New York
AvalonBay and Equity Residential Forge $69B Apartment Titan in All-Stock Merger of Equals
The combination of the nation’s two largest multifamily REITs creates a 180,000-unit powerhouse with dominant positions in Los Angeles, New York and Greater...
JLL Forecasts Bay Area Rent Surge and Robotics Boom as VC Investment Captures 79% of US Total
JLL research director Alexander Quinn told East Bay leaders that an AI-fueled investment wave is driving record rents, a manufacturing revival and a...
City Controller: San Francisco Economy Has Reached an Inflection Point
Q1 2026 indicators show tech hiring rebound, office vacancy retreating, and downtown foot traffic climbing as city hits economic inflection point San Francisco’s...
Mavik Capital Flips 97-Unit University Park Apartments in Berkeley to Market After $25MM Foreclosure Takeback
New York lender’s REO affiliate is testing investor appetite for a value-add student housing play near UC Berkeley just months after wresting the...
Equinix Rides AI Inference Wave to Record Q1 Sales as West Coast Capacity Tightens
The Redwood City data center giant booked its largest sales quarter ever as agentic AI workloads push enterprises off the public cloud and...
Blackstone Mortgage Trust Covers Dividend Third Straight Quarter as Platform Pivots Toward Data Centers and Net Lease
The $19.7 billion CRE lender posted a GAAP net loss but distributable earnings cleared the dividend hurdle, signaling that a portfolio reset built...
Apartment Titans AvalonBay and Equity Residential Eye $50B Merger That Could Redraw US Rental Map
The two largest US apartment REITs are in early-stage talks on a combination that would create a roughly 200,000-unit landlord and reignite REIT...
Rithm Pivots Paramount Portfolio Into Elecor With $250MM Amenity Blitz Across New York and San Francisco
Michael Nierenberg’s $63 billion alternatives firm rebrands its 16-building, 13.8 million-square-foot office platform and doubles down on hospitality-style upgrades to capture flight-to-quality demand....
Miami-Backed Partnership Acquires Ghirardelli Square from Jamestown for Estimated $75MM-$80MM
A Florida-based investor and Denver developer take control of one of San Francisco’s most recognizable waterfront destinations as Bay Area retail fundamentals firm...
Bay Area Swallows Q1 Venture Capital as Seattle and Los Angeles Fall Further Behind
OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI concentrate $221.1 billion in Northern California while Southern California and the Pacific Northwest scrape single-digit billions in a market...
Carmel Partners Closes Fund 9 at $1.35 Billion
SAN FRANCISCO, April 7, 2026 – Carmel Partners (“Carmel”) announced today the final close of Carmel Partners Investment Fund 9, its U.S. multifamily real estate value...
Spring Break Rebound Pushes U.S. Office Occupancy Past 54%, but a Stark Regional Divide Persists
The latest Kastle Systems data reveals accelerating return-to-office momentum nationally, with Texas metros nearing pre-pandemic attendance and Class A+ buildings approaching full capacity—while...
