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539 West 54th Street.
Residential · Investments & Sales
New York City

Shloime Goldstein Buys Hell’s Kitchen Development Site for $30M

By Isabelle Durso
One Beverly Hills.
Residential · Development
California

Cain’s Lauren Eckhart Smith On Managing the $10B One Beverly Hills Project

By Greg Cornfield
Related Group's Jorge Pérez (top), Related Companies' Stephen Ross, and an aerial view of 201 Racquet Club Road, Weston, Fla.
Multifamily · Investments & Sales
Florida

Related Cos. and Related Group Sell South Florida Multifamily Complex for $51M

By Julia Echikson
Greystone's Eric Rosenstock and Woodlands of Crest Hill Apartments, Crest Hill, Ill.
Multifamily · Finance
Illinois

Greystone Lends $95M for Illinois Apartments Purchase

By Andrew Coen
Affinius Capital's Perry Katz and a rendering of 162 East 36th Street.
Multifamily · Finance
New York City

Affinius Capital Provides $115M Refi for New NYC Multifamily Property

By Brian Pascus
Equity Residential President and CEO Mark Parrell.
Multifamily · Capital Markets
New York City

Economic Conditions Drive Steady Earnings for Equity Residential in Q4 2025

By Mark Hallum
CEO and President Benjamin Schall and a mobile phone displaying AvalonBay Communities logo.
Multifamily · Capital Markets
National

Apartment Giant AvalonBay’s Turnover Rate Drops to Record Low

By Tom Acitelli
A pair of black headphones on a person's hand with a yellow background.
Multifamily
New York City

Listen to What the New York City Multifamily Market Is Trying to Tell You

By Lev Mavashev
A set of narrow apartment buildings, each a few stories and with fire escapes running down them.
Multifamily · Columnists
National

Multifamily’s Ascendance Is a Structural Shift, Not a Trend

By Michael Lucarelli
CBRE's Judah Hammer and Prospect Place in Hackensack, N.J.
Multifamily · Finance
New Jersey

CBRE Provides $96M Refi for Luxury Residential Complex in Hackensack

By Isabelle Durso
BH3's Daniel Lebehsohn (from top), Gregory Freedman and Eric Edidin, and Privé Malibu in Malibu, Calif.
Condo · Development
California

New Malibu Condos Hit Market for First Time in Decades

By Nick Trombola
544 Carroll is a 17-story mixed-use luxury residential building.
Residential · Development
New York City

The Plan: At 544 Carroll Street, a Pull Toward Nature in Gowanus

By Amanda Schiavo
Zom Living's Greg West and the Westside Plaza complex in Doral, Fla.
Multifamily · Finance
Florida

ZOM Living Lands $92M for Office-to-Resi Conversion in Doral

By Julia Echikson
KKR's Adam Simon and a rendering of 41-42 24th Street, Queens.
Residential · Finance
New York City

KKR Provides $160M Refi for Long Island City Resi Tower

By Andrew Coen
Rob Speyer.
Hotel/Resort · Leases
New York City

Tishman Speyer CEO Rob Speyer On the Firm’s Current Thinking and Its Next Moves

By Max Gross
13th Floor Investments' Arnaud Karsenti (top), Rockpoint's Dan Domb, and a rendering of Link at Boca, Boca Raton, Fla.
Multifamily
Florida

13th Floor and Rockpoint Nab $100M to Build Transit-Oriented Rental in Boca

By Julia Echikson
Alex Horn, managing partner at BridgeInvest, and a rendering of Freemont Frisco Apartments, Frisco, Texas.
Multifamily · Finance
Texas

BridgeInvest Provides $57M Construction Loan for Dallas-Area Multifamily Building

By Brian Pascus