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Blackstone Bets $50 Billion That Real Estate’s Long Winter Is Ending
The alternative asset giant delivered its best quarter ever, but its real estate portfolio—down 16 percent since the rate cycle began—is only now...
U.S. Population Growth Slows to 0.5% in 2025 as Net Immigration Drops 54% to 1.3MM
Wells Fargo Economics says reduced foreign inflows, not domestic moves, drove the nationwide deceleration After several years in which migration reshaped regional economies,...
Alexandria Real Estate Seeks Buyer for Stanford Campus in Palo Alto Acquired for $292MM in 2019
Alexandria Real Estate Equities has designated its properties at 3825 and 3875 Fabian Way in Palo Alto’s Greater Stanford submarket as held for...
Alexandria Real Estate Slashes Dividend 45% as Life Science Downturn Forces Strategy Shift
The pioneering life science REIT posts its fifth consecutive quarterly loss while accelerating asset sales to shore up balance sheet Alexandria Real Estate...
Amazon Pulls the Plug on Fresh and Go Stores in Strategic Retreat from Grocery Ambitions
The e-commerce giant is shuttering all 72 experimental retail locations as it refocuses on Whole Foods and delivery Amazon.com Inc.’s bold experiment in...
Consumer Confidence Plunges to Decade Low as Labor Market Anxieties Mount
Growing Job Market Concerns and Cost-of-Living Pressures Push Sentiment Below Pandemic-Era Levels American consumer confidence has fallen to its lowest point in a...
San Francisco’s Comeback Investors: Why We’re Betting Big Despite the Risks
Exclusive developer roundtable reveals acquisition strategies, cost challenges, and fears that could derail the city’s recovery The developers and investors actually writing checks...
Construction Spending Flat Since August as Private Outlays Fall 1.9% and Data Centers Rise 19%
Wells Fargo Economics says September-October saw a 0.1 percent dip overall, with public works up 2.1 percent year over year and single-family housing...
Office Attendance Dips in December 2025, But Seasonal Patterns—Not RTO Retreat—Drive the Decline
Office buildings across the United States saw their widest gap in attendance compared to pre-pandemic levels this December, but the data suggests holiday...
Immigration Slowdown Hits West Coast Economy Hard as Net Migration Turns Negative
Brookings analysis finds first negative migration in 50 years threatens labor force growth and consumer spending across key Western states The United States...
U.S. Home Builders Enter 2026 With Sentiment Slipping as Demand Falters
NAHB index falls to 37 in January as 65 percent of builders rely on incentives despite easing mortgage rates The U.S. housing market...
California’s Jobs Crisis Deepens: Nation’s Highest Unemployment Rate Signals Persistent Weakness
Analysis: At 5.5 percent, California ranks dead last among states as manufacturing losses and federal shutdown complications mask true extent of labor market...
