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SF real estate, media mogul Clint Reilly dies at 79
Late “SF Examiner” owner’s empire consists of $400M in Bay Area holdings
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Summer spotlight: Lake Tahoe, where Big Tech summers (and skis)
Billionaire buyers capitalize on tax haven while on vacation
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National
Brookfield, CPP strike $5.2B deal to take LXP Industrial Trust private
Buyers pay nearly 20 percent premium for Sun Belt-focused logistics REIT
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San Francisco
Welcome to “Area AI”
San Francisco’s southeastern neighborhoods have gotten a new moniker thanks to the AI boom - where a 50% all-cash overbid still loses the house
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National
Verizon offloading hundreds more retail locations
Second recent cut includes plan to sell stores to franchisers, layoffs
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National
Summer camp sales mark the next chapter in Simad’s collapse
Plus, Mamdani tightens the leash on landlords, S2 Capital’s fall from grace and more national real estate news this week
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Chicago
Prime Finance buys Chicago apartments for $59M, ending $69M foreclosure fight
Prime Finance buys Chicago apartments for $59M, ending $69M foreclosure fight against Jonathan Holtzman’s City Club Apartments
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National
Housing Notes: Road to nowhere? 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is now law
Little help found in the new bipartisan bill that Trump refused to sign
Jack Welch’s widow sells Upper East Side townhouse for $23M
Suzy Welch asked $26M before she picked up nearby penthouse
Buckling scare puts MetroLoft’s ‘scoop-and-stack’ playbook under microscope
Pfizer headquarters project highlights engineering tradeoffs
New dev deals sink as Manhattan luxury contends with shrinking pipeline
Buyers inked deals for just 12 sponsor units asking $4M+ in four weeks
NYC second home surcharge questions, asked and answered
Mamdani’s signature second home tax moves ahead with tweaks
BXP putting 7 Times Square ground lease on the market
Landlord seeking rare price point for post-pandemic offices
Park Slope fixer-upper tops Brooklyn’s luxury contracts after 34% price cut
Four-story townhouse asking $5.8M sits on rare double-wide lot
Floyd Mayweather’s former Miami Beach mansion trades at a loss
Black Spruce’s Josh Gotlib sold the waterfront home for $18.5M
Paseo pipeline: Comras, Kanavos’ Lincoln Road vision hinges on walkability
As rents settle well below their peak, developers bet on pedestrian plazas, small storefronts and “backs of buildings” to revive Miami Beach’s flagship retail corridor
Miami is now more expensive than New York City
Rising housing costs, insurance premiums push consumer prices 36% since 2019
Victims of convicted Miami developer Rishi Kapoor could get partially paid back
Receiver seeking court approval to pay back portions of condo buyers’ deposits
Pending sale of $25M Boca mansion tops busy week in Palm Beach County
Buyers signed deals for 17 contracts totaling $111M
South Florida’s top deals: Telecom exec pays $19M for new Miami mansion
TRD reports the most important transactions for July 20, 2026
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Bankruptcy court appears poised to confirm sale of Oceanwide Plaza
Soon-to-be decision comes after hours-long confirmation hearing, city pulling challenge
$17M mansion in Hancock Park tops last week’s luxury resi contracts
Dollar volume down from week prior but up year-over=over
Caruso sues Commons at Calabasas tenant, Erewhon countersues Hackman
Plus, Paramount reportedly considering leaving California, Becerra backers and more Los Angeles commercial real estate news this week
Long Beach parcel tax to fund affordable housing, public services fails to make November ballot
$61M budget shortfall imminent as city struggles to close fiscal gap
Elysian, Capstone go 100% affordable for Warner Center apartment project
Woodland Hills hub becoming affordable housing hotspot amid Kroenke investment
Isn’t it lovely: Stevie Wonder’s former Calabasas mansion relisted for nearly half of 2025 ask
