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LOTS TO LOVE: Industrial outdoor storage becomes real estate’s quiet outperformer. PLAYERS: Leo Addimando, Jesse Hom. Read more here.
RATE WARS: What do you do when CRE cap rates match interest rates? Read more here.
JV JUICE: National Storage Affiliates and Investment Real Estate Management launch $350M self-storage joint venture. PLAYERS: David Cramer, John Gilliland, Will Cowan. Read more here.
GIANT GROUNDBREAKING: Related Cos. breaks ground on $7B Michigan data center for Oracle and OpenAI’s Stargate project. Read more here.

IOS: Corepoint Real Estate sells 17 AC IOS in Miami to Outpost for $52.1M. PLAYERS: Marc Smouha, Jonathan Marti. Read more here.
IOS: Catalyst Investment Partners buys 13.5 AC IOS in West Palm Beach, FL. PLAYERS: Brandon Johnson, Kyle Earley, Bruce Schoenbrun. Read more here.
SMALL BAY: Decker Capital buys Jacksonville small bay portfolio for $26.5M. PLAYERS: Shane Decker, Peleg Amzalag, Aaron Werbel, Michael Lewin, Adam Steinlauf. Read more here.
SHALLOW BAY: Rockpoint buys 1.1 MSF shallow bay park in Richmond, VA. PLAYERS: Fred Borges, Ben Harris, Graham Savage. Read more here.
COLD STORAGE: Newmark sells Upper Midwest cold storage portfolio for $64.2M. PLAYERS: Briggs Goldberg, Andrew Sandquist, JC Asensio, Nicholas Baker, Kurt Weis, Sean McNeely. Read more here.
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SENIOR HOUSING: Sonida Senior Living to acquire CNL Healthcare Properties in $1.8B senior housing merger. PLAYERS: Stephen Mauldin, Michael Simanovsky. Read more here.
SENIOR HOUSING: Harrison Street forms JV with Oakmont, Blue Mountain for $1B California senior housing portfolio. Read more here.
STUDENT HOUSING: HH Group acquires New Haven, CT, asset for $57.5M. Read more here.
STUDENT HOUSING: Madbury Capital secures $46M refinancing for 524-bed student housing community near University of New Hampshire. PLAYERS: Eric Rosenstock, Jesse Yodice, Yarin Amzalag. Read more here.
BTR: Dwight Mortgage funds $42.5M loan for 133-unit BTR project in Asheville, NC. Read more here.
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MED OFFICE: CBRE facilitates $16.25M sale of Creek Medical Buildings in Irvine, CA. PLAYERS: Anthony DeLorenzo, Sammy Cemo, Bryan Johnson, Harry Su. Read more here.
MED OFFICE: The president of Healing Realty Trust discusses current trends in the medical office market. PLAYER: Cody Shandraw. Read more here.
MED OFFICE: Welltower to sell $6B medical office portfolio to double down on senior housing growth. Read more here.
DISTRESSED: Developer Izek Shomof buys Long Beach’s Landmark Square tower for $50M amid office slump. Read more here.
DISTRESSED: Receivers thrive as $1.3B in Philly office debt fuels surge in distressed property takeovers. PLAYERS: Brenton Hutchinson, Lewis Taulbee, Matthew Mason. Read more here.
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COUNTRY CLUB: Texas county clubs are booming. Read more here.
STADIUM: Mixed-use stadium districts score big as teams turn ballparks into year-round entertainment hubs. Read more here.
CASINO: A new casino may be coming to the metro Phoenix area. Read more here.
CAMPGROUND: Athena Real Estate expands Applebrook portfolio with Catskills’ Skyway Camping Resort acquisition. PLAYER: Richard O’Brien. Read more here.
MARINA: Kenwood and Suntex launch first new San Francisco Bay marina project in over 25 years. PLAYERS: Darius Anderson, Bryan Redmond. Read more here.


DATA CENTER: Archibald I files plans for 2 campuses totaling 3.3 MSF. Read more here.
DATA CENTER: AI surge sparks race to build ultra-high-power data centers as capacity crunch deepens. Read more here.
DATA CENTER: CBRE expands digital infrastructure reach with $1.2B Pearce Services acquisition. PLAYERS: Jamie Hodari, Michelle Edler. Read more here.
DATA CENTER: Centra secures $230M to expand US data center footprint, including Reno and Minneapolis. PLAYERS: Bill Cook, Chris Machen. Read more here.
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C-STORE: Mega Saver set to acquire 29 Yesway c-stores, expanding Iowa presence and entering Kansas. Read more here.
C-STORE: Fast Stop of Louisiana enters Iowa with 3 C-store acquisitions, expanding network to 57 locations. Read more here.
NET LEASE: KPR Centers expands Chicago footprint with $40M acquisition of Pointe Plaza retail center. Read more here.
QSR: Flynn Group launches Flynn Growth to scale emerging brands, inks 160-store deal with 7 Brew. PLAYER: Lauren Leahy. Read more here.

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