Total commercial real estate mortgage borrowing and lending is estimated to have totaled $706 billion in 2025. According to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association, last year’s total marked a 40% increase from the $505 billion in 2024 and a 65% spike from the $429...
A proposed redevelopment project in Albany, New York, that was centered around the creation of an 8,000-seat minor league soccer stadium is going forward without the sports venue. The Albany Times-Union reports the project to reanimate the downtown section of the New...
The investment firm Embrace Real Estate and its affiliate 1823 Partners, an independent asset management firm, announced their acquisition of Ghirardelli Square, the historic waterfront landmark in San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf district. Ghirardelli Square...
Delinquency rates for mortgages backed by commercial properties increased to 4.02% during the first quarter of 2026, up from 3.86% in the fourth quarter of 2025. According to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), the share of loans that were delinquent...
Maine Gov. Janet Mills vetoed legislation that would have created the nation’s first moratorium on the construction of large new data centers. Reuters reports that Mills, a Democrat in the final months of her term as governor, rejected a bill that would have halted...
Water Tower Place, the mixed-use development consisting of 758,000-square-foot shopping mall in a 74-story skyscraper on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, announced plans for a $170 million redevelopment. The property, which first opened in 1976, will be reconfigured with a...
Commercial Real Estate Borrowing and Lending Up by 40% in 2025
