The REIT spinoff will lease the iconic hotel/casino to Caesars Entertainment in a 15-year triple-net arrangement.

The reduced tax benefits of homeownership could be a boon for the apartment sector next year, at least on the rental side.

Fitch Ratings sees “bar-belling” of securitizations as a continued issue, “because the stronger loans will not make up for losses that the weaker loans in the deal may incur,” says managing director Stephanie Petosa.

Blackstone's non-traded REIT is acquiring 146 warehouses from a Cabot Properties fund, marking the asset management giant's second $1-billion deal in the industrial sector in a little over a year.

Amazon's $13.7-billion debut in brick-and-mortar grocery sales hasn't led to a material decline in fundamentals for strip center REITs, say analysts with BTIG.

Atria's senior executives, Fremont and Ventas will now own shares of both Atria's management business and a newly formed, $1-billion general partnership that will seek development and redevelopment opportunities.

“After about a two-year slowdown, rent growth is starting to pick back up across the nation,” says Aaron Terrazas at Zillow.

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