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The U.S. government has found instances of fraud involving securitized apartment building mortgages, reports the Wall Street Journal. The White House plans to expand rules on using American-made products to government works, including infrastructure projects,

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Big Lots, Burlington, Aldi, Hobby Lobby have bid on some locations. Now more stores are being auctioned off as the chain slowly sells off

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The ranking of top commercial real estate brokers is based on total global transaction volume in 2017.

For the 15th consecutive year, CBRE Group has topped NREI’s ranking of the top brokerage firms.

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The growth in cross-border transactions is increasingly tied to portfolio and entity-level deals.

Foreign capital is continuing to pour into U.S. real estate. Transactions led by cross-border

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The bottom line for managers – we have to be competitive in the local market to identify and attract

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The fund will target developments in “opportunity zones.”

(Bloomberg)—RXR Realty is planning to start a fund targeting projects in low-income neighborhoods that are now

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The company is working with an adviser to help evaluate its options, said people with knowledge of the matter.

(Bloomberg)—MedEquities Realty Trust Inc., a health-care focused

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CNBC looks at the best and worst cities for retirees. Rising interest rates are undermining affordable housing development efforts, according to the Wall Street Journal. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate

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High expectations for M&A activity, strong company performance and increased funding and deal flow are bolstering investor confidence in the space.

Investor interest in commercial real estate technology is growing, according

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The latest project for the Silicon Valley home-rental behemoth is a branded apartment complex in Nashville, Tennessee.

(Bloomberg)—Airbnb Inc. is set to debut another almost-hotel—and, according to

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