NEW YORK CITY — Locally based real estate giant SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG) has received $1.6 billion in CMBS debt for the refinancing of One Madison Avenue, an office property in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. One Madison Avenue overlooks Madison Square Park and combines a restored historic podium with a newly constructed, 550,000-square-foot tower. The property was fully leased at the time of the loan closing to tenants such as IBM, Franklin Templeton Cos., Palo Alto Networks, FanDuel Group, Sigma Computing and Harvey AI. Amenities at the property include Le Jardin Sur Madison, an event space and rooftop garden; La Tête d’Or by Daniel, an upscale culinary offering from Chef Daniel Boulud; and The Commons, a 7,000-square-foot tenant-only lounge. Retail offerings include a 56,000-square-foot Chelsea Piers Fitness along with a collection of fast-casual eateries. Jordan Roeschlaub, Nick Scribani and Ricky Braha of Newmark arranged the five-year, fixed-rate financing, which was priced at a spread of 181 basis points over the U.S. Treasury index, resulting in an all-in interest rate of 5.81 percent. The debt replaces a prior $1.25 billion construction facility. Wells Fargo Bank NA led the financing execution, with participation from Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Bank of America, …
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Supply and demand dynamics within the seniors housing sector are at a crossroads, according to the Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2026 report produced by PwC and the Urban Land Institute. Like most commercial real estate property types, new supply is constrained due to increasing financing and construction costs. However, demand for senior living units continues to grow. According to the report, factors driving demand for seniors housing include a rapidly growing older adult population and an increase in older adults renting. The 75-plus age category is expected to grow by more than 4 million people by 2030, according to U.S. Census Bureau projections. The oldest baby boomers turn 80 in 2026. The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) expects that the limited new supply and steady demand will drive the average seniors housing occupancy rate above 90 percent in 2026, potentially reaching the highest occupancy rate reported in the 20 years that NIC MAP has tracked this data. Investors are poised to achieve strong returns. The National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF), which tracks the performance of institutional-grade U.S. commercial real estate, reports that seniors housing strongly outperformed all other property sectors in 2025, …
Sun Life to Acquire Bell Partners, Combine With BGO Following Buy-Out of Remaining Equity Stake
by John Nelson
TORONTO, MIAMI AND GREENSBORO, N.C. — Sun Life Financial Inc. (NYSE: SLF), a Toronto-based financial services organization with $1.6 trillion in assets under management as of year-end 2025, has announced it will acquire Bell Partners, a multifamily investment and management firm based in Greensboro. The acquisition was valued at $350 million and is expected to grow Sun Life’s U.S. multifamily segment. Founded in 1976, Bell Partners has approximately $10 billion of assets under management as of March 1 and manages approximately 70,000 apartments in 12 regions across the United States. The firm operates nine U.S. offices and has close to 1,800 employees. Last year, Bell Partners closed more than $1.3 billion in multifamily acquisitions. “This opportunity will extend Bell’s operating and investment expertise across a larger residential platform and strengthen our depth and reach,” says Lili Dunn, CEO and president of Bell Partners. “It is a natural step in our evolution, preserving the essence of what has made us successful, while also opening new opportunities for the future.” In a separate transaction, Sun Life acquired the remaining 44 percent equity stake of Miami-based BGO, a global real estate investment management firm formerly known as BentallGreenOak, in a deal valued at …
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.
