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National
Alexander brothers found guilty on all counts in federal sex trafficking trial
Brothers convicted on 10 counts, face minimum sentence of 15 years
Politics
New York
Lawmakers pitch higher transfer taxes, housing reform in budget bills
One-house budget resolutions answer Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s call for higher taxes
Commercial
National
Live Nation to sell venues under DOJ antitrust settlement
Ticketmaster parent company will need to divest from at least 10 properties
Commercial
San Francisco
No end in sight for AI’s office demand: CBRE
Latest firm to plant flag in SF leases Yelp’s former space in SoMa
Residential
Los Angeles
Measure ULA repeat? Santa Barbara floats transfer tax for high-ticket home sales
Revenue shortfall led coastal city to explore fundraising options
Commercial
New York
Syndicator lender Ready Capital takes massive hit
Firm reported $232M in losses, analyst questions whether it could sell Fannie, Freddie license
Residential
San Francisco
Scott Wiener believes Congress can fix the housing shortage. It just needs $1T
State senator proposed paying cities $10K per housing unit built
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Miami’s global ascent and the Two Roads vision
Creating lifestyle destinations from the Bahamas to Las Vegas
Residential
Los Angeles
“Descent into toxicity”: Ernie Carswell’s commissions lawsuit details “cultural decay” at Elliman
“Callous indifference” on Alexanders and “chaotic leadership changes” pushed agent’s move to Sotheby’s last year
French firm buys Tribeca Hilton Garden Inn for $69M
AMTD Digital affiliate plans to convert hotel into “world’s first Art Newspaper House”
Gracie Abrams scoops up another co-op at 1 Fifth Avenue
Singer-songwriter pays $5M for another 18th-floor penthouse
RXR, TF Cornerstone “field trip” set in hunt for 175 Park megaproject investors
2.9m SF office project expected to cost $6.5B
Mamdani pauses private tax lien sale
Suspension gives way to six-month review of program
Top new dev broker buys 50 W 66th St condo for $18M
Extell tower roughly 80% sold with deal by Elliman’s Janice Chang
One High Line sales team leads Corcoran Sunshine awards
Sales at Witkoff Group, Access Industries’ West Chelsea project led by Deborah Kern, Steve Gold
Denied: Terra, Frisbie’s One Boca megaproject rejected in landslide vote
NIMBY candidates swept city council race; mayorship goes to recount
Chetrits lose Miami Beach hotel after five-year battle with lender
Auction followed $96M judgement in January, though borrowers have appealed
Spanish developer hit with suit alleging he sidelined partner from major Live Local Act project
Laura Tauber said she worked on The HueHub for three years without pay before Pablo Castro froze her out
Lender holding $13M judgment acquires distressed Miami River dev site
Developer Marlon Goimez lost property entitled for townhomes at courthouse auction
Related Ross wins height permit for mixed-use Wellington development
Village council approved seven-story extended stay hotel
Miami clinic mogul jumps into multifamily game with $21M buy
La Colonia Medical Centers founder Jorge Acevedo bought 74-unit Hialeah apartment building
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Mamdani asks Trump for $21B for Sunnyside Yard megadevelopment #shorts
Shvo and partners in contract to sell Transamerica Pyramid #shorts
El Portal residents to Adam Neumann: “You punched us in the face”
New Yorker Hotel takeover artist pleads guilty to fraud #shorts
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Josh Schuster to plead guilty to $10M Ponzi scheme
San Francisco's Union Square hums back to life with return of AT&T, The RealReal stores #shorts
Coleman joins Caruso, Witte, Oppenheim to highlight industry backing of Mahan’s bid for governor
Other prominent real estate donors include Douglas Emmett’s Jordan Kaplan and Sobrato Organization, plus LA fundraiser in works
Measure ULA repeat? Santa Barbara floats transfer tax for high-ticket home sales
Revenue shortfall led coastal city to explore fundraising options
“Descent into toxicity”: Ernie Carswell’s commissions lawsuit details “cultural decay” at Elliman
“Callous indifference” on Alexanders and “chaotic leadership changes” pushed agent’s move to Sotheby’s last year
