million to Shorenstein Properties. Marking its first U.S. office acquisition since 2021, Tishman Speyer acquired 148 Lafayette for $105.5 million just 17 months earlier. “We acquired 148 Lafayette with a clear plan and … Merchants Bank Retains CBRE to Market Fee Interest in Midtown Residential Property New York & Tri-State + Midtown New York + Apartments | October 27, 2026 CBRE has been retained by Merchants Bank to market for sale the fee interest in 19 W. 55th St., a vacant, nine-story residential property with continuous retail frontage in Midtown Manhattan. CBRE’s Daniel Kaplan was appointed by the bank to spearhead the sale. “Opportunities to acquire the fee interest of an asset in this premier … Latest Phoenix & Southwest Stories Stream Realty Partners Tapped for Property Management Role for 10-Story Phoenix Offices Phoenix & Southwest + Phoenix + Office | October 27, 2026 Stream Realty Partners has been selected by Southwest Value Partners to provide property management services for Esplanade III, a 222,820-square-foot Class A office building located at 2415 E. Camelback Road in Phoenix’s Camelback Corridor. The 10-story property was acquired by Southwest Value Partners in August for $86 million, marking the largest single-building office sale in … Leon Multifamily Building 343-Unit N. Phoenix Venture Phoenix & Southwest + Phoenix + Apartments | October 27, 2026 Leon Multifamily started construction on Soltra Ironwood, a 343-unit luxury multifamily community in North Phoenix, Arizona. The nearby Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation has committed to a total of $265 billion in Arizona investment across up to 10 fabrication facilities, two advanced packaging plants, and a research and development center — a build-out expected to support … Latest Seattle & Northwest Stories The Central Building in Downtown Seattle Listed for Sale Seattle & Northwest + Seattle + Office | October 27, 2026 The Central Building in downtown Seattle, a 119-year-old historic landmark, has been listed for sale. The property’s assessed value is $24.3 million, reported the Puget Sound Business Journal. The building was listed by Newmark without an asking price, and the approximately 200,000-square-foot structure is 30.6% leased. In 2018, New York-based companies Brickman and GreenOak Real … Skanska Plans New Restaurant at The Eight in Downtown Bellevue Seattle & Northwest + Seattle + Retail | October 27, 2026 Skanska announced that Sea Creatures, a family of locally owned and operated Seattle restaurants, has signed a lease at The Eight, a 25-story, 541,000-square-foot office tower located at 10770 NE 8th St. in downtown Bellevue. The new restaurant will mark Sea Creatures’ first expansion to the Eastside, adding to The Eight’s fully leased ground-floor retail … Latest Texas Stories Sorrento Offloads 324-Unit Houston Apartment Community Texas + Houston-Galveston + Apartments | October 28, 2026 Sorrento Property Group sold Holly View Apartments, a 324-unit garden-style community in northwest Houston, for $31.5 million. Holly View offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans, a resort-style pool, landscaped grounds and covered parking. The buyer of the property at 5555 Holly View Drive was Accel Equity Group. The price works out to roughly $97,222 per … Developer Duo Pursuing $600M Dallas Hotel, Residential Project Texas + Dallas-Fort Worth + Hospitality | October 27, 2026 Developers Jonas Woods and 3-O Real Estate Partners have proposed a $600 million, two-tower project called Ivy Park and The English on a 2.2-acre parcel near McKinney and Webb Avenues along the Katy Trail. The Dallas Morning News reports the project could have both a 30-story hotel and residential tower and a 20-story residential tower … Latest Washington DC & Mid-Atlantic Stories Newmark Arranges $108M Sale of 310-Unit Virginia Multifamily Community Washington DC & Mid-Atlantic + Virginia + Apartments | October 28, 2026 Newmark has arranged the $108 million sale of Bainbridge Midlothian, a 310-unit multifamily community located in Midlothian, Virginia. Frontier Group of Companies acquired the property from a joint venture between The Bainbridge Companies and BVT National Partners, marking the buyer’s first multifamily acquisition in Virginia. “In today’s capital markets environment, the sale of Bainbridge Midlothian … Affinius Capital Originates $98M Loan to Refinance The Lydian in DC Washington DC & Mid-Atlantic + DC + Apartments | October 27, 2026 Affinius Capital announced the closing of a $97.9 million loan for the refinancing of The Lydian, a 14-story, multifamily property in Washington, D.C.’s Mount Vernon Triangle submarket. Built in 2018, the property comprises 324 apartment units and 13,551 square feet of ground-floor retail. The loan was made to a joint venture that includes affiliates of … Latest Stories FromTrian-Led Group Offers to Take Wendy’s Private for $1.4BDirect Investment | October 28, 2026Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management submitted a nonbinding proposal Wednesday to take Wendy’s private for $7.35 a share in cash, offering shareholders a roughly 20% premium as the burger chain works to reverse declining sales. The offer values Wendy’s equity at approximately $1.4 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. Trian and affiliated parties, which Have Treasury Yields Peaked?Economy | October 28, 2026Executive Summary Treasury yields have dropped sharply in recent sessions, reviving a question that seemed premature just three weeks ago: Have rates peaked? The answer hinges on which of two narratives prevails. In one, a slowdown tied to the AI selloff and the Iran conflict restores bonds’ role as a safe haven and pushes yields Middle-Market Dealmaking Gains Ground as Valuation Gaps NarrowAlternative Assets | October 28, 2026After a stretch of subdued dealmaking, signs of a rebound are emerging across the middle market, with private equity sponsors returning to both new platform investments and creative exit strategies. Few firms are better positioned to speak to this shift than VSS Capital Partners, a New York-based investment firm with roots dating to 1987 that Apollo to Take Minority Stake in Mubadala CapitalAlternative Assets | October 27, 2026Apollo has agreed to acquire a minority equity stake in Mubadala Capital, deepening its relationship with the Abu Dhabi-backed alternative asset manager while committing capital across the firm’s investment strategies. Additional strategic investors will also become minority shareholders. Together with Apollo, they are expected to commit $5 billion to Mubadala Capital’s strategies at the initial