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- Meta Inks Lease For 5-Story Flagship Store On Fifth Avenue
by sasha.jones@bisnow.com on March 18, 2026 at 3:38 pmMeta has committed to a 10-year lease for its first retail flagship in New York City.
- Lender Group Poised To Take Over Bankrupt Office REITby emily.wishingrad@bisnow.com on March 18, 2026 at 3:16 pm
A deal is underway for a group of secured creditors of Office Properties Income Trust to take control of the company to eliminate hundreds of millions of dollars of debt.
- Fed Holds Rates Flat, Powell Says 'Too Soon To Know' Iran War's Inflation Impactby matthew.wasielewski@bisnow.com on March 18, 2026 at 2:11 pm
Federal Reserve governors voted to hold interest rates flat in a widely expected decision that was signaled at January's meeting but later complicated by the outbreak of war in the Middle East. It was the second time in two meetings that central bankers...
- Top-Quality Flex Workspace Is Outperforming Traditional Office Rentsby mark.faithfull@bisnow.com on March 18, 2026 at 8:51 am
Higher-quality flexible workspace in London is consistently outperforming traditional office rents, with top-tier products reaching returns of more than 200% of headline rents in some submarkets, according to a new index. The Flexible Workspace Return...
- FIRST DRAFT LIVE: Iran, Interest Rates And The $1.2T Maturity Wall With Peachtree CEO Greg Friedmanby julia.troy@bisnow.com on March 17, 2026 at 11:41 pm
Bisnow’s First Draft Live is a regular series featuring live conversations about the critical stories impacting CRE right now. It is a companion to The First Draft, Bisnow’s daily, flagship CRE newsletter. Register here to get The First Draft...
- Pattillo Files Plans For 'Project Orchid' Metal Manufacturing Plant Northeast Of Atlantaby jarred@bisnow.com on March 17, 2026 at 8:33 pm
An Atlanta-based industrial developer is pursuing a 504K SF development for a metal manufacturing plant in the city of Jefferson.
- Florida Legislature Tweaks Live Local Act To Boost Construction Lendingby chloe.gallivan@bisnow.com on March 17, 2026 at 8:30 pm
Among the final acts of its 2026 regular session, the Florida Legislature passed a key update to the Live Local Act designed to appease hesitant lenders that have been holding off on funding projects because of uncertainty over the timing of the law's...
- Bill Gates-Backed Firm Picks Philly For $450M Cancer Drug Plantby noah.zucker@bisnow.com on March 17, 2026 at 7:35 pm
Another biomedical firm is building a manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania after the commonwealth doled out $10M worth of incentives.
- Nvidia Launches Line Of Processors For AI Data Centers In Spaceby dan.rabb@bisnow.com on March 17, 2026 at 6:32 pm
Tech giants and their billionaire founders are getting serious about putting artificial intelligence data centers in space. Now, Nvidia is creating a supply chain to serve them.
- Japanese Company Buys £250M London Office And Data Centre Schemeby mike.phillips@bisnow.com on March 17, 2026 at 6:26 pm
A Japanese telecoms firm is buying a giant mixed-use east London campus where a major data centre could be built. KDDI bought the 1.1M SF Inventory Estate in Docklands from LaSalle Investment Management and Trilogy Real Estate for about £250M, Green...
- Breaking Down The Chicago Bears' Stadium Saga And What Comes Nextby ryan.wangman@bisnow.com on March 17, 2026 at 6:17 pm
The Chicago Bears’ stadium saga has spanned seven starting quarterbacks, three head coaches and two playoff games, leaving fans, lawmakers and developers tapping their watches as the team drags out its search process for a new home. People have been...
- Nuveen Raises $330M For U.S. Grocery-Anchored Retail Fundby kayla.carmicheal@bisnow.com on March 17, 2026 at 6:05 pm
Another round of fresh capital has been poured into Nuveen's grocery-focused retail fund, the investment giant announced Tuesday. Nuveen has raised $330M for its open-ended U.S. Cities Retail Fund, which targets necessity-based, grocery-anchored retail...
