NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between two local firms, owner-operator Slate Property Group and investment firm Avenue Realty Capital, has purchased a 16-unit apartment building in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood for $32 million. The seven-story building at 45 White St. was originally constructed in 1868 as a commercial office and converted to residential use in 2009. Units come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include a fitness center and a children’s playroom. Guthrie Garvin of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The partnership was self-represented. White Oak Real Estate Capital financed the acquisition.
PITTSBURGH — CBRE has negotiated a 37,816-square-foot healthcare lease expansion in Pittsburgh. The tenant, Blink Health, a New York City-based provider of digital pharmaceutical services, is expanding from 53,076 to 90,892 square feet at the 148,000-square-foot Building 5 within Penn Center West, where Blink has been a tenant since 2009. Carmine DiLucente, Michael Stuart and Danielle Lafe of CBRE represented Blink Health in the lease negotiations. Adam Viccaro, Dominika Demantova and Charlie Must, also with CBRE, represented the landlord, The Soffer Organization.
NEW YORK CITY — Brown Advisory has signed a 15-year, 34,748-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The global investment manager plans to relocate and expand from its space at the building at 12 E. 49th St. to the entire 27th and part of the 26th floor at 520 Madison Avenue during the fourth quarter. Cynthia Wasserberger, Michael Berg, Bobby Blair and Sofia Bruno of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Megan Sheehan and Sam Brodsky internally represented the landlord, Tishman Speyer.
By Bob Ross, Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce The Topeka, Kansas, housing market continues to distinguish itself as one of the most competitive and resilient markets in the Midwest — offering a compelling case for developers seeking opportunity in a high-demand, undersupplied environment. New data from the Sunflower Association of Realtors underscores that strength. In February, the Topeka metropolitan area recorded 166 home sales, matching the pace from the same period last year, with total sales volume reaching $33.9 million. The median home price stood at $184,000 (compared with the national average of $360,591), while homes sold in an average of just 13 days (compared with the national average of 39 days) — an exceptionally fast turnaround compared with peer markets. Perhaps most notably, homes in Topeka sold for 100 percent of their list price and 98.7 percent of their original list price, a clear signal of strong buyer competition. By contrast, homes in the Greater Kansas City market took an average of 57 days to sell and closed at just 96.3 percent of original list price. Taken together, the data paints a clear picture: Demand in Topeka is not only strong — it is accelerating. Area employers frequently note …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The U.S. industrial real estate sector has been on a long rebound from the supply wave following the COVID-19 pandemic. Approximately 2.5 billion square feet of industrial space was delivered between 2020 and 2025, according to data from Cushman & Wakefield. In the Southeast, deliveries were especially pronounced, most notably in the high-growth I-85 industrial corridor that spans from Montgomery, Ala., to south Richmond, Va. The 666-mile interstates traverses through Atlanta, Greenville-Spartanburg, Charlotte, the Piedmont Triad (Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem) and Raleigh-Durham. Editor’s note: InterFace Conference Group, a division of France Media Inc., produces networking and educational conferences for commercial real estate executives. To sign up for email announcements about specific events, visit www.interfaceconferencegroup.com/subscribe. Gregg Healy, executive vice president and head of industrial services at Savills, says that since the beginning of 2022, nearly 250 million square feet of industrial space has been delivered along the I-85 corridor, which has taken longer to be absorbed than anticipated. “We were oversupplied, not just in the I-85 corridor, but nationally, because of the post-COVID boom when everyone was developing,” says Healy. “But vacancy rates did drop in the first quarter of 2026 for the first time in three …
NORFOLK, VA. — Affiliates of Harbor Group International, in partnership with The Garrett Cos. and Telis Group, have received a $351 million loan for the refinancing of an eight-property multifamily portfolio across four states. ACRE, a vertically integrated real estate fund manager, provided the financing. Totaling 1,573 units, the portfolio is located in Arizona, Colorado, Indiana and Minnesota, with properties in the Denver, Colorado Springs, Phoenix, Indianapolis and Minneapolis metropolitan areas. The communities included in the portfolio were developed between 2024 and 2026 and are part of a larger, 11-property portfolio that was refinanced by the borrowers in January 2025. Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz, Keith Kurland, Adam Schwartz, Dustin Stolly, Sean Rimer, Michael Ianno, Nicholas Gillhooley, Craig West, Kevin Walsh and Holden Barry of Walker & Dunlop Capital Markets secured the loan on behalf of the borrowers. “This refinancing represents another important milestone for the portfolio and highlights the collaborative approach among all parties involved,” says Eric Garrett, CEO of The Garrett Cos. “We continue to see strong operating performance across the assets and remain confident in the long-term fundamentals supporting these markets.” Headquartered in Norfolk, Va., Harbor Group International is a privately owned global real estate investment and management …
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged $29 million in construction financing for an industrial project in northwest Houston. The square footage was not disclosed, but the development will have 84 condo-style units. Known as Lifestyle Industrial, the project is designed to incorporate elements of office, retail and entertainment. Adam Mengacci, Travis Headapohl and Matt Polci of IPA arranged the loan on behalf of the developer, X Space Group. The direct lender was also not disclosed.
KEMAH, TEXAS — California-based brokerage firm RealSource Group has arranged the $5.4 million sale of a single-tenant retail building in Kemah, located southeast of Houston, that is net leased to Mister Car Wash (NASDAQ: MCW). The 5,462-square-foot building was constructed in 2021 and is backed by a fully guaranteed corporate lease. Austin Blodgett and Jonathan Schiffer of RealSource Group, in association with ParaSell, Inc., represented the seller, a local private investor, in the transaction. Chase Cameron of Matthews represented the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.
HOUSTON — Smurfit Westrock has signed a 78,683-square-foot industrial lease in northwest Houston. The provider of packaging services is taking space within Patriot Business Park, a three-building, 462,591-square-foot development. Tyler Maner, Natalie Gilbert and Jeremy Lumbreras of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, a partnership between Standard Real Estate Investments and Investment & Development Ventures, in the lease negotiations. Paul Dominique and Hayden Dominique of Colliers represented the tenant.
DALLAS — Local investment firm CanTex Capital has acquired four industrial outdoor storage (IOS) facilities totaling 47,465 square feet in the Brookhollow neighborhood of Dallas. Three of the four sites will immediately undergo capital improvements, with CanTex planning to renovate office and warehouse spaces and make functional yard improvements. Chase Miller of NAI Robert Lynn represented CanTex in the transaction. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.