Yamaha Motor Co lists industrial campus as it zips out of California
Japanese motorcycle maker to vacate 279K sf OC headquarters
Irvine mortgage lender scoops up 104K office building from John Hancock for new HQ
OC office investment had gangbusters year in 2025: Yardi Matrix
“Dawson’s Creek,” “Scream” creator lands $17M in Beverly Hills PO sale
Residence in guard-gated Hidden Valley makes for neighborhood’s priciest deal so far this year
Midland hits troubled student housing syndicator Versity with $45M Chicago Loop foreclosure suit
Infighting and extensive legal brawls among ex-partners and lenders cloud future of landlord’s portfolio
Former Sterling Bay co-founder’s firm buys suburban Chicago medical offices for $88M
Scott Goodman’s Farpoint Development is focusing on health care
Seller revealed: Sprout Social co-founder sells Geneva Lake-area mansion for $14M
Off-market Fontana deal was priciest sale in the Wisconsin resort region since last summer
Bob Dunn revives One Central in Chicago, as Springfield weighs $1.6B incentive tool
Proposed bond district could help bankroll scaled-back South Loop megaproject
Amazon-linked lease will fill nearly 1M sf McCook warehouse, marking major Chicago-area industrial move
Crane Worldwide Logistics plans to use it to store data center equipment for Amazon World Services
100-year-old adoption agency site near Chicago up for redevelopment
Cradle Society is selling 38K sf Evanston building that has adaptive re-use zoning
Coleman joins Caruso, Witte, Oppenheim to highlight industry backing of Mahan’s bid for governor
Other prominent real estate donors include Douglas Emmett’s Jordan Kaplan and Sobrato Organization, plus LA fundraiser in works
Scott Wiener believes Congress can fix the housing shortage. It just needs $1T
State senator proposed paying cities $10K per housing unit built
No end in sight for AI’s office demand: CBRE
Latest firm to plant flag in SF leases Yelp’s former space in SoMa
Google snaps up north San Jose office in latest Silicon Valley expansion
Santa Clara apartment project lands $150M Bank of America construction loan
Counters dip in multifamily development down across Silicon Valley amid high building costs, tariffs
Van Daele Homes snaps up Bishop Ranch offices, eyes resi redevelopment
Sunset Development pushing for office-to-resi across San Ramon community
“Inexperienced” New York operator files for bankruptcy protection on Houston apartments
Delaware court marks the third venue in which Nord Group has tried Chapter 11 for Huntington Glen Apartments
Austin
Earthship to develop nuclear research reactor in proposed company town near Austin
County approved Proto-Town as tech-focused development last year
Houston
Franklin Street scores 53K sf in office leases in Houston’s Westchase District
Massachusetts-based REIT bought Towers at Westchase for $155M in 2012
Dallas
Pacific Elm proposes Bryan Tower as new Dallas City Hall site
Developer is offering the vacant 40-story, 1.1M sf tower, as city weighs billion-dollar renovation
Houston
Transwestern files plans for $34M retail building at Houston’s Upper Kirby megaproject
Three-story structure is part of The RO mixed-use campus rising near River Oaks
Austin
H-E-B lands final approval for landfill redevelopment in Buda
Grocer secured $20M incentive package to build 135K sf store south of Austin
Alexander brothers found guilty on all counts in federal sex trafficking trial
Brothers convicted on 10 counts, face minimum sentence of 15 years
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Senate Democrats pitch tariff carveout for homebuilding materials
Proposal aims to blunt Trump trade policies
Growing pains: Compass rolls out layoffs after Anywhere merger
First filing shows 110 employees cut as execs forecast “cost synergies”
Nashville
DAC Developments closes on Nashville SoBro site for 53-story tower
Chicago developer paid $22M for parcel planned for high-rise condo-hotel
Philadelphia
Episcopal Diocese taps Michaels to redevelop 26 church properties
Initiative across Greater Philadelphia could yield more than 1K housing units
Iran strikes in Dubai, Abu Dhabi present possible crisis for UAE property markets
Unrest could deter foreign investors
Proptech unicorn Habi acquires Pulppo to deepen Latin America push
Deal adds broker-focused AI platform and expands presence across Mexico, Colombia and Argentina
