Connect Media Presents the Second Annual ApartmentBuildings.com 100 Story | September 17, 2026 Red Oak Reorganizes as The Oak Companies National + Finance | September 23, 2026 Walker Webcast: Amherst’s Sean Dobson on Housing: Rates, SFR and the “Cleavers” National + Finance | September 23, 2026 FEATURED STORY National CRE News In Your Inbox. Sign up for Connect emails to stay informed with CRE stories that are 150 words or less. More National Stories More Stories Companies achieve great success when aligned around a common goal and brand story. The experts integrated into our team at Connect Creative span every marketing and communications discipline and channel, encompassing skilled graphic designers, public relations leaders, copy writers, content producers, digital wizards, and website developers. A collaborative approach brings out your company’s stories that are shaped and crafted with the perfect visual, the right words and in the most dynamic way. Connect with Creative Latest Atlanta & Southeast Stories Piedmont Building $600M Covington Hospital Atlanta & Southeast + Atlanta Metro + Healthcare | September 23, 2026 Piedmont plans to build a relocation hospital for Piedmont Newton Hospital, located in Covington, GA, at a cost of nearly $600 million, all of which will be borne by Piedmont. The existing hospital is licensed for 128 beds but is currently limited by its aging and landlocked physical plant. This will be the second-largest capital … Nashville Retail Portfolio Trades for $54.3M Atlanta & Southeast + Tennessee + Retail | September 23, 2026 Vintage South offloaded a retail center portfolio made up of two Nashville properties. The 134,000-square-foot package was acquired by LBX Investments for $54.3 million. The Infill Nashville Portfolio comprises Breeze Block at 6100-6110 Robertson Ave. and Stateline at 5300 Centennial Blvd. JLL represented Vintage South. The team was led by Brad Buchanan, Richard Reid and … Latest Boston & New England Stories Retail and Redevelopment Site Comes to Market in Boston’s North End Boston & New England + Boston + Retail | September 22, 2026 Marcus & Millichap has the exclusive listing for sale of 85-95 Salem St. in Boston’s historic North End neighborhood. Evan Griffith and Tony Pepdjonovic of Marcus & Millichap are leading the marketing campaign on the seller’s behalf. “This is a generational opportunity to acquire a single-story urban retail property on one of the most highly … Realterm Adds IOS portfolio in Western I-495 Submarket Boston & New England + Metro Boston + Industrial | September 22, 2026 Realterm, an independent global investment manager focused on the transportation industry, has acquired a two-property, 10.25-acre industrial outdoor storage (IOS) portfolio located in Ayer and Devens, MA, within the Western I-495 submarket of Boston. Terms were not disclosed. The Ayer property at 15 Westford Rd. is a 3.5-acre site that includes an 8,200-square-foot maintenance facility … 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 CIP Pays $61M for San Gabriel Valley Business Park California + Los Angeles + Industrial | September 23, 2026 CIP Real Estate has acquired a multi-use business center in the supply-constrained San Gabriel Valley submarket for $60.65 million. The Walnut Tech Business Center at the intersection of Valley Boulevard and Lemon Avenue in Walnut is a 200,049-square-foot shallow bay complex comprising 11 buildings. The property is currently 92% leased. CIP will launch a $3.5-million … Gantry Arranges Life Company Loan on Temecula Offices California + Inland Empire + Office | September 22, 2026 Gantry has secured a $9-million life company loan to retire a CMBS loan on Vail Ranch Town Square, a low-rise suburban office building located at 32605 Temecula Pkwy. in Temecula. Principal Tony Kaufmann and associates Toby Judge and Jake Davis with the firm’s San Francisco production office represented the borrower, a private real estate investor … Latest Chicago & Midwest Stories Colliers Secures $69M Refinance for Missoula Multifamily Property Chicago & Midwest + Midwest + Apartments | September 23, 2026 Colliers’ Debt & Structured Finance has arranged $69.3 million to refinance Snowfarm Apartments, a 252-unit multifamily property located in Missoula, Montana. The financing was placed through Fannie Mae and marks the first-ever transaction executed utilizing Fannie Mae’s Streamlined Treasury Lock Program. The loan was structured as interest-only with a seven-year term, at a fixed rate … Equus Capital Partners Acquires 226-Unit Multifamily Community in Geneva Chicago & Midwest + Greater Chicagoland + Apartments | September 23, 2026 Equus Capital Partners, Ltd. announced that an affiliate has completed the acquisition of Ashford at Geneva, a 226-unit garden-style apartment community located in Geneva, Illinois. The property was acquired on behalf of a programmatic joint venture between an affiliate of Equus and a U.S.