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RCS Capital to Acquire Strategic Capital Cos.

RCAP has entered into a purchase agreement with Validus Strategic Capital Partners, which owns SC Distributors, a wholesale broker-dealer of alternative investments, and Strategic Capital Advisory Services.

Parkway Properties Taps Transwestern to Lease 346 KSF Office Complex in Miami

Parkway Properties has hired Transwestern to lease Courvoisier Centre, a 346,000-square-foot office building located on Brickell Key, Miami.

RECon Special Report: Retailers Seek New Horizons Amid Redevelopment, Investment Buzz

As thousands of real estate professionals swarmed the vast exhibition halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center for RECon on Monday, executives paused briefly from the hectic activity to take stock of the show and the retail sector as a whole.

Bayfair Development Grabs 10-Acre Site in Tampa Area for Development of M-F Units

Bayfair Development has acquired a 10-acre parcel to build new apartment residences, snapping up the land from REDUS Florida Land in a deal orchestrated by commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield.

Carlton Closes $100M Lower Manhattan Condo, Hotel Pre-Development Loan

The Carlton Group has arranged a $100 million pre-development loan for a hotel and condominium project on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

Projects Compared: Decoupling Strategies for Improved Ventilation

Decoupling ventilation from temperature control is improving energy efficiency while improving indoor air quality. A look at how three of North America’s most energy-efficient sizable office buildings are approaching this strategy.

Industrial-Strength Leasing

Perhaps more than in any other asset category, a widespread lack of choice is limiting the ability of industrial occupants to relocate, rather than renew. A look at industrial tenant renewal decisions.

Beacon JV Acquires $100M Chicago Loop Office Tower

Beacon Investment Properties , in a joint venture with Harel Insurance, Investments and Financial Services Ltd, of Tel Aviv has bought a 23-story office tower in Chicago’s West Loop from Monroe Acquisition for $100 million.

International: Nobu Hospitality Expands into London with New Hotel

The luxury hospitality brand will be developing its first European hotel – the Nobu Hotel Shoreditch London – which is currently under construction, slated to open in the first quarter of 2016.