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Gatsby Florida secured a $118.6 million construction loan from Cirrus Real Estate Partners to build The Palm, a speculative 200,000 sq ft Class A office complex in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The eight-story development will also include 30,000 sq ft of retail space and an 838-space parking garage.

AJ Capital Partners secured a $62.5 million three-year refinancing loan from Peachtree Group for its 205-room Graduate by Hilton Nashville hotel near Vanderbilt University. The deal includes two 12-month extension options and was completed as AJ Capital seeks to expand market share in Nashville.

CedarSt Companies secured $80 million in construction financing from CrossHarbor Capital Partners for a 197-unit apartment development in San Diego's North Park neighborhood. The three-year, floating-rate stretch-senior loan will fund The Samuel, an eight-story Class A project scheduled to begin construction in Q3 2026.

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Goldman Sachs agreed to acquire real estate investment firm LCN Capital Partners for up to $410 million on August 18, 2026, marking its fourth asset-management deal in under a year. The acquisition focuses on LCN's specialty in sale-leasebacks and complements Goldman's 30-year track record in private real estate, though Wall Street reacted negatively to the news despite Goldman's record financial performance.

Cortland sold Portofino Place Apartments, an 812-unit multifamily complex in West Palm Beach, to Fairfield Residential for $208 million. The transaction represents one of South Florida's largest multifamily sales this year but was executed at a discount for the seller.

Brennan Investment Group successfully recapitalized a 22-building, 1.2 million-square-foot industrial portfolio across Moorestown, NJ and Nashville, TN, marking the firm's third recapitalization of the Moorestown assets. The transaction demonstrates Brennan's value creation strategy through active asset management while providing liquidity opportunities for investment partners.

LaSalle Investment Management announced a recapitalization of its equity stake in CityWest, a 1.5 million-square-foot four-building office campus in West Houston, in joint venture with 3Edgewood. The property is 98% leased with strong recent leasing momentum and positioned to benefit from corporate relocation trends toward high-quality suburban office assets.

Cove Capital Investments completed acquisition of a 29,000-square-foot retail property in Shreveport, Louisiana's Bayou Walk Shopping Center, structured as a debt-free Delaware Statutory Trust offering seeking $7.07M in equity from accredited investors. The property is fully occupied by national tenants with corporate-guaranteed leases and was acquired at 30% below replacement cost with below-market rents presenting upside potential.

Highline Hospitality Partners acquired an AC Hotel and Element property (dual-branded Marriott) near San Antonio's Riverwalk, expanding its hotel portfolio. The transaction reflects shifting investment trends in the hotel sector.

Harrison Street Asset Management and Meridian Group, in partnership with HLM Associates, acquired a 431,000 square-foot office portfolio in Chantilly, Virginia comprising the Stoneleigh and Newbrook campuses. The joint venture plans to expand secure-facility capabilities and modernize infrastructure to attract national security, defense, and intelligence firms as tenants.

Citadel Care Centers secured a $50.9 million construction loan from PNC Bank to build a four-story skilled nursing facility on a 3.2-acre site in North Miami Beach, Florida. The project broke ground following the financing close and will include a parking garage.

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JLL arranged $856M in financing for Winthrop Center in Boston, including a $281M C-PACE residential loan through Nuveen Green Capital and a $575M securitized office loan through Morgan Stanley and Barclays. The deal reflects institutional lender confidence in high-quality mixed-use assets developed by Millennium Partners.

StorageVault completed $81.6 million in acquisitions of four self-storage properties, with three ($71.3M) acquired through a joint venture with institutional investor Woodbourne, who holds 75% while StorageVault holds 25% and continues to manage the properties. StorageVault has now completed $153 million in acquisitions during fiscal 2026 and expanded its third-party management platform to 32 locations.

APW Avenue Group's Hotel Barrière Fouquet's New York, a luxury Tribeca hotel majority-owned by founder James R. Parks, closed a $145 million refinancing led by Goldman Sachs in early 2026. The refinancing marked a significant milestone for the previously troubled development project, which eventually opened in 2022 as the first U.S. location for the Paris-based Barrière brand.

Greystar, through its Greystar Equity Partners Europe II fund, acquired Copley Court, a 265-bed purpose-built student accommodation property in Cork from Elkstone Real Estate. The acquisition expands Greystar's Irish PBSA portfolio to nearly 2,200 beds and represents the fund's fourth major PBSA investment in Ireland following recent acquisitions in Dublin and Galway.

