DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm Bill Foose Co. has arranged the sale of a 13,000-square-foot retail building in Duncanville, located south of Dallas, that was formerly occupied by CVS. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 615 S. Cockrell Hill Road was originally constructed in 1997. Bill Foose Co. represented the seller, an entity doing business as Duncanville Associates, in the transaction. The undisclosed buyer plans to open an indoor amusement park within the building.
HOUSTON — RPT Alliance has signed an 11,847-square-foot office lease expansion in northwest Houston. The oil-and-gas services provider now occupies 25,244 square feet at Sam Houston Crossing II, a 159,056-square-foot building. JLL represented RPT Alliance in the lease negotiations. Louann Pereira and Doug Little of Transwestern represented the landlord, California-based Buchanan Street Partners.
ATHENS, GA. — Landmark Properties, an Athens-based residential developer primarily known for its nationwide portfolio of student housing communities, has announced its expansion into the seniors housing sector. The firm plans to pursue both ground-up development and acquisition opportunities in the senior living space. “Seniors housing sits at an attractive inflection point, having made a meaningful recovery from a unique black swan event and now exhibiting a pronounced supply-demand imbalance,” says Walt Templin, president and chief investment officer of Landmark. “This dynamic creates a compelling entry point for Landmark to leverage its vertically integrated platform.” Landmark has appointed Shashank Goel to lead the company’s entry into seniors housing. Goel will serve as senior director of U.S. seniors housing investment management. Goel, who has more than 10 years of experience in seniors housing, most recently served as assistant vice president at Harrison Street.
NEW YORK CITY — New York-based investment firm Atlas Capital Group has purchased a 130-unit apartment building in Manhattan’s East Village. The 13-story building at 250 E. Houston St., which according to StreetEasy offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units, also houses 9,000 square feet of commercial space. Approximately 75 percent of the units have private balconies. Amenities include a rooftop terrace, landscaped courtyard spaces, an athletic club and a tenant lounge. Rob Hinckley and Jeff Julien of JLL brokered the deal. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — New York-based brokerage firm Adirondack Capital Partners has arranged the $18.5 million sale of a retail property in Manhattan’s NoHo neighborhood. Birkenstock occupies the entire 2,300 square feet of leasable space within the two-story building at 120 Spring St. The seller was an entity doing business as 120 Spring Realty Associates LLC. The buyer was a nigh-net-worth Japanese investor. Michael Hunter Coghill of Adirondack Capital brokered the all-cash deal.
BRAINTREE, MASS. — Regional brokerage firm Hunneman has negotiated a 24,103-square-foot office lease in Braintree, a southern suburb of Boston. The tenant is the Massachusetts Department of Children & Families, and the space is located within Forbes Business Center, a three-building, 150,000-square-foot development. Ned Halloran and Leeanne Rizzo of Hunneman represented the landlord, KS Partners, in the lease negotiations.
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — QSAC, a nonprofit organization supporting people with autism, has signed a 23,633-square-foot office lease in Garden City, located on Long Island. The space spans portions of the first and second floors of the building at 711 Stewart Ave. Kyle Crennan and Joe Lopresti of JLL represented the landlord, Benedict Realty Group, in the lease negotiations. Roy Chipkin of CBRE represented the tenant.
By Abigail Sievers, JLL The Indianapolis industrial market is entering 2026 not merely recovering but evolving. What began as a “quiet” shift has matured into a definitive new phase of activity characterized by renewed user confidence, disciplined development and a manufacturing ecosystem that’s gaining national attention. While headlines often focus on coastal or larger Midwest markets, Indianapolis is steadily emerging as a strategic center for large-scale industrial investment, offering the rare trifecta of scalable Class A space, a resilient workforce and the high-capacity infrastructure that modern manufacturers require. Mega deals return After more than two years of cautious expansion, the market is now seeing a resurgence of large industrial commitments. Leases and acquisitions exceeding 500,000 square feet — which had significantly slowed during the previous 24 months — are re-entering the landscape as users move forward with previously paused growth plans amid market uncertainty. The broader leasing environment reflects this momentum. In fourth-quarter 2025 alone, Indianapolis recorded 7.2 million square feet of absorption — the strongest single‑quarter performance since the third quarter of 2021. Year‑to‑date absorption reached 13.1 million square feet, surpassing the previous two years combined. These mega deals confirm what we’re hearing daily from both new and existing …
BELLEVUE, WASH. — Kemper Development Co. has secured $238 million for the refinancing of an office tower located in Bellevue, situated to the east of Seattle across Lake Washington. The property, Lincoln Square North, is part of The Bellevue Collection, a shopping and dining district featuring more than 200 retail tenants, 50 restaurant and entertainment venues and three luxury hotels. Bellevue-based Kemper, the master developer of The Bellevue Collection, originally built the tower in 2007. Totaling 561,466 square feet across 25 stories, the building was fully leased at the time of financing. Jonathan Firestone, Blake Thompson and Jack Condon of Newmark arranged the financing from Blackstone and New York Life on behalf of the owner. According to Newmark, more than 461,000 square feet in office leases were executed or commenced at the tower between November 2023 and March 2025, representing over 25 percent of the total office leasing activity in the Bellevue central business district (CBD) during that period. “This financing underscores the exceptional performance and institutional quality of Lincoln Square North and the strength of the Bellevue market,” says Firestone. “With near-full occupancy, premier amenities and unmatched connectivity to The Bellevue Collection, the property continues to attract top-tier tenants and support …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Retail Federation (NRF) has projected that 2026 U.S. retail sales will grow 4.4 percent over 2025 to $5.6 trillion, outpacing pre-pandemic averages and signaling continued momentum despite global volatility. This year’s projection was announced during the organization’s sixth annual “State of Retail and the Consumer” webinar held on March 18, which examined the health of American consumers and the overall retail industry. NRF’s calculation, created in partnership with Oxford Economics using a new economic model, excludes auto dealers, gas stations and restaurants. The new model integrates a wider range of real-time data to better capture consumer behavior compared to the previous forecasting methods that relied on broader indicators. Although the forecast is in nominal terms (unadjusted for inflation), this model anticipates that a higher proportion of projected sales growth will reflect real gains, rather than inflation-driven increases. The 2026 sales forecast compares with 3.6 percent average annual sales growth over the past 10 years, excluding the COVID period from 2020 to 2022 when growth was atypical. “While the geopolitical environment and ongoing trade policy challenges warrant close attention, we remain optimistic that the underlying fundamentals of the U.S. economy will support continued stability in the year ahead,” said …