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General Services Administration Administrator Ed Forst and a sign at a Department of Veterans Affairs office.

Office · Finance

D.C. Department of Veterans Affairs Building’s CMBS Loan Enters Special Servicing

By Larry Getlen

Office · Finance

Podcast | How CRE is Implementing Agentic Workflows, with Lev CEO Yaakov Zar

By Edward Cohen

Seth Hecht.

Office · People Moves

Seth Hecht Returns to Colliers From JLL as New Senior Vice President

By Mark Hallum

Patrick Steffens (top), Joel Wechsler (center), Michael Gottlieb (bottom), and 220 West 19th Street.

Office · Leases

Workplace Safety Platform Intenseye Takes 9K SF at 220 West 19th Street

By Amanda Schiavo

S3 Capital's Shawn Safdie and 311 West 43rd Street.

Multifamily · Finance

S3 Capital Lends $102M for Hell’s Kitchen Office-to-Resi Conversion

By Andrew Coen

Newmark's Ryan Gessin (top) and Drew Wiley, and 30-10 Review Avenue, Queens.

Office · Leases

Design Firm Pink Sparrow Inks 62K-SF Deal in Long Island City

By Amanda Schiavo

Thor Equities's Joe Sitt (top) and Melissa Gliatta, and 25 West 39th Street.

Office · Leases

Content Creation Platform Spotter Takes 17K SF at Thor’s 25 West 39th Street

By Amanda Schiavo

The Moinian Group's Joe Moinian and 60 Madison Avenue.

Office · Leases

Moinian Group Signs Deals With Three AI Firms at 60 Madison Avenue

By Mark Hallum

CBRE's Howard Fiddle (top) and Bradley Gerla, and 55 Water Street.

Office · Leases

NYC Education Retirement System Signs 78K-SF Lease at 55 Water Street

By Mark Hallum

Medallion Financial Corp.'s Andrew Murstein and 667 Madison Avenue.

Office · Leases

Medallion Financial Relocates to 9K SF at Hartz Group’s 667 Madison Avenue

By Emily Davis

Silverstein Properties's Lisa Silverstein and 4 World Trade Center.

Office · Leases

Fintech Firm Digital Asset Returns to 4 WTC With 19K-SF Lease

By Amanda Schiavo

Matthew Pestronk.

Multifamily · Development

Post Brothers President Matthew Pestronk On D.C.’s $750M Office Conversion

By Greg Cornfield

Madison Realty Capital's Josh Zegen and 1740 Broadway.

Multifamily · Finance

Madison Realty Capital Lends $480M on 1740 Broadway Office-to-Resi Conversion

By Andrew Coen

815 Second Avenue.

Place of Worship · Investments & Sales

Episcopal Church Puts Manhattan HQ at 815 Second Avenue on the Market

By Amanda Schiavo

Multifamily · Finance

Inside the AI Revolution Quietly Reshaping CRE’s Slowest Data Layer

Presented By Zoneomics

President Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office of the White House before signing a proclamation in June.

Government/Military · Investments & Sales

Trump’s Federal Building Selloff Runs Into $26B Repair Backlog

By Greg Cornfield

Multifamily · Development

Podcast | Can AI Help Developers Break Ground Faster ft. Pulley COO Andreas Rotenberg

By Edward Cohen