Fifth Third Bank and California Bank & Trust provided a $96.5 million senior construction loan and $27 million preferred equity investment for SummerHill Apartment Communities' multifamily development in San Carlos, California. This is a construction financing transaction for a Bay Area apartment project with no LP or institutional investor capital providers mentioned.

Jadian Capital acquired a 53-acre fully leased industrial outdoor storage site on Staten Island from Dov Hertz's Kadima Industrial Partners for $167 million. The property, which includes road, rail, and maritime access and two anchor tenants, represents one of the largest fully leased industrial sites to trade in New York City.

Oxford Properties acquired One Marina Park Drive, a 494,938-square-foot Tier 1 office tower in Boston's Seaport District, for $435 million from Clarion Partners. The transaction represents one of 2026's largest pure-play office sales in Boston and signals institutional capital's renewed appetite for premium, supply-constrained office assets in top-performing markets.

Bond Street REIT increased its revolving credit facility by $200 million to $300 million total, led by JPMorgan Chase with new lenders KeyBank, BMO, and Santander joining the syndicate. This financing follows an August 2025 equity commitment of up to $300 million from Conversant Capital LLC, Bond Street's institutional capital partner, enabling the REIT to acquire convenience retail centers and scale its portfolio to nearly 1 million square feet across Southeast, Southwest, and Midwest markets.

Castlelake, L.P. priced its first residential mortgage-backed security (RMBS) issuance of $261.3 million (CLRES 2026-RTL1) to finance a pool of 327 residential transition loans across 23 states. The securitization consists of four rated note classes with coupons ranging from 5.682% to 7.157%, and Castlelake retained $13.75 million of unrated Class XS Notes representing a 5% horizontal residual interest.

Affinius Capital provided $177.25 million in acquisition financing for a joint venture (Lincoln Property Company, Saber-Hightower, Waterfall Asset Management) to purchase two multifamily properties: Edgewater Harbor (262 units in Edgewater, N.J.) and Trilogy Lofts at Tuckahoe (147 units in Yonkers, N.Y.). The financing package consisted of $124 million for Edgewater Harbor and $53.4 million for Trilogy Lofts.

Rexford Industrial agreed to sell a $1.2 billion portfolio of Southern California industrial properties to an EQT Real Estate affiliate. The sale is part of Rexford's broader plan to divest $1.5-$2 billion in non-core properties and improve its balance sheet, with closing expected by Q3 2026.

National Resources sold a four-property, 4M+ sq ft mixed-asset portfolio in the New York area for $450M to a joint venture comprising Lincoln Property Company, Saber-Hightower, and Waterfall Asset Management. The transaction closed a year-long sale process initiated by National Resources CEO Lynne Ward.

Jadian Capital acquired a 53-acre industrial outdoor storage property on Staten Island's west shore from Kadima Industrial Partners' Dov Hertz for $167 million. The site at 1800 and 1900 South Avenue offers multimodal access including road, rail, and maritime connectivity.

Hamilton Zanze, a San Francisco-based multifamily investment firm, sponsored the acquisition of The Seasons at Horsetooth Crossing, a 208-unit garden-style apartment community in Fort Collins, Colorado, closing on August 6, 2026. This represents the firm's third sponsored acquisition of 2026 and expands its presence in the Fort Collins market where it already operates two other communities.

Quarterra and Kayne Anderson Real Estate announced the opening of Emblem Orange Blossom, a 384-unit workforce housing community in Naples, Florida, designed to address the supply shortage of attainable housing for middle-income renters. The project was financed by Santander and represents the first delivery in Quarterra's Emblem program focused on high-quality, attainable multifamily developments.

Monarch Alternative Capital completed the sale of eight seniors housing communities spanning over 1,100 units across independent living, assisted living, and memory care. The properties were sold to a combination of buyers including a publicly traded healthcare REIT and a real estate private equity firm, representing the monetization of a portfolio Monarch began acquiring in 2021 during COVID-19 market disruption.

Brookfield and SWI have launched a $694 million joint venture focused on multifamily real estate. The partnership represents a significant capital commitment to the residential apartment sector.

Goldman Sachs is acquiring LCN Capital Partners, a real estate investment firm, for $410 million in a deal expected to close by year-end 2026. This marks Goldman's second nine-figure-or-higher transaction within a week.