Maria Maruta

Maria Maruta is an Associate Editor with Multi-Housing News and Commercial Property Executive. Maria completed a Bachelor's in Art History and a Master's in Film Studies at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Currently, she writes commercial real estate news, particularly on the office, retail, coworking and self storage sectors. You may reach her at maria.maruta@cpe-mhn.com

Aerial shot of 555 Mangum, a 234,000-square-foot office building in downtown Durham.

Cybersecurity Firm Expands Durham Footprint

The tenant signed its first lease in the building last year.

Exterior shot of the 225,000-square-foot office building at 4646 W Sam Houston Parkway North in Houston, Texas.

US Property Management Buys Vacant Office Building in Houston

JLL brokered the deal on behalf of the seller.

Rendering of The Shoppes at Carlsbad in Carlsbad, Calif.

Steerpoint Buys 727 KSF of Retail in San Diego 

The deal involves a significant portion of a 1.1 million-square-foot center.

Exterior shot of the PetSmart store at East Washington Place shopping center in Petaluma, Calif.

Vestar Lands $34M Refi for Bay Area Retail

Voya Financial provided the note.

Exterior shot of Cottonwood's headquarters.

Cottonwood Raises $1B for Investment Platform 

The private equity firm plans to invest in a variety of commercial and multifamily assets.

Exterior shot of the office building at 623 Fifth Ave. in Manhattan.

Vornado Completes $218M Manhattan Tower Acquisition

The office building last traded in 2002.

Rendering of Shoppes at Knollwood, a 451,700-square-foot retail center in St. Louis, Minn.

KPR Enters Minnesota With 452 KSF Retail Buy

In the past 18 months, the firm has purchased 12 other retail centers amounting to 3 million square feet, for a combined $400 million.

Aerial shot of Ridge Park Square, a 386,754-square-foot dual grocery-anchored shopping center in Brooklyn, Ohio.

RCG Ventures Buys Cleveland Shopping Center

This was the property’s first time on the market since its 1989 completion.

Exterior shot of Times Square West, a 144,500-square-foot mixed-use property in Manhattan.

Manhattan Asset Changes Hands for $62M

This property previously traded for $48 million eight months ago.

Drawing of the development site at South Bridge Marketplace, a retail project in Maricopa, Ariz.

Lowe’s Opens 130 KSF Phoenix Store

The company is the retail development’s largest tenant.