The spin-off is intended to concentrate DDR's core holdings into a smaller pool with higher growth potential.

2018 GDP growth could range from essentially flat to upwards of 3%. CBRE's Spencer Levy charts the "macro and micro factors" that could tilt it one way or the other.

"Negotiations between the House and Senate will have a significant impact on pass-through entities' passive investments," says Revathi Greenwood at Cushman & Wakefield.

"For the past 10 years, the number of single-family homes that are rented has grown steadily and remains near the highest levels ever recorded," says Aaron Terrazas at Zillow.

The 30-year veteran of multifamily finance brings longstanding agency relationships to RED Mortgage Capital, which he'll lead as president and national head of production.

With new originations now outpacing payoffs of older loans, “the result is the largest increase in outstanding CMBS mortgages since the end of 2007,” says Jamie Woodwell at the Mortgage Bankers Association.

"The reality is that there will be more retail transactions next year than there have ever been," CBRE's Americas retail leader told GlobeSt.com at the recent ISCS New York Deal Making conference.

The combination of Unibail-Rodamco and Westfield Corp. will create a retail group with US$72.2 billion of gross market value.