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Biotech Is Hiring at Record Levels — and Labs Sit Nearly One-Quarter Empty

Signals

Jun 15, 2026

Biotech Is Hiring at Record Levels — and Labs Sit Nearly One-Quarter Empty

Life-science vacancy hit 23.2% in Q1 even as employment and venture funding climbed

CRE360 Editorial Desk

Braemar Pays $480M to Fire Its Manager and Run Itself

Hospitality

Jun 15, 2026

Braemar Pays $480M to Fire Its Manager and Run Itself

A luxury hotel REIT exits external management — and hands its sponsor a nine-figure check to do it

CRE360 Editorial Desk

Blackstone Circles H&R REIT as Rivals Walk From the Table

Signals

Jun 15, 2026

Blackstone Circles H&R REIT as Rivals Walk From the Table

Toronto-based owner confirms talks over a sale of "certain assets" from its 20M-SF book

CRE360 Editorial Desk

Office-to-Apartment Conversions Hit a Record 90,300 Units

Office Conversion

Jun 15, 2026

Office-to-Apartment Conversions Hit a Record 90,300 Units

Obsolete office is now nearly half the national adaptive-reuse pipeline

CRE360 Editorial Desk

Samsung Walks Out of Its Own Housewarming Party

Office

Jun 8, 2026

Samsung Walks Out of Its Own Housewarming Party

Eight months after opening a new New Jersey HQ, Samsung is moving it to Texas.

CRE360 Editorial Desk

Private Equity Buys the Rent Roll Without Buying the Buildings

M&A

Jun 8, 2026

Private Equity Buys the Rent Roll Without Buying the Buildings

New Mountain Capital is paying $2B+ for Asset Living — a manager, not a landlord.

CRE360 Editorial Desk

Allstate's Old Headquarters Is Now a Net-Lease Cash Machine

Midwest

Jun 8, 2026

Allstate's Old Headquarters Is Now a Net-Lease Cash Machine

Realty Income spent $340M+ on Chicago-area warehouses in May — much of it on a dead office campus reborn as industrial.

CRE360 Editorial Desk

The 2016 CMBS Vintage Starts Rolling Over at 5.5%

capital market

Jun 8, 2026

The 2016 CMBS Vintage Starts Rolling Over at 5.5%

10 Hudson Yards lines up a $1.4B refi — and sets the mark for trophy office debt.

CRE360 Editorial Desk

Retail

Jun 8, 2026

Manhattan Ran Out of Storefronts

Prime retail availability just hit the lowest level ever recorded — and rents are following.

CRE360 Editorial Desk

The Fight Over Who Controls the Listing Reaches Trial

Proptech

Jun 4, 2026

The Fight Over Who Controls the Listing Reaches Trial

The Compass–Zillow antitrust dispute heads to court over control of listing distribution.

CRE360 Editorial Desk

Retail

Jun 4, 2026

Net-Lease Capital Picks a Side: Industrial In, Retail Out

Industrial net-lease rose 15% to $7.1B in Q1; retail net-lease fell 21% to $2.7B.

CRE360 Editorial Desk

Office

Jun 4, 2026

Google Re-Signs 411K SF and Reminds Everyone Office Isn't One Market

A major lease renewal at 315 Hudson lands while the office narrative stays bearish.

CRE360 Editorial Desk

Savills Buys Eastdil and the Advisory Map Redraws Itself

M&A

Jun 4, 2026

Savills Buys Eastdil and the Advisory Map Redraws Itself

A $1.1B deal creates the No. 2 global advisor for prime $100M-plus CRE — and signals a consolidation wave.

CRE360 Editorial Desk

$830M Says the "Boring" Housing Is the Smart Housing

Manufactured Housing

Jun 4, 2026

$830M Says the "Boring" Housing Is the Smart Housing

RHP locks $830M for 36 manufactured-home communities — 8,340 pads at 99%-plus occupancy

CRE360 Editorial Desk

The Biggest Housing Check of the Cycle Bought Beds, Not Buildings

CRE Transactions

Jun 4, 2026

The Biggest Housing Check of the Cycle Bought Beds, Not Buildings

Scion and Ares take Harrison Street's 7,578-bed student portfolio for $910M — and Scion becomes the world's largest owner.

