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Prologis raises 2026 acquisition and development guidance after 60 million-square-foot leasing quarter
The REIT lifted its 2026 acquisition range to $2.1 billion–$2.3 billion and its development outlook to $5 billion–$5.75 billion, while flagging higher rates as a risk to values.
Marcus & Millichap: fewer than 50,000 new jobs a month can hold unemployment steady
The brokerage links weaker hiring to slower apartment absorption in the Sun Belt and flags retail net absorption below 2 million square feet a quarter since the start of 2025.
CBRE flags hybrid-work compliance risk for state and local incentives
Attendance requirements now range from 0% to nearly 60% of a work week.
Hillpointe to build 358-home rental community in South Reno
The project combines 268 apartments with 90 build-to-rent townhomes, and first deliveries are set for January 2028.
Urban Land Institute and Heitman report ties commercial property siting to power access
The study projects $7.6 trillion in global data center investment by 2030, with $3 trillion directly connected to real estate.
Manhattan office leasing rises 2.3% through third quarter of 2026
Vacancy fell to 12.6% and direct asking rents rose to $84.56 per square foot, JLL data cited by IREI show.
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Trepp: Apartment prices fell 2.56% year over year in Q2
The equal-weighted index slipped 0.1% from the first quarter; the value-weighted index is down 17.8% since June 2022.
U.S. office posts fifth straight quarter of absorption gains, JLL says
Third-quarter net absorption of 6 million square feet brings the year-to-date total to 21 million as completions stay near a record low.
JLL completes Nuveen's sale of 8270 Greensboro Drive to Onward Investors
The 10-story building is 96% leased to 13 tenants, and the sale price was not disclosed.
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Power tops US site-selection factors in consultants' survey as data center demand strains utilities
79% of surveyed consultants cite electric power as a top factor, ahead of labor availability and geopolitics at 50%.
Kinsmen and SK Development secure $203.5M for 184-unit East Village rental
The plan needs Landmarks approval and an air-rights transfer from St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery; a fallback would drop the 37 affordable units.
Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse Data Centers win Taylor approval for up to 1GW campus
The co-development partners propose the 664-acre Taylor Technology Campus in Austin's technology corridor, according to Connect CRE.
Yardi Matrix moves Sun Belt rent recovery target to 2027 as metro vacancies diverge
The data firm now expects positive rent growth across every major high-supply market by year-end 2027, a year later than its earlier call, Commercial Observer reported.
Trammell Crow Residential files Scottsdale office-to-apartment conversion plans
The 319-unit filing targets a Kierland Boulevard office site The Related Group bought for $32 million in 2023 after city conversion approvals.
SC Capital Partners completes investment in 40MW Pohang AI data center
The liquid-cooled project has power approval, building permits and a secured anchor tenant; completion is targeted for the end of 2027.
Moinian details 1.9M-square-foot Hudson Yards office tower and land buys
The Commercial Observer interview, conducted Sept. 25, traces Moinian's path from Midtown South loft purchases and 1994 office-to-apartment conversions to a 1.9 million-square-foot Hudson Yards office project.
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Boston trophy office rents hit $105.02 per square foot, a two-year high
Marketwide asking rents averaged $66.49 and Class A space outside the top tier fell to $74.84, per JLL data reported by Bisnow.
Data centers become a target of $86.5M in midterm campaign ads
AdImpact data shared with Bisnow shows spots mentioning the sector reached viewers in 38 states, almost always in a negative context.
Portman breaks ground on 714,233-square-foot Houston industrial park
The three-building Gateway 1960 is slated to deliver in the third quarter of 2027 near George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
Barings names Germany a top pick as office prices sit 46% below peak
BauMont has entered the German market with a €70 million Munich residential buy, and Oxford Economics expects industrial to lead German returns.
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Avison Young tracks $3.4T U.S. manufacturing pipeline with two dozen projects under construction
The brokerage counts 124 proposed or announced U.S. projects worth $3.4 trillion in potential investment; roughly two dozen are under construction with about $500 billion committed.
San Francisco office cap meets record run of 100,000-square-foot leases
Twenty leases over 100,000 square feet have closed in 2026 and nine are pending, while a 1985 program limits how much new office space the city can approve.
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Taco Bell's 254,162-square-foot lease is Orange County's largest in five years
JLL data show countywide vacancy down to 15.4 percent and average asking rents up to $3.02 per square foot per month.
Northern Virginia office vacancy falls for sixth straight quarter to 21.7%
JLL recorded 672,378 square feet of positive net absorption while leasing slipped to 1.3 million square feet with no deal above 100,000 square feet.
Lincoln Property expects Uptown office tower over 500,000 square feet
Connect CRE reports the tower would anchor a 1.4 million-square-foot district on a 4-acre Cedar Springs site.
Manhattan office vacancy falls to 12.6 percent as leasing rises 2.3 percent
Direct asking rent reached $84.56 per square foot, and the 7.9 million square feet under construction is largely pre-leased for delivery from 2028 to 2032.
U.S. industrial absorption hits 76.6M square feet in third quarter
Cushman & Wakefield research says demand outpaced new supply for a second straight quarter, with inland markets taking about 80 percent of year-to-date absorption.
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Green Street index: European property prices fall 1% as bid yields widen
Industrial and residential led declines among four sectors Green Street quantified, while data centres, retail and hotel held up on net operating income growth.
Ocean One construction starts among five apartment groundbreakings
Madison Realty Capital supplied construction financing for the 371-unit Boynton Beach project, one of five groundbreakings Multifamily Dive listed on Oct. 8.
Data center power draw climbs from 40 megawatts to gigawatts, forum panelists say
Sam Stockdale of Link Logistics and Jeffrey Moerdler of Haynes Boone discussed scaling power needs and neocloud credit risk at the Oct. 6 forum.
U.S. apartment rents rise 0.3% in Q3 as annual completions fall 46% from peak
Yardi Matrix says fundamentals may be stabilizing, though it flags rising refinancing costs and slower transactions after the 10-year Treasury passed 5%.
Jemal and DivcoWest to convert DC West End office into 323 apartments
Madison Realty Capital provided a $40 million loan for the 342,000-square-foot building's acquisition and predevelopment.
ESR plans Saudi and UAE logistics and data center platform with $10bn-plus pipeline
The company says it has identified more than 3 million square meters of logistics and digital infrastructure assets across the GCC, with a potential end value above $10 billion.
Brooklyn developers favor smaller residential projects as costs climb
A Commercial Observer column attributes the shift to higher rates, construction costs and approval timelines.
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Loudoun tables bill to strip approvals from 15 data center projects
The 15 grandfathered projects total roughly 10.5 million square feet across 30 buildings, and a companion audit measure also stalled.
U.S. mall values rise 13% while $8.7B of mall CMBS sits in special servicing
Green Street attributes 90% of U.S. mall value to about 250 Class-A properties
Yardi: US apartment rents up 0.7% annually in September as renewals slow to 1.7%
Advertised rent averaged $1,775, down 0.1% from August, while third-quarter rents rose 0.3% from the prior quarter for the first time since 2022, per Yardi Matrix.
Amazon lists 325,000 square feet at One Boston Wharf Road for sublease
Seaport availability rose to 27.9% after Amazon's decision, according to Hunneman's third-quarter market summary.
Opus says 1.66M SF Liberty Heartland logistics park in Missouri is fully stabilized
Wagner Logistics committed to 317,000 square feet, about 19% of the three-building park on 165.57 acres.
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Los Angeles County office leasing hits highest since 2019 on renewals
Savills reports about 4 million square feet leased in the third quarter as overall availability fell to 26.5 percent.