FAIRFIELD, CT—With Blackstone and Wells Fargo buying the bulk of GE Capital's real estate debt and equity holdings globally, the parent company plans to exit its CRE platform by year's end.

NEW YORK CITY—While the March employment numbers were a letdown, “it will take more than one weaker-than-expected report to dent the current momentum in the economy,” writes Cushman & Wakefield's Ken McCarthy.

FAIRFIELD, CT—The sale or sales would advance CEO Jeffrey Immelt's goal of downsizing GE Capital to focus on the conglomerate's core businesses.

NEW YORK CITY—The public non-listed REIT is going ahead with a New York Stock Exchange listing that will also see it change its name to Global Net Lease Inc.

NEW YORK CITY—Global uncertainty weighs large when evaluating a deal says Angela West, SIOR, of CBRE in this <b>EXCLUSIVE</b> video from the SIOR Tri-State Conference.

WASHINGTON, DC—“While one might expect the apartment industry expansion to have reached its peak, we are seeing the opposite,” says the National Multifamily Housing Council's Mark Obrinsky.

LOS ANGELES—Patch of Land's cofounder, Jason Fritton, says the participation of SF Capital Group “clearly validates the strength of our business model.”

Inside the biggest development, leasing, investment sales, finance and M&amp;A transactions that took place in 2014.