Lodging debt, CMBS loans made in 2007 and apartment-backed securitizations in overbuilt states all are at especially dire risk, Fitch Ratings says in its newsletter.

NEW YORK CITY-The acquisition of the off-price clothing chain includes leaseholds and intellectual property; Daffy’s had filed for Chapter 11 protection here on Wednesday.

NEW YORK CITY-Using intermediaries between borrowers and special servicers is one way of improving the chances for a successful outcome, workout experts said in Tuesday’s GlobeSt.com webinar.

NEW YORK CITY-University president Sexton said the 44-1 vote to approve the scaled-down plan for 1.9 million square feet of dormitory and classroom space marked “a great day” for NYU and the city, while opponents called it “a bleak statement.”

NEW YORK CITY-The 2005 rezoning of the neighborhood around the former elevated railway, now an elevated park, has already led to $2 billion in private investment.

EAST GREENWICH, RI-The funding issues facing higher education look a lot like the budget constraints that led to deferred maintenance on military housing, CEO John Picerne tells GlobeSt.com’s Paul Bubny.

NEW YORK CITY-With Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Kimball and 15 others convening an advisory council next month, the Bloomberg administration hopes to create or modernize nine million square feet of industrial space.

NEW YORK CITY-The authority plans to reinstate curtailed weekend and off-peak Metro-North, LIRR and bus service along with adding new routes over the course of a 12-month period.