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- The Inside Look with Xander Snyder - Episode 24
by tquilter@firstam.com (First American NCS) on November 21, 2025 at 11:15 pmIn this episode of The Inside Look, Senior Commercial Real Estate Economist Xander Snyder and Annemarie Caruso dive into the rapidly expanding data center market in Pennsylvania - an emerging hotspot that reflects national trends. They explore the economic forces and policy changes fueling this growth, including the rising energy demands driven by artificial intelligence, shifting incentives, and increasing competition among regions to attract large-scale facilities. Watch below and subscribe to the CRE Insider blog for additional First American Title NCS insights.
- The Inside Look with Xander Snyder - Episode 21
by tquilter@firstam.com (First American NCS) on July 16, 2025 at 3:00 pmIn this episode of The Inside Look, Senior Commercial Real Estate Economist Xander Snyder explains how a surge of new luxury apartment deliveries can ripple through the market and impact every tier of multifamily housing - a process known as filtering. Watch below and subscribe to the CRE Insider blog for additional First American Title NCS insights.
- The Inside Look with Xander Snyder - Episode 20
by tquilter@firstam.com (First American NCS) on June 10, 2025 at 3:00 pmIn this episode of The Inside Look, Senior Commercial Real Estate Economist Xander Snyder shares three return metrics every CRE professional should know. Watch below and subscribe to the CRE Insider blog for additional First American Title NCS insights.
- The Inside Look with Xander Snyder - Episode 19
by tquilter@firstam.com (First American NCS) on May 12, 2025 at 6:17 pmIn this episode of The Inside Look, Senior Commercial Real Estate Economist Xander Snyder explores the shifting trends in CRE Retail. Watch below and subscribe to the CRE Insider blog for additional First American Title NCS insights.
- The Inside Look with Xander Snyder - Episode 18
by tquilter@firstam.com (First American NCS) on April 16, 2025 at 5:29 pmIn this episode of The Inside Look, Senior Commercial Real Estate Economist Xander Snyder highlights commercial property insurance trends. Watch below and subscribe to the CRE Insider blog for additional First American Title NCS insights.
- The Inside Look with Xander Snyder - Episode 17
by tquilter@firstam.com (First American NCS) on March 7, 2025 at 4:00 pmIn this episode of 'The Inside Look,' Senior Commercial Real Estate Economist Xander Snyder examines the demand side of data centers and how competing language models, such as DeepSeek, may influence future demand. Watch below and subscribe to the CRE Insider blog for additional First American Title NCS insights.
- The Inside Look with Xander Snyder - Episode 16
by tquilter@firstam.com (First American NCS) on February 12, 2025 at 4:45 pmIn this episode of ‘The Inside Look,’ Senior Commercial Real Estate Economist Xander Snyder analyzes the resulting shock to the housing supply from the devastating wildfires in Southern California. Watch below and subscribe to the CRE Insider blog for additional First American Title NCS insights.
- The Inside Look with Xander Snyder - Episode 15
by tquilter@firstam.com (First American NCS) on December 10, 2024 at 5:25 pmIn this episode of ‘The Inside Look,’ Senior Commercial Real Estate Economist Xander Snyder discusses what to expect in 2025. Watch below and subscribe to the CRE Insider blog for additional First American Title NCS insights.
- The Inside Look with Xander Snyder - Episode 14
by tquilter@firstam.com (First American NCS) on October 23, 2024 at 4:28 pmIn this episode of ‘The Inside Look,’ Senior Commercial Real Estate Economist Xander Snyder discusses some of the glimmers of light emerging in the CRE industry, specifically retail property performance. Watch below and subscribe to the CRE Insider blog for additional First American Title NCS insights.
