HOUSTON—First announced in April, the acquisition is envisioned to “create a leader in scale and scope of services for the mortgage services market,” in the words of Stewart president Jason Nadeau.

LONDON—Sixty-three percent of private equity real estate fund managers plan to invest more capital over the next 12 months than they did in the previous year, Preqin says.

HOUSTON—Transformed from the former Westwood Mall on Houston's southwest side, the 525,580-square-foot property offers substantial value creation opportunity to its new owner, Omninet Capital.

AUSTIN, TX—With more than 55,0000 net acres across four counties, and Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk oil shale development opportunities, the unnamed buyer “sees and embraces the upside the assets offer,” says CEO David Honeycutt.

WASHINGTON, DC—Higher prices “may be pushing investors out of primary markets as strengthening market fundamentals provide increased confidence to invest in more non-prime markets,” according to CoStar.

TORONTO—The pension plan's equity commitments to the US apartment sector now exceed $1 billion, with the addition of investments in Block 6 in San Francisco and five other projects.

MADISON, NJ—As Realogy's NRT subsidiary consolidates local management operations of about 20,000 properties under a national platform, it has expanded its base with the acquisition of Dallas-based Get There First Realty Services.

“The CMBS space will provide outsized returns for dedicated investors who are able to invest opportunistically across the capital structure,” writes Ed Shugrue, CEO of Talmage, in the latest <i>CRE Finance World</i>.