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The Blackstone-affiliated company recently took out a cash-out refi mortgage for a 17-property portfolio, an opportunity aided by high demand for its R&D facilities for COVID-19 research.

The bond issuance out of Fortress' CF Hippolyta master trust will finance 19 newly constructed or planned Amazon distribution and logistics facilities in 15 states.

Ratepayer bond securitizations have helped utilities defray litigation expenses or finance 'stranded costs' related to deregulation since the '90s . A new wave appears imminent, driven by green-energy conversion needs and relieving the burden of pandemic-related consumer assistance.

The 18 centers operated by industrial real estate management firm LBA Logistics are nearly all warehouse/distribution types, with no flex-industrial space pooled into the collateral mix.

In an analysis of the pandemic's impact on the housing market, the agency said nearly 10% of households could be at risk of eviction or foreclosure despite government programs to enable homeowners to delay their payments.

Already contending with stressed retail, hotel and restaurant loans, bankers are beginning to view office lending — historically a safe bet — as increasingly risky as companies of all types rethink their space needs.

The Federal Reserve warned of significant risks of business bankruptcies and steep drops in commercial real estate prices in a report published on Friday.

The startup firm, backed by hedge fund capital, is pooling more than half of its managed railcar portfolio for the single-A rated transaction.

The transaction finances the loan portion of a $989.5 million acquisition of warehouse and distribution properties located in nine states.

Commercial real estate portfolios have held up better than expected during the pandemic. But rising delinquencies and fears of a delayed economic recovery are renewing questions about credit quality.

Utilities earn a regulated return on investment in new stuff, so there are quantifiable gains to be made on greening their asset base.

A real estate firm focused on gentrifying neighborhoods is showing cracks after a group of its apartment buildings in New York’s Upper West Side and Harlem filed for bankruptcy.

About $430 billion in commercial and multifamily debt, more than half of which is held by banks, is maturing in 2021, with fresh capital needed to head off a tsunami of defaults.

Industrial warehouses, including cold storage facilities, are among the best-performing categories of commercial real estate as hotels, malls and offices face uncertain futures in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Three major commercial mortgage lenders have teamed up again this year to securitize $871 million in properties in a CMBS deal that provides investors with a highly concentrated loan pool and higher leverage.

Brookfield's Capital Automotive is marketing a new series of bonds secured by revenues from property sale-leaseback agreements with large auto dealer groups.

The ballot measure, which would allow local jurisdictions to expand rent control, had concerned mortgage companies who worried the law would result in a patchwork of different policies that could complicate underwriting and discourage lending.

Many eateries that relied on outdoor dining to survive the pandemic could see revenues plummet as the weather turns cold.

Property debt funds, including at Blackstone Group Inc., raised $14.1 billion from April through September, compared with $15.7 billion a year earlier, according to research firm Preqin Ltd. Yet the expected flood of deals has so far been just a trickle.

Three nonprofits look to create or preserve 10,000 units, vowing to fight off firms like Blackstone and Colony Capital, which bought up foreclosed homes after Great Recession.