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Short sellers are starting to build up wagers against CMBX 9, which has outsized exposure to hotel debt.

(Bloomberg)—Hedge funds and other short sellers are

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Amazon is opening the first location of its Fresh Store in Los Angeles, reports CNBC. Two banks merge to form the nation’s largest Black-controlled federally insured commercial lender, according to The New

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The week after Labor Day may prove decisive in whether the city’s office tenants will start coming back in any real way.

As members

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People continuing to work from home has led to increased property management costs, but technology can help reduce these expenses.

Higher property

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Year-to-date through July, hotel prices fell 4.4 percent, retail prices 2.8 percent office prices 0.9 percent, according to Real Capital Analytics.

(Bloomberg)—U.S. commercial real estate

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The recently launched company would like to make 15 or more acquisitions across the U.S. over the next year.

(Bloomberg)—Rizk Ventures-backed SpareBox Storage

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Mutual funds took hundreds of millions of dollars in losses this spring on the American Dream project, reports the Wall Street Journal. Las Vegas strip casino revenue decreased 39 percent in July from a year

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Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Simon, Brookfield and the Segerstrom family among mall owners trying this approach in locked-down states.

When COVID-19 forced the closures of

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We look at which states are participating in the measure authorized by President Trump earlier this month.

On August 8, President Donald Trump signed a memorandum authorizing the use of FEMA funds to pay out

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The two government-sponsored enterprises are on track to match 2019 origination volumes.

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are on track to lend nearly as many dollars to apartment properties in

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