- The Inside Look with Xander Snyder - Episode 13
by tquilter@firstam.com (First American NCS) on September 17, 2024 at 2:30 pmIn this episode of ‘The Inside Look,’ Senior Commercial Real Estate Economist Xander Snyder explains how lenders are beginning to re-enter the market and why that might be the case. Watch below and subscribe to the CRE Insider blog for additional insights from First American Title NCS.
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Learn everything you need to know about CMBS loans, including terms, property types, prepayment penalties, lenders, and more.
- CMBS Pricing: What You Need to Know
by Alex Kerrigan on July 13, 2022 at 11:31 pmCMBS loans are priced by taking the appropriate swap or Treasury rate and adding a credit spread, which compensates the lender for their work during the loan application and underwriting process.
- Pooling and Servicing Agreements for CMBS Loans
by Alex Kerrigan on July 13, 2022 at 10:45 pmPooling and Servicing Agreements (PSAs) are highly detailed legal documents that define all aspects of a CMBS loan, including the rights and responsibilities of the borrower, the lender, the master servicer, the special servicer, and the CMBS investors.
- Can You Get a Rate Lock on a CMBS Loan?
by Alex Kerrigan on July 12, 2022 at 2:12 pmDue to market fluctuations, CMBS lenders often re-price their loans before closing. However, some lenders do offer 30-day rate locks to help protect borrowers from rate increases.
- CMBS vs. CRE CLOs: What’s The Difference?
by Alex Kerrigan on July 10, 2022 at 5:32 pmCMBS are securities backed by longer-term fixed-rate loans, while CRE CLOs are securities backed by shorter-term, transitional financing. Here’s what else you need to know.
- What is CMBS Syndication?
by Alex Kerrigan on June 25, 2022 at 3:36 pmCMBS syndication occurs when multiple lenders pool their funds together to issue a large CMBS loan. This reduces the risk of having the entire loan on any one lender’s balance sheet.
- Agency CMBS vs. Non-Agency CMBS
by Alex Kerrigan on April 6, 2022 at 2:59 pmThere are two types of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), agency CMBS, which consist of loans pooled by government-sponsored entities (GSEs) including Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and non-agency (private) CMBS, which consist of loans pooled and securitized by private lenders, such as JP Morgan or Goldman Sachs.
- What is a Master Servicer?
by Alex Kerrigan on March 28, 2022 at 8:55 pmCMBS loans are not serviced by the lender who issued the loan and are instead serviced by third-party entities referred to as master servicers. In many situations, the master servicer will assign the day-to-day servicing duties to another entity, known as a primary servicer.
- What is a Conduit Loan?
by Alex Kerrigan on March 28, 2022 at 5:09 pmConduit loans, which are more commonly referred to as CMBS loans, are commercial real estate loans that are pooled together and sold to investors on the secondary market.
- Using CMBS Loans to Fund Hotel PIPs
by Alex Kerrigan on March 28, 2022 at 1:43 pmHotel property improvement plans (PIPs) are a series of specific renovation guidelines for franchise hotels. Sometimes, but not always, they can be funded using the proceeds of CMBS loans.
- What is a REMIC?
by Alex Kerrigan on March 28, 2022 at 1:17 pmA Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit, or REMIC, is a legal entity, typically a special purpose vehicle (SPV) or a special purpose entity (SPE) used to pool loans and issue mortgage-backed securities (MBS), or commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS).
- Using Defeasance to Prepay CMBS Loans
by Alex Kerrigan on March 25, 2022 at 11:02 pmDefeasance is generally the most common type of CMBS prepayment penalty. Unlike percentage-based prepayment penalties, a borrower needs to replace their CMBS loan’s collateral with new securities, typically U.S. Treasury bonds in order to replace CMBS investors’ income.
- CMBS Origination: What You Need to Know
by Alex Kerrigan on March 25, 2022 at 10:54 pmCMBS loan origination occurs when a lender processes a potential borrowers’ loan application and determines whether they will be approved for a loan. This generally involves credit checks, background checks, a financial analysis of the subject property, and the reviewing of third-party reports, like the property appraisal and a phase 1 environmental inspection (ESA).