What are borrowers seeking, what are lenders willing to provide, and how often are they finding common ground? What types of debt capital are available for acquisitions, refinancing and development? Who is providing those loans and what types of requirements are most challenging to fulfill? This session analyzes the lending climate for commercial real estate acquisitions, refinancing and development, and what it takes to get a deal done today.

With improving fundamentals, a lack of supply and the growth of demand as the distribution network evolves, both domestic and foreign investors are bullish on industrial real estate. This session examines the current and future appetite for corporate distribution space and other industrial assets. Is capital still targeting gateway cities, or has pricing pressure caused them to cast a wider net? What is the impact of such factors as e-commerce and port upgrades? Capital markets pros explore these topics, and more.

This panel will address key strategies that investors are employing to achieve their target yields. From the most sought-after property types and markets to their approach to investment, our experts will examine the tactics that provide the best results.

Listen as observers discuss and dissect the transactions that lenders are closing today as well as what financing alternatives are best suited to today's commercial real estate investment strategies. Find out where we in the ongoing evolution of the capital stack, and which of the various non-traditional financing opportunities—i.e., hard money/mezzanine/preferred equity, crowd-funding—may work best for your deal.

Prominent capital providers and investment specialist leaders in commercial real estate will cover the issues important to their business today, from political uncertainty and the direction of interest rates, unemployment and labor market participation figures, to GDP growth and consumer sentiment levels. How are equity and debt sources behaving, what are capital providers looking for and what's the climate for raising capital? Which strategies are they focusing on? How do debt and equity players view core opportunities vs. value-add and opportunistic plays? What are the hot sectors for growth?

AUSTIN—Irvine, Calif.-based Passco Cos. LLC is expanding to Austin.

HOUSTON—Brunel Energy is making the move to the Energy Corridor.

DALLAS--CBRE Capital Markets' Investment Properties has announced the sale of NBCUniversal Regional Headquarters, a 75,000-square-foot, single-story class A office asset near D/FW International Airport at The Campus @ CenterPort, to Olympus Ventures. The LEED-certified asset, owned by KDC, was completed in 2013.