Category: Top National News

Banker & Tradesman (Boston), Oct. 23, 2016–Adams, Steve 
If Kevin Phelan invites you to breakfast, you’ve arrived as a member of Boston’s power elite.

National Real Estate Investor, Oct. 24, 2016–Anderson, Bendix 
Investors spent less than half as much money buying and selling hotel properties in the first half of 2016 as they did last year.

Bloomberg, Oct. 24, 2016–Ellwood, Mark
Ultra-rare city amenity offers privacy, security, and convenience. So to developers, it’s worth sacrificing precious square feet of ground space. 

Wall Street Journal, Oct. 25, 2016–Fung, Esther
Logistics space owners see surprisingly strong results; Aéropostale bankruptcy hits SL Green Realty.

Reuters, Oct. 25, 2016–Lash, Herbert
The New York Building Congress forecast construction spending this year will reach $43.1 billion, a 26 percent increase from 2015 and the first time the metric will have eclipsed the $40 billion mark in the city.

World Property Journal, Oct. 24, 2016
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s 2015 Annual Report on Multifamily Lending, in 2015 2,855 different multifamily lenders that provided a total of $249.8 billion in new mortgages for apartment buildings in the U.S. with five or more units.

Affordable Housing Finance, Oct. 26, 2016–Kimura, Donna
Fannie Mae Multifamily Mortgage Vice President Bob Simpson discusses what the government-sponsored enterprise has in store.

Wall Street Journal, Oct. 14, 2016–Harrison, David
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren called the economic recovery since 2009 slow and full of surprises.

National Real Estate Investor, Oct. 13, 2016–Chivetta, A.J.
Momentum is building toward a tech-driven revolution that promises to provide a much-needed dose of modernization to commercial real estate investing.

Bloomberg, Oct. 13, 2016–Carmiel, Oshrat
Manhattan apartment rents fell last month as landlords’ pricing power was hurt by a wave of new listings and tenants who shopped around for better deals.