NEW YORK CITY—Known as North Haven Real Estate Fund VIII Global, the fund has already made investments in Europe, Asia and Australia as well as in the US.

WASHINGTON, DC—With Metrostudy's latest projections of construction starts for both single-family and apartment homes down slightly from Q1, the firm's Bradley Hunter explains what's behind the “slight sluggishness.”

CHICAGO—John Rafkin and David Woods will be part of what Jones Day's Bob Lee calls “an integrated, comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach” to financings.

IRVINE, CA—In Auction.com's latest Housing Round-up, EVP Rick Sharga points to rising home prices, which are outpacing wage growth, as “one more storm cloud on the horizon.”

CHICAGO—Most recently global real estate head for Gap Inc., David Zoba tells GlobeSt.com that mature retail brands increasingly are looking outside their home countries for growth.

WASHINGTON, DC—Although year-over-year growth for the second quarter slowed compared to Q1, “year-to-date lending is up for every major lender group,” says the Mortgage Bankers Association's Jamie Woodwell.

BERLIN—The owner/developer's co-CEOs, Jerry Speyer and Rob Sepyer, say the deal for Quartier 205 “constitutes our re-engagement with the Berlin real estate market, where we began over 25 years ago.”

LONDON—One of the two Southbank Place office towers is pre-leased to Royal Dutch Shell, which has been a presence in the area since the early 1960s.