CALABASAS, CA—The 2016 US Multifamily Investment Forecast, developed by Marcus & Millcihap's Hessam Nadji and John Chang, credits further gains in US payrolls with driving apartment fundamentals.

NEW YORK CITY—Brookfield's unsolicited offer represents a premium of 26% on Rouse Properties' share price as of closing this past Friday

NEW YORK CITY—EVP Ernest Katai says clients' need for integrated finance solutions in the hotel and hospitality sector led Berkadia to hire Andrew Coleman last year; Coleman tells GlobeSt.com what the latest hirings signify.

BOSTON—Mortgages on office properties posted the best quarterly and annual total returns in the latest LifeComps Commercial Mortgage Loan Index, covering loans with a principal balance totaling $103.7 billion.

NEW YORK CITY—The flagship of a newly launched hotel brand from Marriott, the 16-story office/retail property is returning to its original purpose of lodging via the Lightstone Group's adaptive repositioning.

NEW YORK CITY—With recent IRS guidance and the PATH Act mitigating against the REIT spin-off route, Fitch Ratings sees MGM Resorts and Macy's taking a different path.

WASHINGTON, DC—Despite a drop in all four of NMHC's market conditions indexes, the association's Mark Obrinsky says that longer term, "all signs point to continued strong demand for apartment residences."

CALABASAS, CA—Notwithstanding what Cushman & Wakefield's Ken McCarthy calls "much needed reassurance" from the job numbers, Marcus & Millichap cites reminders that "potential disruptions to US economic growth persist."