TORONTO—Given the socioeconomic variables that currently exist, "we could be in the seventh inning of a very long extra-innings game for our industry," says Mark E. Rose at Avison Young.

NEW YORK CITY—Co-founder of Massey Knakal Realty Services, the mayoral hopeful told a YMWREA audience that he's been "trained by the business we're in to know what I need to do next for New York City."

WASHINGTON, DC—The alternative asset manager is also raising funds for a core-plus fund, Carlyle Property Investors.

LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK CITY—The equity REIT resulting from the three-way merger has an equity market cap of about $9 billion and AUM of $58 billion.

NEW YORK CITY—The new McCourt Partners represents an evolution of a joint venture launched in 2012 by Frank McCourt Jr. and Mark Walter after the latter acquired the Dodgers franchise from McCourt.

LOS ANGELES—"These markets may offer attractive development and investment opportunities as tight market conditions push rents up further," says Andrea Cross at CBRE.

ATLANTA—Colliers International's Martin Pupil explains the value proposition in the firm's newly acquired IndSite technology platform for logistics and industrial site selection.

WASHINGTON, DC—However, it's a different story for mortgage REITs in 2016 and for equity REITs in the last month of the year.