DETROIT—The industrial market has seen robust activity in the last two years, and investors now consider the region a good bet.

LOUISVILLE—Grocery-anchored centers have tremendous appeal these days, but one with the only Whole Foods in Louisville drew special interest.

CHICAGO—Cap rates for retail banks have sunk to historic lows, and Guy Ponticiello from JLL tells GlobeSt.com that limited new development of bank branches is causing record levels of transactions.

CHICAGO—HAS Capital, LLC has just appointed a new president of originations and says its time for manufactured housing to begin attracting more attention from lenders.

LINCOLN, NE—The University of Nebraska has set an ambitious goal of enrolling 30K students, and has launched a number of student housing projects to accommodate the projected growth.

CHICAGO—Last year, the national vacancy rate sank to its lowest rate in a decade, but solid fundamentals could push the rate even lower in 2015.

MINNEAPOLIS—In the first quarter of 2015 robust demand was apparent throughout all submarkets and sectors, according to a new report from DTZ.

CHICAGO—The public-private deal with help preserve thousands of units of affordable housing, including the 628-unit Marshall Field Garden Apartments on the North Side.