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An aerial view of Salt Lake City and some of its surrounding areas.

Finance · CMBS

Brookfield Property REIT Taps CMBS Market for Utah’s Fashion Place Mall

By Mack Burke

Signage for the Fox River Mall in Appleton, Wis.

Finance · CMBS

CMBS Loan for $137M on Brookfield-Owned Mall in Wisconsin May Be Extended Three Years

By Mack Burke

530 Fifth Avenue.

Finance · Refinance

Nuveen Refinances RXR’s 530 Fifth Avenue With $228M Loan

By Mack Burke

The Kings Arms Diner in the West Brighton neighborhood of Staten Island.

Design + Construction · Neighborhoods

On Staten Island, Brick-and-Mortar Retail Bucks the National Trend

By Claire Wilson

530 Fifth Avenue.

Leases · Retail

GGP Signs Five-Dollar Store on Prime Fifth Avenue—Some Brokers Say, WTF?

By Lauren Elkies Schram

Bruce Bromberg.

Leases · Retail

Top 10 Retail Leases: It Was a Lip-Smacking Month

By The Editors

218 West 57th Street.

Leases · Retail

Trolls Movie Attraction Headed to Billionaires’ Row

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Brookfield Place Pavilion.

Finance · Industry

CBRE, TH Real Estate to Join Brookfield in GGP Acquisition

By Matt Grossman

Ric Clark at MIPIM.

In Cannes for MIPIM, Brookfield’s Ric Clark Is All NYC

By Liam La Guerre

Thomas Dobrowski.

Features · Players

NKF’s Regional Mall Guru Thomas Dobrowski Is Taking Retail Doom and Gloom in Stride

By Lauren Elkies Schram

Trampoline Park

Mall Developers Bet on the Basics—and a Trampoline or Two

By Alison Stateman

A rendering of the retail at 530 Fifth Avenue.

Leases · Retail

Vans Skates Onto Fifth Avenue

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

530 Fifth Avenue.

Leases · Office

The Beekman Group Grows With Move to Nearly 8K SF at 530 Fifth Avenue

By Lauren Elkies Schram

Pirch's home at 200 Lafayette Street.

Leases · Retail

High-End Home Fixture Company Pirch Shutters Soho Outpost [Updated]

By Lauren Elkies Schram

Malls that rely on department stores like J.C. Penney—which is closing dozens of stores—are struggling. Credit: Getty Images.

Struggling Malls Need to Move Away From Apparel: CBRE Report

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Jeff Sutton.

Sutton Shells Out $15M for Daughter’s Italian Dream Wedding [Updated]

By Liam La Guerre

City Point in Downtown Brooklyn, which opened last year.

With Retail Writhing, What’s the Secret of a Successful Mall?

By Liam La Guerre

Yvonne Albinowski/For Commercial Observer

Finance · Players

Stuart Saft: Why the Brooklyn Kid Is Busy Breaking Up Buildings

By Cathy Cunningham