The Lede

Scotsman Guide, Jan. 29, 2016--Lewis, Bill Thomas Kim, MBA senior vice president of commercial/multifamily, talked with Scotsman Guide about anticipated growth levels and lending activity in the commercial mortgage markets.

Charlotte Observer, Jan. 30, 2016--Portillo, Ely Commercial real estate has long had a reputation for being a "good old boys'" sort of world, in which men dominate deal-making, development and construction. But growing numbers of women in top leadership positions are aiming to change that, and help their female colleagues advance.

Jan. 29, 2016--Drummer, Randyl  For almost everyone involved in commercial real estate, 2015 was a very good year.

Crain's New York Business, Jan. 31, 2016--Geiger, Daniel  These deals show how investors in lower Manhattan and Brooklyn--once undesirable neighborhoods for office space--scored big sums as the perception of those markets changed.

ORLANDO--The Mortgage Bankers Association and the Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business and Management today announced creation of a six-month Executive Certificate in Commercial Real Estate, beginning this March.

ORLANDO--The Mortgage Bankers Association released its year-end 2015 ranking of commercial and multifamily mortgage servicers' volumes. At the top is Wells Fargo Bank NA with $501.5 billion in U.S. master and primary servicing.

ORLANDO--11 percent, or $183.3 billion out of $1.7 trillion in outstanding commercial and multifamily mortgages held by non-bank lenders and investors, will mature in 2016, a 51 percent increase from $121.0 billion that matured in 2015, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported.

Cap rates in the single-tenant net lease big box sector compressed 63 basis points during 2015 to end the year at 6.08 percent, reported the Boulder Group, Northbrook, Ill.