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Last Wednesday kicked off the California Mortgage Bankers Association’s 23rd Annual Western States CREF, this year the conference was delivered as a two-day virtual experience on September 9 and 10.

The Urban Land Institute, Washington D.C., said integrating the arts with good design can spark a creative culture in real estate projects, revitalize communities and boost financial and other return on investment measures for developers.

CBRE, Los Angeles, said net-lease investment fell significantly in the second quarter but comprised the highest share of total volume on record amid a sharp pandemic-related commercial real estate investment activity decline.

Walker & Dunlop, Bethesda, Md., structured $67.2 million in financing to construct Shoma Village Apartments, a Class A mixed-use property with 304 apartment units and 11,625 square feet of retail in Hialeah, Fla.

Transwestern, Houston, named Doug Prickett Senior Managing Director of Investments & Analytics.

CoreLogic, Irvine, Calif., said single-family rent growth stabilized in July after seeing its slowest growth in a decade during June.

Efforts to achieve gender parity in commercial real estate are far from complete–in fact, little progress has been made in the last five years, reported CREW Network, Lawrence, Kan.

Exantas Capital Corp., New York, announced its newly formed subsidiaries, Exantas Capital Corp. 2020-RSO9 Ltd. and Exantas Capital Corp. 2020-RSO9 LLC will issue $245.8 million of non-recourse, floating-rate notes at a weighted-average cost of the one-month LIBOR plus 313 basis points.