Although movie theatres increasingly are viewed as traffic-builders for brick-and-mortar shopping centers, US ticket sales have been relatively lackluster this year.

The acquisition of Shellpoint Partners will provide New Residential Investment Corp. with recapture abilities that can both enhance returns on its existing mortgage serving portfolio and create new revenue channels, says CEO Michael Nierenberg.

“Shopping centers across the country should feel very optimistic about the season ahead,” says Tom McGee at ICSC following the Thanksgiving weekend.

Owner-operators and owner-investors are challenged with finding a balance between operational benefits delivered by existing technology and the potential disruptive impact to business models by what's coming next,” says Altus CEO Robert Courteau.

CBRE Global Investors' latest US-focused value-added fund has already invested or committed more than half of its total expected purchasing power of $3.3 billion.

Activist investor Marcato Capital Management, which won a proxy fight with the casual dining chain earlier this year, has agreed to vote in favor of its acquisition by Arby's Restaurant Group.

Yet Ten-X sees more gainers than losers nationally in its latest hotel “heat map,” and rates Orlando as the top “buy” market for lodging investors.

Wheeler's unsolicited offer has the backing of activist investor Snow Park Capital, which has recently increased its stake in Cedar Realty Trust.