IRVINE, CA—Ten-X's Commercial Real Estate Nowcast for May continues last month's positive trend, "now that the financial market volatility seen during the first few months of 2016 has dissipated," says Peter Muoio, chief economist.

NEW YORK CITY—Before agreeing to merge with the JBG Cos., New York REIT also considered asset-by-asset liquidation of its portfolio or bringing in new investors for minority or majority positions.

NEW YORK CITY—Welltower CEO Thomas DeRosa tells GlobeSt.com why urban locations represent the future for seniors housing in part two of this EXCLUSIVE interview.

CHICAGO—Between her roles with LaSalle Investment Management and Equity Residential, Christine Akins has arranged more than $5 billion of transactions in the apartment sector.

NEW YORK CITY—The founder of MNS will bolster NGKF Capital Markets' efforts in Brooklyn, while also adding "significant depth" to the capital markets platform nationally, says NGKF president James Kuhn.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ—The first securitization on the market to include a risk-retention class of notes, it's also Colony Starwood Homes' first such sale post-merger.

SANTA BARBARA, CA—On one side, according to Yardi Matrix, there are continuing strong economic fundamentals that favor the multifamily sector; on the other are some headwinds blowing in from the capital markets.

CHICAGO—"REITs worry about the potential impact of a rate hike on the value of income-producing real estate," among other concerns, says Stuart Eisenberg at BDO USA LLP.