News/Events
Scion Group, Ares Acquire U.S. Student Housing Portfolio for $435M
In their second major acquisition this year, student housing owner and operator the Scion Group and private equity giant Ares Management have purchased a four-community student housing portfolio in Texas, Tennessee and Georgia for approximately $435 million. Scion and Ares bought the 2,316-bed portfolio from Schenk+, a real estate development and investment company led by…
Retail Location Intelligence Grows in Sophistication and Usage
In the late 1960s, science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke posited a now-famous law of the universe: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” As the rapid advancement of technology, especially given the ongoing progress of artificial intelligence, often makes this seem truer by the day, its implications in commercial real estate are often…
GreenBarn’s David Welsh and David Schonbraun Aren’t Afraid of a Little Complexity
A lot happened in the world in 2020: some bad, some ugly but also some good. Amid the tumult and upheaval came some new shoots — “green” ones, so to speak — and, a few years after that, a pairing of two industry veterans. David Welsh co-founded Normandy Real Estate Partners, an investment firm primarily…
Butlr’s New Thermal Sensor Products Aim at Occupancy and Restrooms
Physical artificial intelligence technology company Butlr has launched two products — Ask Butlr and its Smart Cleaning module — for building operators. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology spinout, Butlr combines thermal body heat sensing technology and machine learning to infer human behavior without the use of cameras or other methods that compromise anonymity. Ask Butlr,…
Forbearances, Modifications Carry Weight in Latest Data
CRED iQ tracked 82 modified commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) and commercial real estate collateralized loan obligation (CRE CLO) loans with a combined $2.36 billion in outstanding balance from May through July 2026. The mix looks different than it did a few quarters ago as “extend and pretend” hasn’t disappeared, but it’s no longer the whole…
Trepp’s Stephen Buschbom and Andy Boettcher On a Very Busy 2026 for CMBS
The commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market is on track to exceed issuance expectations in 2026, with single-asset, single-borrower (SASB) deals driving the reassessment. With more than $90 billion of CMBS volume scheduled to close through early September, the market is on pace to reach nearly $140 billion by the end of the year, according to…
Lab Landlords In 'Hand-To-Hand Combat' To Last To Recovery
Rental rates nationwide have declined nearly 18% since 2023 to $64 per SF.
Chicago's Slow Apartment Pipeline Fueling Deals And Adaptive Reuse
Chicago's tight apartment market is spurring creative deals and office conversions.
'This Is A Big Change For Me': Leslie Cohen Launching New Company After Leaving Davis Cos.
Leslie Cohen, a longtime Boston real estate executive, is launching Ops Alchemy to help small real estate firms with their operations.