INDIANAPOLIS — David Simon, chairman, CEO and president of Indianapolis-based mall owner Simon Property Group, passed away Sunday, March 22, after a battle with cancer. He was 64 years old. Simon Property Group’s board has appointed David Simon’s son, Eli Simon, as CEO and president. Eli Simon will also continue his role as COO and director of the company. Additionally, board member Larry Glasscock has been appointed to serve as non-executive chairman. David Simon joined the company’s predecessor, Melvin Simon & Associates, as CFO in 1990. In 1993, at 31 years old, he orchestrated the company’s initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, raising nearly $1 billion in what was then the largest real estate public stock offering in history. Two years later, he became one of the youngest CEOs of a major publicly traded company in America. Under his leadership, Simon Property Group has delivered a cumulative total shareholder return of more than 4,500 percent since its IPO. Until recently, he also served as chairman of the Supervisory Board of Klépierre, a publicly traded, Paris-based retail real estate company, and served on the board of Apollo Global Management Inc. “David’s legacy transcends financial performance. He was a leader of …
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. — OpenAI, the artificial intelligence (AI) giant behind ChatGPT and the $500 billion Stargate Project, has signed a lease with KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (NYSE: KREF) and TMG Partners to fully occupy 350-380 Ellis, a Class A office campus in the Silicon Valley city of Mountain View. The five-building asset offers 450,000 square feet of office space with move-in ready finishes, indoor and outdoor work environments, meeting/conference rooms, rooftop decks, an executive briefing center, kitchen/break areas on each floor and collaborative space. The campus also features a full-service gastropub restaurant and cafeteria, multi-story parking structure, a tennis court and a sand volleyball court. The property is owned by KREF and capital accounts advised by the REIT’s parent company, KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR). In 2024, TMG was selected to reposition 350-380 Ellis into a future-ready office campus. Jon Mackey, Mike Saign and Phil Mahoney of Newmark represented the landlord in the lease negotiations, while Mike Ino, Jon Moeller, Dan Johnson, Rich Duff and Bridget Fahey of JLL represented OpenAI. Founded in 2015, OpenAI has a current market valuation of $840 billion based on its latest fundraising campaign that closed in late February. Sam Altman …
CHICAGO — The Chicago Department of Planning and Development (DPD) has agreed to sell 8.2 acres of vacant land in the Stockyards Industrial Corridor to a joint venture between The Missner Group and Cabrera Capital, which will develop the property into a $23.7 million industrial building. The 126,360-square-foot project at 1924 W. 46th St. is expected to create up to 120 permanent jobs when fully leased. Potential tenants include restaurant suppliers, distribution companies, building material suppliers, event production firms and downtown service providers. The city acquired the site in 2008 for $2.2 million. It was primarily used for outdoor industrial storage since the early 1980s. The proposed purchase price is the property’s market value of $3.3 million. The proposed project was one of three responses to the request for qualifications from the DPD. A public meeting will be scheduled as part of the project’s formal review and approval process.
DALLAS — Northmarq has arranged the sale of Eastline Residences, a 28-story apartment tower in North Dallas. Delivered in 2021 by Convexity Properties, Eastline Residences offers 330 units in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, as well as penthouses on the top four floors. Residences feature stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, individual washers and dryers and private balconies/patios. Amenities include a pool, clubhouse, fitness center and a business center. Taylor Snoddy, Eric Stockley and Charles Hubbard of Northmarq represented Convexity in the sale. Kevin Leamy and Lauren Bresky, also with Northmarq, arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, New York City-based Kushner Cos.
AH Realty Trust Agrees to Sell 11-Property Multifamily Portfolio to Harbor Group for $562M
by John Nelson
VIRGINIA BEACH AND NORFOLK, VA. — AH Realty Trust (NYSE: AHRT), a Virginia Beach-based real estate investment trust (REIT) that changed its name from Armada Hoffler two weeks ago, has agreed to sell 11 of its 14 apartment properties to Norfolk-based Harbor Group International LLC for $562 million in an all-cash transaction. The deal marks an effort by AH Realty to pivot away from the multifamily sector. Harbor Group has provided a $15 million nonrefundable deposit for the transaction, which the companies say is not contingent on financing. The portfolio sale is expected to close in mid‑2026, subject to customary closing conditions. “HGI is acquiring a strong, stable portfolio that has served our company well,” says Shawn Tibbetts, chairman, president and CEO of AH Realty Trust. “By realizing the value of these assets, AH Realty Trust is able to simplify our business, strengthen our balance sheet and continue executing our strategy with clarity and purpose.” According to multiple media outlets, including the Baltimore Business Journal, the assets in the portfolio include: AH Realty Trust will retain Smith’s Landing, a five-story, 284-unit property in Blacksburg, Va. The firm will also keep The Everly and Solis Gainesville in Gainesville, Ga., with the intention …
By Taylor Williams Olympic rings, Great Lakes, stages of grief, military branches and factors that point to a more robust landscape in the world of commercial debt and equity placement in 2026 — they all come in fives. Unlike the other items in that set, however, there is room for debate as to what those five capital markets factors actually are. But according to sources, they are, in no particular order of importance: • Rising investment sales volume, which allows for better pricing and risk assessment in the equity markets • No shortage of deals in need of recapitalization • Strong liquidity and competitive spreads in the debt markets • Short-term stability in the 10-year Treasury yield • Resilient acclimation to a new geopolitical environment Combined, these market forces form the basis of a larger perspective that is defined by optimism — and that optimism is rooted in both qualitative observations and quantitative analysis. And so far, the expectations of at least one major industry research and advocacy organization appear to be in line with the observations of individuals interviewed for this story. In early February, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its 2026 Commercial Real Estate Finance Forecast report, …