UK competition watchdog probes hotels’ use of CoStar platform
Investigation centers on whether shared STR data influenced pricing, strategy
Ares Management buys Netflix’s London office building
German fund manager Union Investment sold property for £160M
Shanghai relaxes homebuying laws for non-residents to stimulate sales
Long-awaited market stabilization could come as soon as Q2
Chicago real estate agent Brad Lippitz among those stranded in Mexico
Attacks erupted following reported death of “El Mencho,” disrupting travel and rattling expat condo owners and tourists, including a Houston realtor
National
U.S. CRE prices kick off 2026 with small gain
Industrial remains top sector with increased investor demand
South Florida
Palm Beach County home sales dip as transaction volume climbs to $22B
Manalapan recorded area’s highest average home price last year
National
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Midwestern, Southern markets post top rental yields, price appreciation
National
Mortgage applications jump as rates dip below 6%
Borrowers rushed to lock in lower rates, driving filings surge
Chicago
Construction slowdown reshuffles Chicago’s top contractors
Permit filings fell nearly 6% in Windy City last year
South Florida
High average, low volume: How Palm Beach’s top agents won 2025
Top resi agents inked fewer, but pricier, home sales last year
New York
Top new dev broker buys 50 W 66th St condo for $18M
Extell tower roughly 80% sold with deal by Elliman’s Janice Chang
San Francisco
Santa Clara apartment project lands $150M Bank of America construction loan
Counters dip in multifamily development down across Silicon Valley amid high building costs, tariffs
New York
Gracie Abrams scoops up another co-op at 1 Fifth Avenue
Singer-songwriter pays $5M for another 18th-floor penthouse
Los Angeles
“Dawson’s Creek,” “Scream” creator lands $17M in Beverly Hills PO sale
Residence in guard-gated Hidden Valley makes for neighborhood’s priciest deal so far this year
New York
One High Line sales team leads Corcoran Sunshine awards
Sales at Witkoff Group, Access Industries’ West Chelsea project led by Deborah Kern, Steve Gold
South Florida
Financier buys Palm Beach estate in Mar-a-Lago Security Zone for $36M
1.5-acre compound hit market for $55M in 2022, indicating a steep discount
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Chicago
Midland hits troubled student housing syndicator Versity with $45M Chicago Loop foreclosure suit
Infighting and extensive legal brawls among ex-partners and lenders cloud future of landlord’s portfolio
Los Angeles
Irvine mortgage lender scoops up 104K office building from John Hancock for new HQ
OC office investment had gangbusters year in 2025: Yardi Matrix
South Florida
Miami clinic mogul jumps into multifamily game with $21M buy
La Colonia Medical Centers founder Jorge Acevedo bought 74-unit Hialeah apartment building
San Francisco
Van Daele Homes snaps up Bishop Ranch offices, eyes resi redevelopment
Sunset Development pushing for office-to-resi across San Ramon community
Chicago
Former Sterling Bay co-founder’s firm buys suburban Chicago medical offices for $88M
Scott Goodman’s Farpoint Development is focusing on health care
Houston
Franklin Street scores 53K sf in office leases in Houston’s Westchase District
Massachusetts-based REIT bought Towers at Westchase for $155M in 2012
South Florida
Related Ross wins height permit for mixed-use Wellington development
Village council approved seven-story extended stay hotel
Nashville
DAC Developments closes on Nashville SoBro site for 53-story tower
Chicago developer paid $22M for parcel planned for high-rise condo-hotel
Houston
Transwestern files plans for $34M retail building at Houston’s Upper Kirby megaproject
Three-story structure is part of The RO mixed-use campus rising near River Oaks
Philadelphia
Episcopal Diocese taps Michaels to redevelop 26 church properties
Initiative across Greater Philadelphia could yield more than 1K housing units
San Francisco
Van Daele Homes snaps up Bishop Ranch offices, eyes resi redevelopment
Sunset Development pushing for office-to-resi across San Ramon community
Austin
H-E-B lands final approval for landfill redevelopment in Buda
Grocer secured $20M incentive package to build 135K sf store south of Austin