LONDON—"We continue to see compelling opportunities to deploy capital across the continent," says Blackstone's Anthony Myers.

SEATTLE—The news caused a spike in the department store chain's share prices, which have been down since the beginning of 2017.

IRVINE, CA—The volume of financing for flipped homes grew in Q1 "even as the home flipping rate plateaued compared to a year ago," says Daren Blomquist at ATTOM Data Solutions.

BALA CYNWYD, PA—More than twice the size of its 2013 predecessor, Hamilton Lane Secondary Fund IV L.P. drew on a globally diverse base of investors.

LOS ANGELES—Demographics and other factors that favor seniors housing "will continue to drive investment into the sector in 2017," says CBRE's Jeanete Rice.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ—The $815-million deal represents an opportunity for Colony Starwood to convert the portfolio "from managed to wholly owned assets," says CEO Fred Tuomi.

WASHINGTON, DC—CREFC's Lisa Pendergast says the latest survey of insurance companies is especially useful to life companies "as they navigate through a CRE cycle that is at or near its peak."

HELSINKI—Valued at approximately US$2 billion, the investment in Sponda will give Blackstone control of a 13-million-square-foot retail and office portfolio in Finland's major cities.