-based public pension plan. Ashford was approximately 97% occupied at the time … Latest Florida & Gulf Coast Stories TA Realty Pays $105M for Wellington Rental Community Florida & Gulf Coast + South Florida + Apartments | September 23, 2026 JPMorgan Investment Management sold The Polo Lakes Apartments in Wellington for more than twice what it paid. The South Florida Business Journal reports JP Morgan paid $47.75 million for the property in 2002. TA Realty paid $105.45 million for the same 366-unit rental community in 2026. Totaling 520,918 square feet, Polo Lakes was built on … 766K-SF Sarasota Cold Storage Facility Available for Lease Florida & Gulf Coast + Central Florida + Industrial | September 23, 2026 The former United Natural Foods distribution center at 6100 McIntosh Road in Sarasota is available for lease. The 766,579-square-foot space, representing approximately 82% of the 929,856-square-foot Gulf Coast Gateway building, includes 202,857 square feet of cold storage, believed to be the largest block of its kind that is available in the state. Nick DeVito II … Latest Global Stories Realty Income, KKR Establish European Joint Venture Global + Net Lease | September 15, 2026 Realty Income Corporation and KKR have formed a euro-denominated joint venture that is expected to own a diversified portfolio of existing European net lease real estate assets contributed by Realty Income, spanning four markets and a broad mix of industries and tenants. Capital accounts advised by KKR intend to make an initial investment of €528 … Ares Closes Japan-Focused Logistics Fund at US$4B Global + Industrial | September 8, 2026 Ares Management Corporation has reached the final close of Japan Logistics Development Partners V LP, the latest vintage in its Japan-focused logistics real estate development fund series. Raising ¥612 billion (approximately US$4 billion), including LP equity commitments and GP commitment, JDP V closed at its hard cap and is nearly 50% larger than its predecessor … Latest National Stories Red Oak Reorganizes as The Oak Companies National + Finance | September 23, 2026 The Oak Companies, Inc. on Wednesday announced the completion of its corporate reorganization, bringing the business previously operated by Red Oak Capital Holdings, LLC into a newly formed Delaware corporation designed to support the platform’s next stage of growth. Red Oak Capital Holdings, LLC has merged with and into Oak, with Oak succeeding to the … Walker Webcast: Amherst’s Sean Dobson on Housing: Rates, SFR and the “Cleavers” National + Finance | September 23, 2026 Amherst CEO Sean Dobson said there are plenty of reasons for caution in today’s housing market. The good news: He isn’t seeing a repeat of the Great Financial Crisis (GFC). Dobson spoke with Walker & Dunlop Chairman and CEO Willy Walker on Sept. 17 during the 2026 Zelman Housing Summit in Boston. The conversation was … Latest New York & Tri-State Stories NYC Launches Public Review of Plan for 4,000 Apartments on City-Owned Site New York & Tri-State + Downtown New York + Apartments | September 23, 2026 The Mamdani administration has launched public review of the redevelopment of 100 Gold St. in Lower Manhattan, a major step toward transforming a city-owned site into approximately 4,000 new homes, including around 1,000 permanently affordable, rent-stabilized homes. The updated plan adds roughly 300 additional homes to previous estimates. Following a competitive request for proposals process, … JLL Lists Chelsea’s Rubin Museum for Sale New York & Tri-State + Downtown New York + Retail | September 22, 2026 JLL has been retained by the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art to market its New York City flagship location for sale. Located at 140–154 W. 17th St. in Chelsea, the property represents a rare opportunity to reposition a historically and architecturally significant asset at the nexus of Chelsea, the Flatiron District and Greenwich Village, according … Latest Phoenix & Southwest Stories Target to Replace Movie Theatre at Laveen Retail Center Phoenix & Southwest + Phoenix + Retail | September 23, 2026 Target will replace a movie theatre as an anchor tenant at a W. Phoenix retail center. Another supersized store from the retail giant will open at Laveen Park Place. Harkins Theatres was originally slated to anchor the complex but decided not to proceed with one of its multi-screen theatres. Laveen Park Place has several other … Developers Ink $482M Financing for Steamboat Springs Hotel/Residences Phoenix & Southwest + Denver + Hospitality | September 23, 2026 Stockman Development, led by Marquee Development, secured $482.5 million in financing from GoldenTree Asset Management, to advance The Stockman, Auberge Collection, which recently broke ground at the base of Steamboat Resort. The project will introduce 95 ski-in, ski-out private residences and a 59-room Auberge Collection hotel, pairing direct mountain access with Auberge’s signature hospitality and service. Amenities … Latest Seattle & Northwest