The Lede

Wall Street Journal, Aug. 14, 2017--Keiko Morris (subscription)New York commercial real estate deals shrank in the first half of 2017. The value of transactions in New York City decreased 39% in the first 6 months of the year from the same period a year earlier.

San Jose (Calif.) Mercury-News, Aug. 14, 2017--Richard ScheininGoogle's new plan to remake downtown San Jose into a massive, transit-centered 'Google village' with up to 20,000 new jobs could forever change the city's trajectory.

National Real Estate Investor, Aug. 15, 2017--Bendix AndersonIn a few overbuilt downtowns, apartment rents are starting to fall. But experts claim that demand for apartment units continues to be so strong, the trend won't last for long.

Commercial Property Executive, Aug. 10, 2017--Chris Nebenzahl Major diversified real estate firms led the 2017 Top 50 Property Management Firms ranking, as Colliers International, Cushman & Wakefield, CBRE Group and JLL took the top spots.

Wall Street Journal, Aug. 10, 2017--Ryan Dezember (subscription)Two of the country's largest single-famly rental-home owners, Blackstone Group LP's Invitation Homes and Starwood Waypoint Homes, agreed to merge in a deal that would create a giant landlord with roughly 82,000 homes in 17 metro areas.

Dow Jones Newswires, Aug. 10, 2017--Laura Stevens Beyond simple cross-selling opportunities, a big question in the $13.7 billion deal is: How deeply will the online retail giant integrate its new brick-and-mortar subsidiary?

National Real Estate Investor, Aug. 16, 2017--John EganOwners and developers of suburban offices that fail to embrace the urb-suburban vibe might find it harder to justify new projects or attract new tenants.

The number of hotel guestrooms under contract grew 11.7 percent between July 2016 and last month, reported STR, Hendersonville, Tenn.

The outlook for U.S. economic growth over the next three years looks slightly weaker than it did three months ago, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Survey of Professional Forecasters reported.

The commercial mortgage-backed securities delinquency rate dropped significantly in July after climbing in June and issuance volume remained healthy, reported Trepp and Kroll Bond Rating Agency, New York.

Institutional-grade commercial loans returned 2.11 percent in the second quarter, up from 2.01 percent in first-quarter 2017, the Giliberto-Levy Commercial Mortgage Performance Index reported.

Alternative lenders are on the rise in commercial real estate finance--and a recent upswing in alternative lending appears to be compensating for a similar decline in bank lending, reported CrediFi, New York.

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Alternative lenders are on the rise in commercial real estate finance--and a recent upswing in alternative lending appears to be compensating for a similar decline in bank lending, reported CrediFi, New York.

Alternative lenders are on the rise in commercial real estate finance--and a recent upswing in alternative lending appears to be compensating for a similar decline in bank lending, reported CrediFi, New York.