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Previous rendering of 120 Water Street from 2016.

Finance · Construction

Atlas Nabs $40M BOA Loan to Develop FiDi Luxury Hotel

By Mack Burke

Barry Gosin, CEO of Newmark.

Newmark Files for $100 Million Initial Public Offering

By Liam La Guerre

The 50 Most Important Figures of Commercial Real Estate Finance

By The Editors

William Elder. Photo:
Yvonne Albinowski/For Commercial Observer

RXR’s Bill Elder on the Bourdain Food Hall and Scott Rechler’s Breakfasting Skills

By Lauren Elkies Schram

Kara McShane on Wells Fargo's trading floor at 375 Park Avenue. Photo credit: Chris Sorenson.

Wells Fargo’s Kara McShane is the Lender’s Lender

By Danielle Balbi

Ben Stacks, Steven Kenney, Chad Tredway, Ralph Herzka, Jonathan Mechanic. Credit: Sean Zanni/ Patrick McMullan.

Concrete Jungle Where Loans Are Made: NYC Lenders Talk Relationships

By Cathy Cunningham

Rendering of the south view of 222 Broadway, home to Zara.

Leases · Retail

As Zara’s FiDi Business Booms, the Retailer Takes Additional Space for Storage

By Lauren Elkies Schram

Rockefeller Center.

Leases · Office

Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Taking 125K SF at RXR’s 75 Rock

By Terence Cullen

Judy Guarino at J.P. Morgan Chase's 270 Park Avenue office
(Yvonne Albinowski/For Commercial Observer).

Chasing Big Dreams With Small Loans

By Danielle Balbi

A view of the former parking garage from 30-17 40th Avenue that Lightstone purchased in January 2016. The developer is putting up a 10-story rental building in its place, which is slated to come online in 2017 (Photo courtesy: CoStar Group).

Finance · Construction

Lightstone Gets $75M for 10-Story Rental Tower in LIC

By Danielle Balbi

480 Main Street, at right (Photo: CoStar Group).

Finance · Refinance

Hudson Companies, Related Close $75M Refinancing for Roosevelt Island Rental

By Lauren Elkies Schram

One 57 St
PHOTO: Jennifer Lu for Observer

After Years of Ultra-Luxury Condo Development, Lenders Are Tightening the Purse Strings

By Adam Bonislawski

1633 Broadway.

Finance · Refinance

Paramount Group Completes $1B Refi of 1633 Broadway

By Danielle Balbi

108 Leonard Street, or 346 Broadway.

Finance · Construction

Apollo Provides $77M Floating Rate Mezz Loan for Leonard Street Conversion

By David Jones

Regulations at Just the Wrong Moment

By Ely Razin

TD Bank's Gregg Gerken and Roy Chin (PHOTO: Celeste Sloman for Commercial Observer).

TD Bank Ups NYC Real Estate Game

By Matt Egan

Life companies could be skipping ahead in the lending game as other lenders are getting hit with more regulations this year (Image courtesy: Kaitlyn Flannagan).

Life Companies Gaining an Edge as Regulatory Hurdles Become a Reality in 2016

By Danielle Balbi

Brad Dubeck, the commercial real estate banking executive for the New York and New Jersey markets at Bank of America (Photo: Sasha Maslov/For Commercial Observer).

Bank of America’s Brad Dubeck Is Banking on the Top Tier

By Danielle Balbi