Stories Nonprofit Coffee TAB Coffee Shop Opens at Vulcan Development Seattle & Northwest + Seattle + Retail | September 23, 2026 A new coffee shop has opened in the heart of Seattle’s Central District at Vulcan Real Estate’s 23rd & Jackson development. Coffee TAB is a nonprofit that runs a barista training program and hires apprentices. The space it occupies at 23rd and Jackson was previously home to a Starbucks that closed in 2022. The nonprofit … Swickard Acquires 90% Stake in Portland’s Park Avenue West Seattle & Northwest + Portland + Apartments | September 23, 2026 Jeff Swickard, president and CEO of Swickard Group, has acquired a 90% interest in Park Avenue West, the fourth-largest building in downtown Portland and the latest prominent high-rise in his nearly $250 million investment in the city over the past year. Swickard’s commitment of more than $100 million for the majority interest in Park Avenue … Latest Texas Stories San Antonio Credit Union Buys Former Sunoco Office Building Texas + San Antonio + Office | September 23, 2026 Security Service Federal Credit Union acquired The Rim, a 319,000 square foot office at 19003 W. Interstate 10. Sunoco, the seller, purchased the office of its subsidiary, NuStar, two years ago. Security Service said the acquisition will support future organizational growth while creating additional opportunities for collaboration and employee engagement. Sunoco acquired NuStar for about $6.5 billion in … Dallas Midrise Office Building Acquired by Montclif, FCP Texas + Dallas-Fort Worth + Office | September 23, 2026 Goldman Sachs Asset Management traded 2401 Cedar Springs, a seven-story, 200,000 square foot office building in Uptown Dallas. Montclif and FCP were the buyers. Commercial Edge reports the building is currently 63 percent leased. Montclif and FCP are planning a multimillion-dollar renovation of the building, including a redesigned lobby, a new conference center and a … Latest Washington DC & Mid-Atlantic Stories Kennedy Wilson Closes $175M Construction Financing for DC Multifamily Project Washington DC & Mid-Atlantic + DC + Apartments | September 23, 2026 Kennedy Wilson has closed a $175 million senior construction mortgage to finance the development of 1999 Eye Street NW, a 434-unit multifamily community in downtown Washington, D.C. The development is being sponsored by a joint venture between Stonebridge, The Bernstein Companies and Criterion Real Estate Capital, with a separate account advised by MetLife Investment Management … CBRE Arranges Two Pennsylvania Retail Sales Washington DC & Mid-Atlantic + Philadelphia + Retail | September 23, 2026 CBRE has arranged the sale of Water Tower Square, a 269,018-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center in Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania. ECHO Realty and TPG purchased the property from The Goldenberg Group through a newly formed joint venture, marking the partnership’s first acquisition. Chris Munley, Colin Behr, Ryan Sciullo, and Casey Smith of CBRE’s National Retail Partners team represented … Latest Stories FromApella Wealth Acquires California RIA with $384M in AUMDirect Investment | September 23, 2026Apella Wealth has added a California-based wealth management firm that oversees about $384 billion in assets under management, bolstering the firm’s presence in the Bay Area market. San Rafael, CA-based Longview Financial Advisors, which was founded in 2018, is led by founder Tim Harrington and offers wealth management services, including financial planning to high-net-worth clients, Ex-Commonwealth FA with $888M in AUM Hops to Merit Financial AdvisorsDirect Investment | September 23, 2026Merit Financial Advisors has added a financial advisor from Commonwealth Financial Network, where they managed $888 million in assets under management, and expands the firm’s footprint in the greater Chicago market. Advisor Tim Brennan and his team spent nearly 27 years with the Commonwealth’s affiliated firm Pinnacle Financial Group, which he co-founded, according to registration WT Realty Strikes $600M SPAC Deal With FortuneXAlternative Assets | September 23, 2026WT Realty Group has agreed to go public through a merger with FortuneX Acquisition Corp., giving the integrated real estate services platform an implied equity value of approximately $600 million. Under the agreement, FortuneX will move its corporate domicile from the Cayman Islands to Delaware and become the public holding company, expected to be renamed Avila Pulls in $390M to Expand Homebuilder FinancingAlternative Assets | September 23, 2026Avila Real Estate Capital has secured $390 million in new capital and co-investments, expanding its capacity to finance residential land and lot development. The commitments came from two unidentified institutions—a large insurance company and a major university endowment—and raised Avila’s total commitments and co-investments above $750 million. The private real estate credit platform has financed