Capital Markets

Aaron Halfacre most recently was president and CIO at student housing REIT Campus Crest; he has also served in senior roles with BlackRock's real estate group.

A roundup of recent deals, leases, executive moves, and other news from the past week.

JPMorgan Chase also plans to expand its small business lending and step up activities in the affordable housing space.

The recent tax legislation reducing corporate income tax from 35% to 21% has begun priming the pump, big time. The most recent example is Apple, which…

Broadening investor acceptance of the asset class and maintaining self-discipline in the CRE market after a long benign period are among the biggest issues the industry faces, KBS' Ben Aitkenhead tells GlobeSt.com.

“We are cautiously optimistic that market fundamentals will remain strong, that industrial will remain hot, at least till the end of the year,” says Michael McGuinness, CEO of the NAIOP New Jersey chapter.

“My guess is it's going to be mid-year before people are able to fully think through all of the ramifications of making a choice of entity decision.”

The veteran of more than two decades with Marcus & Millichap will continue to oversee Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. operations until a successor is named.