“Signed, Sealed, Delivered” singer, ex-wife purchased estate in 2000
Prime Finance buys Chicago apartments for $59M, ending $69M foreclosure fight
Prime Finance buys Chicago apartments for $59M, ending $69M foreclosure fight against Jonathan Holtzman’s City Club Apartments
Concord Capital looks to add two stories, 70 units to latest River North conversion project
Latest Chicago Office-to-resi proposal landed developer $16M construction loan to convert 226 West Ontario office mid-rise
Scion Group Founder’s Chicago home suffers a price cut to $7M
North Side mansion first listed for almost $9M in 2025, making it one of the priciest homes in the neighborhood at the time
Welltower continues Chicago repositioning with $98M in senior housing buys
Purchases from Capitol Seniors Housing come after Welltower sold off $79M in other Chicago senior facilities
From distressed debt to apartments: Envoi Partners locks in $64M Fortress loan for LaSalle conversion
Former YMCA HQ to be transformed into 207 apartments with ground retail
CMK grabs key permit to launch 28-story South Loop high-rise
910 South Wells cleared foundation milestone as part of developer’s massive Riverline master plan
SF real estate, media mogul Clint Reilly dies at 79
Late “SF Examiner” owner’s empire consists of $400M in Bay Area holdings
Former Yelp HQ for sale after CIM Group defaults on $62M loan
Building faces full vacancy in early 2027 after drop to 12% occupancy last year
Welcome to “Area AI”
San Francisco’s southeastern neighborhoods have gotten a new moniker thanks to the AI boom - where a 50% all-cash overbid still loses the house
Transamerica complex nets 113K sf of new leases after $725M sale
Flight to quality attracting tenants with more amenities planned
Harvest Properties buys 25-acre R&D campus in Palo Alto, weighs housing redevelopment
Alexandria inked $163M for the sale — 44% less than what it paid in 2019
SF’s housing frenzy migrates to Marin, Ian Jacobs doubles down downtown, Transamerica gets moving
This week’s stories trace the next phase of the Bay Area’s recovery, from a housing spillover north of the Golden Gate to fresh investment downtown
Tannos secures $28M in construction financing for Houston area mixed-use project
Friendswood-based developer is also building Magnolia Town Center and Friendswood City Center
Japanese semiconductor manufacturer triples Austin office presence
Renesas Electronics inked a 100k sf lease at a building built in 2015
Pair of Frisco entrepreneurs ordered to pay $400M in damages to Georgetown business over alleged fraud scheme
Gopala Krishnan and Sakthivel Gounder, previously targeted by the SEC, defrauded a Georgetown business owner out of his home
Therme Dallas pivots, adds skybridge to $800M wellness resort buildout plans
Proposed project along Trinity River inches toward 2027 groundbreaking with new design adjustments still pending
Austin suburb selects Griffin Swinerton to revamp downtown
Fast-growing Liberty Hill targeted 2028 for city center transformation; developer will handle scope of infrastructure needs, historic preservation and community feedback
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Plus, Dallas-Fort Worth digs into multifamily, another city cuts ties with Hoque Global and more Texas real estate news
Brookfield, CPP strike $5.2B deal to take LXP Industrial Trust private
Buyers pay nearly 20 percent premium for Sun Belt-focused logistics REIT
Summer spotlight: Lake Tahoe, where Big Tech summers (and skis)
Billionaire buyers capitalize on tax haven while on vacation
Housing Notes: Road to nowhere? 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is now law
Little help found in the new bipartisan bill that Trump refused to sign
Zillow’s legal fights ramp up with Compass, FTC and Chicago’s MLS
Portal giant’s court battles in Illinois and Virginia reach inflection points while it takes more heat from nation's biggest brokerage
Lake Havasu new build sets local price record nearly two years after listing
Home was Gaskin Design and Development’s first project in area
Housing Notes: Explaining the silver tsunami with surveys
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Dubai, Hong Kong market comebacks lead international ultra-luxury surge
Asian mega-cities, NYC account for almost 60% of global super-prime transactions: Knight Frank
