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Chipotle Adding Hundreds Of New Locations Worldwide

Chipotle Adding Hundreds Of New Locations Worldwide

By Bisnow News Feed September 15, 2026

The fast-casual chain entered South Korea this month and announced it will open as many as 370 locations this year, up from last year.

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'Beyond A Routine Wobble': 10-Year Treasury Clears 5% Ahead
Of Key Fed Meeting

'Beyond A Routine Wobble': 10-Year Treasury Clears 5% Ahead Of Key Fed Meeting

By Bisnow News Feed September 15, 2026

U.S. 10-year Treasury bond yields hit 5%, impacting borrowing costs ahead of the Federal Reserve's Wednesday decision on interest rates.

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Stewards Sets Up $240M Deal for Two South Florida
Multifamily Properties

Stewards Sets Up $240M Deal for Two South Florida Multifamily Properties

By Commercial Observer September 15, 2026

Fort Lauderdale-based Stewards has signed letters of intent to acquire two apartment properties in Broward County, Fla., in a stock transaction valued at $240 million. The Nasdaq-listed financial and real estate company will acquire the 330-unit Pixl apartments in Plantation, and the 214-unit Envy apartments in Pompano Beach. Under the proposed structure, Stewards would acquire…

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Piedmont Buys Virginia Office for $53M — Double Its 2024
Sale Price

Piedmont Buys Virginia Office for $53M — Double Its 2024 Sale Price

By Commercial Observer September 15, 2026

A joint venture has unloaded an office building in Northern Virginia for nearly twice what it paid to acquire the property just two years ago in the depths of post-pandemic distress. The venture involving FarmView Ventures, GreenBarn Investment Group and Rithm Capital sold the 189,000-square-foot, Class A office at 4075 Wilson Boulevard in Arlington, Va.,…

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Logos Faith Development CEO Martin Porter On Building With
Religious Institutions

Logos Faith Development CEO Martin Porter On Building With Religious Institutions

By Commercial Observer September 15, 2026

Faith-based development is having a moment in Southern California, where churches and other religious institutions control underused land in some of the communities most desperate for more housing. Logos Faith Development is partnering with these institutions rather than buying sites outright, and using those properties to develop mixed-income and affordable housing while returning value to…

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Kirkland & Ellis Hires Seth Niedermayer as Partner
in Real Estate Group

Kirkland & Ellis Hires Seth Niedermayer as Partner in Real Estate Group

By Commercial Observer September 15, 2026

After more than a decade at HSF Kramer, real estate attorney Seth Niedermayer has moved offices to Kirkland & Ellis. Niedermayer joined the Chicago-based law firm’s real estate group as a partner this week, as shared in a LinkedIn post Monday evening and confirmed by a spokesperson for the firm. Kirkland & Ellis, which serves…

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Podcast: How AI Is Making Rental Application Fraud Harder to
Catch, with Docuverus

Podcast: How AI Is Making Rental Application Fraud Harder to Catch, with Docuverus

By Commercial Observer September 15, 2026

Jamie Borodin is the founder and CEO of Docuverus, a document verification and fraud detection platform purpose-built for multifamily housing providers. With over 30 years in resident screening, Jamie founded Docuverus in 2017 to address a gap no existing tool was solving: authenticating income documents at the metadata level while simultaneously reading and calculating their contents.…

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Brooklyn’s Former Hotel Bossert Set to Become Ritz-Carlton
Luxury Residences

Brooklyn’s Former Hotel Bossert Set to Become Ritz-Carlton Luxury Residences

By Commercial Observer September 15, 2026

The historic former Hotel Bossert in Brooklyn Heights — once home to the victory party for the Brooklyn Dodgers’ lone World Series win — will now become Ritz-Carlton-branded luxury condos under new ownership. Developer SomeraRoad, which acquired the 14-story, 282-key hotel at 98 Montague Street for $100 million in May 2025, announced Tuesday alongside Marriott…

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Starwood Capital Group Hires Blackstone’s Michael Eglit as
U.S. Head of Originations

Starwood Capital Group Hires Blackstone’s Michael Eglit as U.S. Head of Originations

By Commercial Observer September 15, 2026

Fall is almost here and a slight chill — plus the scent of freshly sharpened pencils — is in the air. For Starwood Capital Group, there’s also a new leader at the helm of its debt business as the firm gears up for the fourth quarter.  Starwood Capital has hired Michael Eglit as its new…

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