NEW YORK CITY—Although its rapid growth may be hard to fathom from a distance, “everything we do is directed toward a singular objective: to create value for our shareholders,” said the net lease REIT's president on a Q2 earnings call.

NEW YORK CITY—Citing “mixed economic numbers” over the past few months, S&P Dow Jones Indices' David Blitzer observes, “Prices and sales of existing homes have shown improvement while construction and sales of new homes continue to lag.”

NEW YORK CITY—For ARCP, the deal for approximately 500 Red Lobster locations “provides value to our shareholders and supports long-term earnings growth,” says company president David S. Kay.

HOUSTON—Weingarten's grocery tenant news was delivered amid a strong second-quarter earnings report; analysts on Monday gave affirmed an Outperform rating for the shopping center REIT.

RESTON, VA—“There's a lot of dollar stores on the market right now,” Calkain Cos.' Richard Murphy tells GlobeSt.com, adding that “it will be interesting to see” how much of the inventory sells in view of Monday's $9.2-billion merger announcement.

HOUSTON—The 455,476-square-foot office property is 100% leased, with ConocoPhillips the largest tenant in a 200,000-square-foot triple-net lease.

HOBOKEN, NJ—The “incredible price expansion” in Brooklyn and Queens has brought multifamily investors across the Hudson River, Chris Cervelli of Michael Cervelli Real Estate tells GlobeSt.com.

CHESAPEAKE, VA—The combined company reportedly will be North America's largest discount retailer, operating more than 13,000 stores.