NEW YORK CITY—The founder of Julien J. Studley Inc., whom the <i>Wall Street Journal</i> once called “the granddaddy of tenant reps,” was also known for his philanthropic leadership.

FAIRFIELD, CT and SAN FRANCISCO—With the agreement to sell the Commercial Distribution Finance, North American Vendor Finance and Corporate Finance platforms to Wells Fargo, GE has passed the 60% mark in its sell-off of GE Capital.

BERLIN—What is now Savills Fund Management GmbH acquired the 5.9-million-square-foot Potsdamer Platz mixed-use complex in 2008.

NEW YORK CITY—AIG Global Real Estate and First &amp; Main expect to co-invest on new acquisition and development opportunities throughout the US over the next four years.

CHICAGO—Employers in technology, finance and professional and business services are leading job growth, says JLL's Georgules; Cushman &amp; Wakefield's Thorpe cites gains in secondary and tertiary markets.

ROCHESTER, NY—The apartment operator, no longer publicly traded following its acquisition by Lone Star Funds, is one of a series of REITs in pending or completed privatizations over the past six months.

LOS ANGELES—Expectations about the onset of the Federal Reserve's normalization of interest rates have been “baked into the market,” Marcus &amp; Millichap's Hessam Nadji told interviewers on CNBC last week.

NEW YORK CITY and SAN DIEGO—While demand continues outpacing supply in the healthcare REIT's core markets, CEO Alan Gold says, “We believe that the public markets are not adequately valuing our assets and proven business model.”