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What October’s Cooling Rents Mean for Multifamily

Yardi Matrix editorial director Paul Fiorilla weighs in on the October Matrix Monthly report findings.

KeyCorp Grows Banking Portfolio in $4.1B Transaction

KeyCorp will acquire First Niagara in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $4.1 billion, making the parent of KeyBank the 13th largest bank in the U.S.

SEC Finally Pulls Trigger on Crowdfunding Rules

In a move that was both long delayed and much anticipated, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted the final rules implementing Title III of the JOBS Act.

MGM Resorts Forms New REIT With 10 Properties

MGM Resorts International announced that it will create a controlled REIT, to be named MGM Growth Properties LLC, or MGP, with ten of its well-known properties.

Matrix Monthly Reports Cooling Apartment Rents in October

New record high continues unbroken string of monthly increases in 2015.

C&W: Economy Still Driving Growth in Office, Industrial Markets

The U.S. industrial market is the hottest commercial real estate sector, with third-quarter vacancy at cyclical lows and rent growth the strongest it has been in 15 years.

Fallout from Walgreens–Rite Aid Deal Could Be Substantial

Following Tuesday’s announcement by Walgreens that it had agreed to buy Rite Aid for about $9 billion, CPE examined the likely consequences of the deal on the real estate side.

Walgreens Acquires Rite Aid in $17.2B Mega-Merger

Walgreens Boots Alliance announced plans to buy Rite Aid Corp. for $9 per share.

Filling the Gap Through a Preferred Equity Strategy

By Jay Maddox, Principal, Avison Young: When to prefer preferred equity?

National Storage Affiliates Trust CEO Arlen Nordhagen

National Storage Expands with Acquisition of 17 Properties

The assets total approximately 1 million square feet of rentable space.