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Do Not Disturb Sign On Door Handle

Finance · CMBS

Stay of Execution: COVID-19 Has Hotel CMBS Backed into a Corner

By Mack Burke

A view of the San Diego skyline.

MBA CREF 2020: Is Late Cycle Behavior Creeping Back In?

By Cathy Cunningham

The Kentucky Derby Festival Louisville fireworks display, seen from the Indiana side of the Ohio River.

Finance · CMBS

Goldman Lends $258M Towards Dune’s National Lodging Buy

By Matt Grossman

Stamford, Conn.

Features · Industry

Five Reasons to Get Excited About Stamford

By Mack Burke

London-based Scape is trying to bring its concept of mult-school dorms to America.

London Dorm Developer Scape Trying to Break Into the U.S. Market

By Tom Acitelli

CMBS prognosticators have their eyes on retail loans and suburban office markets heading into 2019.

Finance · CMBS

Rating Agency Mavens Weigh in on What 2019 Holds in Store for CMBS

By Cathy Cunningham

A man in Longs, S.C. helps remove valuables from a friend's house amidst flooding from Hurricane Florence.

Finance · CMBS

Florence’s Bark Worse Than Bite for CMBS Loans: Analysts

By Matt Grossman

Billions of dollars worth of CMBS assets are languishing on special servicers' balance sheets as real estate owned.

Finance · CMBS

Why Have Special Servicers Owned Some CMBS Properties for Half a Decade?

By Matt Grossman

What lies ahead for CMBS? Let's see, shall we!

Finance · CMBS

CMBS in 2018: The Rating Agencies’ Predictions

By Cathy Cunningham

Stefanos Arethas

Finance · CMBS

Street Cred: Credit Suisse’s Stefanos Arethas on What’s Driving the CMBS Market

By Cathy Cunningham

Jeffrey Fastov. Photo: Robert Paul Cohen/for Commercial Observer

Finance · Features

Hip to Be Square: Jeff Fastov’s the Alternative Lender Who Thinks Outside the Box

By Cathy Cunningham

Vickie Tillman (Image Credit: Morningstar, Incorporated).

Morningstar Credit Ratings’ Vickie Tillman Talks Rating Agencies

By Danielle Balbi

5 Penn Plaza (Image: CoStar Group).

Finance · CMBS

Citigroup to Close $300M CMBS Deal on 5 Penn Plaza

By Danielle Balbi

Jeffrey Fastov.

Square Mile’s Jeffrey Fastov Talks Non-Bank Lending

By Damian Ghigliotty

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen.

Yellen Approves, But for the Real Estate Industry It’s Far More Complicated

By Damian Ghigliotty

A People's United Bank branch in Mamaroneck, N.Y.

People’s United Receives Rating Downgrade From Moody’s

By Danielle Balbi

Strike while hot: Bowling alleys require a lot of space and equipment, which worries some investors, who fear they can’t be easily redone in the event that the business goes bust (Photo: Jenny Vaughn/Getty Images).

Bowling Center Operators Face Financing Difficulties as the Business Model Changes

By Danielle Balbi

1 World Trade Center (Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images).

Leases · Office

Moody’s Taking 75K SF at 1 WTC

By Terence Cullen