CHICAGO—The average size of new co-working offices has shot up, and Fortune 500 firms have started to join the tech startups that were the industry's stereotypical clients.

CHICAGO—The LA-based firm has been quite active in Chicago in the past six months, providing Sterling Bay with $220 million to refinance its 1KFulton project, and $68 million in mortgage debt for Prudential and GlenStar in their acquisition of 311 Monroe.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI—This small city in Western Michigan has attracted a great deal of interest from outside investors.

CHICAGO—In the past six months, the firm has completed more than $348 million of loan originations in the Chicagoland area.

MINNEAPOLIS—A strong discrepancy has developed between the top trophy properties and the other class A and B buildings.

CHICAGO—Developers in the region plan to start 24 new projects, 5 build-to-suit and 19 speculative, during the second quarter.

CHICAGO—The profession used to be about facilities management, but C-suite executives now expect CRE to interact with HR and IT and boost productivity on a global scale.

CHICAGO—The company has a lot of projects underway, including a 310-unit luxury apartment project in River North and the transformation of a West Loop office building into creative office spaces.