AUSTIN, Tex.--CBRE Capital Markets' Investment Properties has announced the sale of a 4,974-square-foot retail shopping center in east Austin.

DALLAS--McCarthy Building Companies Inc. recently hired Charles A. Buescher III as its vice president of business development for the firm's Dallas office.

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PHOENIX—GDC/RE founders Joe Doucett and Tim Gunnink are bringing their team of sought-after retail specialists to Newmark Grubb Knight Frank's Phoenix office, where the number of real estate professionals has grown fourfold in the past two years.

In an effort to become more competitively involved in the small balance loan market and to further support affordable housing, Freddie Mac on October 9, 2014 launched a Small Balance Loan Platform ("SBL") to purchase and securitize small multifamily loans. A number of changes have been made to underwriting requirements that lenders and their borrowers should be aware of.

AUSTIN, Tex--The Fairmont Austin, a 1,000-plus-room, 37-story hotel, will break ground early next month in downtown.

HOUSTON--Stream Realty Partners has announced that it has recently been awarded leasing responsibilities for Energy Center I, a 332,000-square-foot, class A property in the heart of Houston's energy corridor.

PALO ALTO, CA—While it remains to be seen how SB 628 will function in practice, there are several aspects which may prove to be substantial improvements over existing and past financing schemes, say experts in this EXCLUSIVE column.