NEW YORK CITY—The industry group brought over 160 professionals to Midtown in a kick-off celebration of 2015.

NEW YORK CITY—Best known for its colossal purchase of the Waldorf-Astoria last year, the China-based insurance firm has bought a Fifth avenue office condominium from Blackstone.

NEW YORK CITY—The firm's office here will add Thomas Toland, who joins the company from Berkadia.

NEW YORK CITY—In a frank discussion Wednesday, a group of affordable housing industry professionals brought up some of the issues with the Mayor's ambitious affordable housing plan and their ideas for how to address them.

NEW YORK CITY—One of the biggest sales we saw last year was on the site of one of the biggest development projects currently under way—the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan.

NEW YORK CITY—Together, the pair of buildings spans 61,000 square feet and could become residences or a hotel.

NEW YORK CITY—The firm names Jordan Claffey, a retail specialist it hired from Thor Equities last spring, as head of the new effort.

NEW YORK CITY—Currently based in Chicago, the industrial-focused private equity firm also has made a big hire in conjunction with the move, GlobeSt.com has learned in this <b>EXCLUSIVE</b> story.