CRE360 Editorial Desk

Office

Jun 3, 2026

The Office-to-Housing Machine Hits Industrial Scale

Conversions reach ~90,300 units in 2026 — now nearly half of all adaptive reuse.

CRE360 Editorial Desk

Retail

Jun 3, 2026

Retail's Problem Is That There Isn't Enough of It

Availability fell to a record 4.8% as a decade of under-building meets a healthy consumer.

CRE360 Editorial Desk

Medical Office Graduates to a Core Food Group

Signals

Jun 3, 2026

Medical Office Graduates to a Core Food Group

A $7.2B outpatient portfolio is closing in tranches as occupancy hits a record.

CRE360 Editorial Desk

The Lab-Space Boom Just Failed Its First Leasing Test

Life Science

Jun 3, 2026

The Lab-Space Boom Just Failed Its First Leasing Test

Roughly three-quarters of 2025's new life sciences supply is still sitting empty.

CRE360 Editorial Desk

A $148M Groundbreaking Bets on Build Cost, Not Just Rent

Construction Cost

Jun 2, 2026

A $148M Groundbreaking Bets on Build Cost, Not Just Rent

St. John Properties breaks ground on 335 units in Maryland — the largest ICF building in North America.

CRE360 Editorial Desk

Multifamily Finds Its Floor Everywhere But Where It Overbuilt

Signals

Jun 2, 2026

Multifamily Finds Its Floor Everywhere But Where It Overbuilt

National rents edged up in May; Austin still prints −5.2% as Sun Belt supply clears slowly.

CRE360 Editorial Desk

Office Stops Falling Before Anyone Declared It Safe

Signals

Jun 2, 2026

Office Stops Falling Before Anyone Declared It Safe

Construction hit a 14-year low as leasing posted a third straight positive quarter.

CRE360 Editorial Desk

Jun 2, 2026

A Single AI Lease Just Out-Priced an Entire REIT

Hut 8's Beacon Point campus signs a 15-year, 352 MW lease worth $9.8B — triple-net, take-or-pay.

CRE360 Editorial Desk

StorageMart Buys Carlyle's Manhattan Storage Book for ~$1B

Self-Storage

Jun 2, 2026

StorageMart Buys Carlyle's Manhattan Storage Book for ~$1B

Fifteen irreplaceable NYC locations trade at scarcity pricing — even as Sun Belt storage rents slide.

CRE360 Editorial Desk

REIT

Jun 2, 2026

The Private Bid Pulls Another REIT Off the Board

Makarora and Ares paid a ~50% premium to take Plymouth Industrial private — quantifying the public-vs-private gap.

CRE360 Editorial Desk

Signals

Biotech Is Hiring at Record Levels — and Labs Sit Nearly One-Quarter Empty

Braemar Pays $480M to Fire Its Manager and Run Itself

Blackstone Circles H&R REIT as Rivals Walk From the Table

Office-to-Apartment Conversions Hit a Record 90,300 Units

Samsung Walks Out of Its Own Housewarming Party

Private Equity Buys the Rent Roll Without Buying the Buildings

Allstate's Old Headquarters Is Now a Net-Lease Cash Machine

The 2016 CMBS Vintage Starts Rolling Over at 5.5%

Manhattan Ran Out of Storefronts

The Fight Over Who Controls the Listing Reaches Trial

Net-Lease Capital Picks a Side: Industrial In, Retail Out

Google Re-Signs 411K SF and Reminds Everyone Office Isn't One Market

Savills Buys Eastdil and the Advisory Map Redraws Itself

$830M Says the "Boring" Housing Is the Smart Housing

The Biggest Housing Check of the Cycle Bought Beds, Not Buildings

The Office-to-Housing Machine Hits Industrial Scale

Retail's Problem Is That There Isn't Enough of It

Medical Office Graduates to a Core Food Group

The Lab-Space Boom Just Failed Its First Leasing Test

A $148M Groundbreaking Bets on Build Cost, Not Just Rent

Multifamily Finds Its Floor Everywhere But Where It Overbuilt

Office Stops Falling Before Anyone Declared It Safe

A Single AI Lease Just Out-Priced an Entire REIT

StorageMart Buys Carlyle's Manhattan Storage Book for ~$1B

The Private Bid Pulls Another REIT Off the Board

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