NEW YORK CITY—“Five years into the recovery from the recession, the economy will need to look to gains in consumer spending and business investment more than housing,” says S&P Down Jones' Blitzer.

NEW YORK CITY—The 33,000-square-foot lease brings the 59-story Art Deco landmark in Midtown to 96% occupancy.

NEW YORK CITY—“It's important to note that current REIT leverage is above levels seen at the end of 2006,” says Reinor Bazarewski at Fitch Ratings.

NEW YORK CITY—The impressive gains in transactions, dollar volume and pricing in Q1 continued the trends seen in the latter part of 2013, says Ariel president Shimon Shkury.

NEW YORK CITY—ARCP, with Nicholas Schorsch as CEO, said Tuesday that while it's “in discussions with many companies over potential combinations,” NorthStar Realty Finance is not one of them.

NEW YORK CITY—Coming at “a difficult time” for the sector, open plans will keep absorption levels muted, Fitch Ratings predicts.

NEW YORK CITY—There's no guarantee that a deal, which would add NorthStar's asset management business to ARCP's, will come to pass, Bloomberg and the <i>Financial Times</i> reported Monday.

NEW YORK CITY—Tremper boosted KeyBank to the top of the ladder for Fannie and Freddie senior housing production when he headed its healthcare mortgage banking and FHA lending platforms.