Commercial Real Estate

Lansing, Mich. – October 08, 2026 -- CrownPoint Partners closed a $9.2 million, five-property dental sale-leaseback portfolio across Michigan, representing both the seller and buyer in the deal.

Portfolio spans 35,212 square feet across five Michigan cities

The properties are located in Lansing, Charlotte, Adrian, Saint Joseph and Jackson, Michigan, totaling 35,212 square feet of dental real estate. The combined trade areas serve more than 1.6 million residents, with the sites positioned along major transportation corridors including I-94, I-96, I-69, US-127 and US-31.

Houston – October 08, 2026 -- Buchanan Capital Partners (BCP) and Vault Partners have closed a joint venture to capitalize and develop Wildcat Distribution Center, a 321,120 square foot Class A cross-dock industrial project in Southwest Houston. The deal marks BCP's first joint venture with Vault and its second Houston industrial investment this year, following the 476,000 SF North Airport Logistics Center in North Houston.

Wildcat sits inside Beltway 8 in one of Houston's tightest industrial submarkets

Located at 222 Holmes Road, the site has access to US-90 and State Highway 288 and is roughly 15 minutes from Downtown Houston, the Texas Medical Center and Hobby Airport. The Southwest Houston / Inner Loop South submarket carries vacancy near 3.6%, well below the metro average of approximately 6.3%, with many comparably sized projects already leased or sold to users.

Milwaukee – October 07, 2026 -- Hammes, the Milwaukee-based healthcare real estate firm, has named Patrick Hammes as Chief Executive Officer, completing a planned leadership succession within the family-founded platform.

Jon Hammes Steps Back to Chairman Role After Decades Leading the Firm

Jon Hammes, who previously held both Chairman and CEO titles, will now serve solely as Chairman. He founded the firm in 1991, building it into a vertically integrated healthcare real estate platform.

Seattle – October 07, 2026 -- Zillow Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: Z and ZG) will release its third-quarter 2026 financial results after market close on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026.

Zillow Group schedules Q3 earnings call for Nov. 4 at 2 p.m. PT

The company will host a webcast and conference call at 2 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. ET the same day to discuss results with analysts and investors.

Details on the webcast, including a live link and recorded replay, will be posted on Zillow Group's Investor Relations website ahead of the event. Investors can register in advance for the live session.

Philadelphia – October 06, 2026 -- Forty-six homes across Philadelphia and its suburbs will be sold at online auction under orders of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, with opening bids set at $25,000 or $50,000 per property.

Bidding window runs October 6 through October 15

Online bidding opened Tuesday, Oct. 6, with auctions closing in staggered windows from Oct. 13 through Oct. 15. Tranzon Alderfer is conducting the sale alongside Tranzon Driggers, the court-approved auctioneer in the RAD Diversified REIT bankruptcy. A 10% buyer's premium applies to all winning bids.

Santa Clara, California – October 06, 2026 -- Realtor.com®+ has reached more than 192,000 agents across 21 live markets since its January 2026 debut, with up to 10% agent adoption rates recorded in those markets, as the platform rolls out a new AI assistant called RealAssistTM AI to automate routine agent tasks.

RealAssist AI targets repetitive agent workflows with three core tools

The new feature set includes AI-driven client and search setup that captures buyer preferences to auto-generate tailored home searches, a Daily Digest that consolidates chats, searches, notifications and price changes into a single summary with suggested next steps, and Agentic Actions that recommend and help execute tasks such as refining searches using MLS data fields or drafting client messages. Agents retain approval authority over every automated action.

Ramsey, N.J. – October 06, 2026 -- AppWork, a maintenance operations and risk management platform for multifamily property management, has launched Enriched Completion Notes, a new AppWork Intelligence capability that automatically rewrites technician Work Order completion notes into professional updates for residents and structured records for operators. The feature is live today for all AppWork clients at no additional cost.

Technicians' one-word notes get converted into full operational records

Technician completion notes are often written quickly on a phone between jobs, frequently reduced to a word or two such as "Fixed" or "Reset breaker." AppWork says this leaves Work Order history too thin to support reporting, repeat-issue detection, technician coaching, or documentation required for lawsuits, insurance, and warranty claims.

Woodinville, Wash. – – October 06, 2026 -- The Harvest Yard, a 100,000-square-foot mixed-use development in Woodinville, Washington, has reached nearly 90% lease occupancy as its first tenants open to the public, with premium workspace operator Kiln signing a 22,045-square-foot lease for a location opening in Fall 2027.

Kiln expands footprint with 22,045-square-foot Woodinville location

Kiln, which operates more than 25 locations open or under development across the Western U.S., cited the site's proximity to Eastside aerospace, hardware manufacturing and tech startup clusters as a key driver for the lease. The space will include private offices, team studios, shared workspace, and meeting and event facilities. CEO and Co-Founder Arian Lewis said the company was drawn to the development's design and hospitality focus.

Manchester, N.H. – October 05, 2026 -- A $10 million renovation has converted New Hampshire's first skyscraper, the 1879 Dunlap Building, into a 27-unit residential property called Rendezvous on Elm, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony held October 7 at 967 Elm Street.

Owners David A. De Lise and Anthony DeLucia convert vacant offices into 27 residences

De Lise and DeLucia, who bring more than 60 years of combined commercial real estate experience, rebuilt the historic building's mechanical systems and soundproofing to turn long-vacant office space into studios, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom apartments. No two of the 27 units share the same floor plan, and six sit on a dedicated penthouse floor. The project earned "Project of the Month" recognition from the New England Real Estate Journal.

New York – October 05, 2026 -- The CRE Finance Council's Board of Governors Sentiment Index dropped 17.5% to 83.3 in the third quarter of 2026, down from 101.0 in the prior quarter and its lowest reading since the third quarter of 2023 (82.7), as commercial real estate finance executives confront a 10-year Treasury yield stuck near 5%.

All nine core index questions weakened in lockstep

The decline left the index 34% below its record high of 126.6 set in the fourth quarter of 2024 and well under the survey's baseline of 100.0 established in the fourth quarter of 2017. Interest rate and economic outlook questions drove roughly 30% of the drop, with the remaining seven core questions accounting for the balance. The survey, conducted September 21-28, 2026, drew responses from 37 of 40 board members, a 93% participation rate.