This week’s Hits and Misses column focuses on the intersection of real estate and politics, with stops in Washington, Ottawa, Sacramento, and Animal Crossing. Hit: Here Comes the DOGE Wrecking Ball. The new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the...
Sky Real Estate, an investor focused on commercial properties across multiple sectors, has acquired Osage Beach Outlet Marketplace in Osage Beach, Missouri, from a subsidiary of Simon Property Group Inc. (NYSE: SPG). The 391,000-square-foot shopping center is located...
Truist Financial Corporation (NYSE: TFC) has launched Truist Cares for Western North Carolina, a three-year, $725 million initiative designed to assist the housing, infrastructure and small business efforts in the Western North Carolina communities impacted last month...
The St. Petersburg City Council has changed its mind on providing more than $23 million to repair Tropicana Field, the home of the Tampa Bay Rays, that was damaged during Hurricane Milton last month. The stadium’s translucent fiberglass roof was torn to shreds during...
Elon Musk’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has taken aim at the surplus of vacant office properties allocated to federal agencies. The DOGE channel on X ran headline from the Washington Times that announced: “Nearly 90% of feds’ office in D.C. going to...
The Denver-based real estate investment firm VanWest Partners announced its acquisition of three self-storage assets in Arkansas, Georgia, and Nevada. The acquired properties are based in Springdale, Arkansas, with 539 units and 72,645 net rentable square feet (NRSF);...
