Brian Pascus

Brian Pascus is a Finance Reporter for Commercial Observer, where he specializes in covering the intersection of the global capital markets system with all aspects of national commercial real estate development. Prior to joining Commercial Observer, Brian covered Albany and City Hall politics at Crain’s New York Business and served as a national news writer at CBSNews.com. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. A native Chicagoan, Brian lives in New York with his wife and dog.

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Yorick Starr, managing director for Invesco Real Estate, and a worker steers a forklift through a warehouse.
Industrial · Finance
National

Invesco Real Estate Provides $355M Refi of 24-Asset Industrial Portfolio

By Brian Pascus
Mary Smendzuik, senior vice president and head of capital formation at RMR Group
Industry · Finance
National

RMR Group Hires Torchlight’s Mary Smendzuik to Lead Private Capital Fundraising

By Brian Pascus
Independence Plaza.
Residential · Finance
New York City

Independence Plaza Secures $675M CMBS Refi

By Brian Pascus
Beacon Hill, an apartment complex in Marlboro, N.J.
Residential · Finance
New Jersey

New York Life Provides $90M Refi on Suburban New Jersey Multifamily Asset

By Brian Pascus
Daniel Hedgepeth, Director at Barings
Residential · Finance
National

Barings Provides $549M Refi on Nine-Property Multifamily Portfolio

By Brian Pascus
Mavik Capital Management's Mike Fishbein and Dan Cooperman, and a rendering of Cedarside.
Residential · Capital Markets
Washington

Mavik Capital Provides $180M First Mortgage for Seattle-Area Project

By Brian Pascus
Lower Tuck in West Charlotte.
Office · Finance
North Carolina

Barings Provides $51M Refinancing for Three-Building Adaptive Reuse in Charlotte

By Brian Pascus
Jonathan Lee, an executive managing director at Colliers
Residential · Finance
Montana

Colliers Structured Finance Group Makes $71M Fannie Mae Loan on Montana Multifamily

By Brian Pascus
Rendering of Mosaic Pooler, a 333-unit apartment community outside of Savannah, Ga.
Residential · Finance
Georgia

Savannah-Area Multifamily Project Draws $61M in Debt and Preferred Equity

By Brian Pascus
Fairmont Orchid, a 540-key luxury hotel on the Big Island of Hawaii
Hospitality · Finance
Hawaii

New York Life Provides $136M Refi for Hawaii’s Fairmont Orchid Hotel

By Brian Pascus
The brick building facade of an American hospital
Healthcare · Finance
National

The Investment Model? Sell Your Hospital to a REIT. The Results?

By Brian Pascus
An illustration of a person pushing an arrow in the opposite direction.
Industry · Finance
National

Contrarian Commercial Real Estate Investors Can’t Get Enough of the Uncertainty

By Brian Pascus
Rockrose Development's Henry Elghanayan and Justin Elghanayan, and 110 Horatio Street.
Residential · Finance
New York City

AXA Provides $80M Refi for New York City Luxury Rental Building

By Brian Pascus
Westshore Palm Bay, a 248-unit luxury apartment community in Palm Bay, Fla.
Residential · Finance
Florida

Acore Provides $48M Refi on Florida Luxury Apartment Complex

By Brian Pascus
CBRE's Blake Cohen and Elevate Navarre in Navarre, Fla.
Residential · Finance
Florida

Voya Provides $47M Refi on Multifamily Complex Off Florida’s Navarre Beach

By Brian Pascus
Stephen Rosenberg of Greystone.
Residential · Finance
National

Greystone Closes $901M CLO Offering Secured by 28 Multifamily Properties

By Brian Pascus
President Donald Trump
Residential · Finance
National

Trump Announces Plan To Take Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Public

By Brian Pascus