CRE Journal: 7/1/2025

Top Stories

• Yardi Matrix Reports Sluggish May Multifamily Metrics

• Meet the players tied to the big mortgage mess

• Blackstone Bets Big on Discounted Bank Loans With $2B Purchase

• CRE Prices Slip In May, With High-Quality Assets Shedding Value Fastest

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Retail

• Budget beauty brand Miss A plots store expansion

• Walmart expanding Wing drone service to more metro areas

• Home Depot goes after pro market with $4.3B acquisition

• Fine Dining and Coffee Shops Outperform as Casual Chains Stabilize

• CBRE Facilitates $11.4-Million Sale of Retail Property in Van Nuys

Office

• Distressed Office Market Offers Buying Opportunities

• Incentivizing Or Buying: How Local Governments Can Fan The Flames Of Office Redevelopment

• JLL Arranges Agoura Hills Business Park Sale in Hot Private Investor Office Trend

Industrial

• Companies Delay Industrial Leasing Decisions Amid Economic Uncertainty But Prepare for Future Expansion

• CenterPoint Acquires Kearny Mesa Industrial for $80M

• State of the CRE Market: Industrial Sector Remains Strong Amid General Volatility

Multifamily

• Why Senior Housing Prospects Just Got Brighter

• 'The Future Of AI' Is Already Being Used By Multifamily Giants To Cut Costs

• Why many new apartment developments don’t pencil out

Industry Insights

• 10 Habits That Make You Look Unprofessional (And How to Fix Them)

• EP3 - From ideas to impact - Building tomorrow's proptech

• Young Adults’ Financial Struggles Reverberate Through CRE

Events

• 5 Commercial Real Estate Events You Should Attend in 2025/2026

• Lease Smarter: Uncover Hidden Costs & Save Big on Real Estate

• Southern California Hospitality & Retail Commercial Real Estate Summit

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“The Golden Rule for Every Business is this: Put Yourself in your Customer’s Place.”

— Orison Swett Marden, American Inspirational Author

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