Kushner-linked Albania resort sparks backlash over coastal habitat
Satellite analysis suggests preparation advanced before environmental review
How low can it go? Two decades of Chinese home price growth erased by ongoing crash
No end in sight as housing prices fall for 35th straight month
Home flippers descend on Hong Kong
Prices jump 10% YoY following elimination of taxes on flips, spec in 2024
Barclays drops nearly $1B to buy its London HQ
Lender the latest to shift from renter to owner of office space
Manchester United takes step towards $2B+ stadium project
Soccer club buys majority of land needed for development
National
Pending home sales fall in June as market momentum fades
Deals dropped 5.4 percent from May as high financing costs stifle buyer
New York
Manhattan home listings slide in June, especially on West Side
Inventory down 14 percent year over year
New York
Manhattan co-op prices climb as demand shifts
Median sale price rose 8.5% in Q2, outpacing condos as buyer interest returns
National
REITs outperform broader market in H1 2026
Public real estate investment trusts posted 15% returns in first half of year, outpacing S&P 500, Russell 1000
New York
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MetroLoft behind several top projects in Big Apple
San Francisco
San Francisco drives Bay Area off-market luxury boom
AI wealth and inventory shapes private sale volume
New York
Park Slope fixer-upper tops Brooklyn’s luxury contracts after 34% price cut
Four-story townhouse asking $5.8M sits on rare double-wide lot
National
Lake Havasu new build sets local price record nearly two years after listing
Home was Gaskin Design and Development’s first project in area
New York
Former Mets ace strikes neighborhood peak with $26M Soho flip
Zack Wheeler, wife sell penthouse for $5.4K psf
South Florida
Pending sale of $25M Boca mansion tops busy week in Palm Beach County
Buyers signed deals for 17 contracts totaling $111M
New York
NYC’s top deals: GO Residential buys Crown Heights apartment building for $109M
TRD reports top transactions for Monday, July 20
Los Angeles
$17M mansion in Hancock Park tops last week’s luxury resi contracts
Dollar volume down from week prior but up year-over=over
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BXP putting 7 Times Square ground lease on the market
Landlord seeking rare price point for post-pandemic offices
Chicago
From distressed debt to apartments: Envoi Partners locks in $64M Fortress loan for LaSalle conversion
Former YMCA HQ to be transformed into 207 apartments with ground retail
New York
NYC’s top deals: GO Residential buys Crown Heights apartment building for $109M
TRD reports top transactions for Monday, July 20
South Florida
South Florida’s top deals: Telecom exec pays $19M for new Miami mansion
TRD reports the most important transactions for July 20, 2026
San Francisco
Harvest Properties buys 25-acre R&D campus in Palo Alto, weighs housing redevelopment
Alexandria inked $163M for the sale — 44% less than what it paid in 2019
Chicago
Concord Capital looks to add two stories, 70 units to latest River North conversion project
Latest Chicago Office-to-resi proposal landed developer $16M construction loan to convert 226 West Ontario office mid-rise
South Florida
South Florida’s top deals: Telecom exec pays $19M for new Miami mansion
TRD reports the most important transactions for July 20, 2026
Los Angeles
Elysian, Capstone go 100% affordable for Warner Center apartment project
Woodland Hills hub becoming affordable housing hotspot amid Kroenke investment
Texas
Austin suburb selects Griffin Swinerton to revamp downtown
Fast-growing Liberty Hill targeted 2028 for city center transformation; developer will handle scope of infrastructure needs, historic preservation and community feedback
Chicago
CMK grabs key permit to launch 28-story South Loop high-rise
910 South Wells cleared foundation milestone as part of developer’s massive Riverline master plan
Texas
Therme Dallas pivots, adds skybridge to $800M wellness resort buildout plans
Proposed project along Trinity River inches toward 2027 groundbreaking with new design adjustments still pending
Texas
Tannos secures $28M in construction financing for Houston area mixed-use project
Friendswood-based developer is also building Magnolia Town Center and Friendswood City Center