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Brookdale Senior Living To Buy 30 Communities It Operates From Welltower For $290M
Brookdale Senior Living completed a series of transactions to advance its strategy of owning more of the real estate it operates.
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Scarcity, Privacy and Authenticity Are Luxury Development’s Calling Cards Now
The standard of luxury in residential real estate has traditionally been measured by what can be seen and counted: square footage, ceiling heights, the number of amenities, or the length of the services list. But today’s discerning buyers are increasingly drawn to the experiential qualities of a home: how it feels to move through the…
Rents Smash Expectations At GPE
Great Portland Estates exceeded its rental expectations with £19M in new leases as demand in London surged.
Insurance Is Taking a Bigger Bite Out of Apartment Revenue
In 2019, a Louisiana apartment property financed in a commercial mortgage-backed securities or Freddie K-Series deal spent about $4.77 on insurance for every $100 of revenue it collected. By 2025, that figure was $9.42, and that is after premiums fell last year. The Louisiana example underscores the shape of the apartment insurance story. After five…
Brooklyn Apartment Leasing Strongest Since 2020 for a September: Report
Apartments are filling up in Brooklyn. Leasing momentum in Brooklyn’s rental market increased 10 percent annually in September, as the borough notched its strongest September of apartment leasing activity since 2020 at 1,407 leases signed, according to data from the Corcoran Group. Manhattan, on the other hand, had a somewhat shabby September. Apartment leasing activity…
C-PACE Financing Can Be a Useful Part of a Data Center’s Capital Stack
The data center boom faces a financing challenge: Developers must fund not only the buildings themselves, but also the power, cooling and other infrastructure required to support increasingly energy-intensive computing. The International Energy Agency estimates that data centers consumed approximately 415 terawatt hours of electricity globally in 2024, and it projects that consumption will more…
Japanese Restaurant Udon Shin to Open First NYC Spot at 37 West 17th Street
Udon Shin, a popular Japanese restaurant with only two other U.S. locations, is gearing up to open its first New York City eatery, Commercial Observer has learned. Udon Shin has signed a 10-year, 2,500-square-foot lease at 37 West 17th Street in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, according to tenant broker Aaron Gavios of Gavios Realty Group. Asking…
Digital Communications Firm Next 15 Signs 6K-SF Lease at 78 Crosby Street
A U.K.-based digital communications firm has leased the third floor of a SoHo office building, Commercial Observer has learned. Next Fifteen Communications Group, also known as Next 15, signed a 6,350-square-foot lease at Milkystar’s 78 Crosby Street, the same building occupied by betting platform Polymarket, according to landlord broker Judson CRE. It will be the…
