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Apartment Titans AvalonBay and Equity Residential Eye $50B Merger That Could Redraw US Rental Map
The two largest US apartment REITs are in early-stage talks on a combination that would create a roughly 200,000-unit landlord and reignite REIT...
Seattle Coworking Footprint Climbs to 3.41MM SQFT, Holds 13th Spot Nationally
The Emerald City added six new flexible workspace locations in Q1 2026, lifting average space size above the national benchmark as meeting room...
Bay Area Swallows Q1 Venture Capital as Seattle and Los Angeles Fall Further Behind
OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI concentrate $221.1 billion in Northern California while Southern California and the Pacific Northwest scrape single-digit billions in a market...
AI Set to Flatten Office Job Growth Through 2030, Pushing U.S. Vacancy to 21.5%, Newmark Finds
A new Newmark research report forecasts that artificial intelligence will moderate office-using employment to near-zero growth over the next five years, reshaping demand...
North American Life Sciences Sector Grapples With Supply Glut as 55% of Recent Lab Deliveries Sit Vacant
A pandemic-era construction wave has collided with cooling demand, leaving nearly 60 million square feet of new lab space struggling to find tenants...
Carmel Partners Closes Fund 9 at $1.35 Billion
SAN FRANCISCO, April 7, 2026 – Carmel Partners (“Carmel”) announced today the final close of Carmel Partners Investment Fund 9, its U.S. multifamily real estate value...
Louisiana Teachers’ Retirement System Commits $125MM to Bell Partners Growth and Income Fund Targeting Core Plus Apartments Nationwide
The $27 billion pension fund’s latest real estate allocation will back a multifamily vehicle with a $1.5 billion target and plans to acquire...
Alexandria Real Estate Slashes Dividend 45% as Life Science Downturn Forces Strategy Shift
The pioneering life science REIT posts its fifth consecutive quarterly loss while accelerating asset sales to shore up balance sheet Alexandria Real Estate...
Downtown Seattle Ranks Second Among Peers in Residential Construction with 3,325 Units Underway
Housing development drives urban recovery as downtown population reaches record 109,845 residents, though building permits fall to historic lows Downtown Seattle’s residential construction...
NY State Pension Fund Taps Bridge Investment for $600MM Logistics Fund Targeting California and Pacific Northwest, Adds $181MM in Apartments
Pension fund establishes dedicated development vehicle while adding nearly $181 million in West Coast apartments to direct holdings The New York State Common...
Park Hotels to Shed 850-Room DoubleTree Hotel Seattle Airport in Strategic Portfolio Overhaul
REIT exits DoubleTree amid ground lease expiration, broader push to divest underperforming assets Park Hotels & Resorts is walking away from its 850-room...
Shorenstein CEO Sees ‘Generational Buying Opportunity’ in Office Market Recovery
Office Real Estate Stages a Comeback as Investors Return to Once-Shunned Sector After years of distress, the commercial office market is showing signs...
