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The high-end department store retailer reportedly was in discussions with Leonard Green & Partners to help arrange up to $7 billion in financing.

Here's a look at this week's trends, announcements and deals that you may have missed in the country's North West region.

The challenge presented by e-commerce has many retailers and investors rethinking how they operate.

“Ours is a story of career bankers and career distribution people that have come together to build a real estate capital markets advisory shop,” says Lotus Capital founder Faisal Ashraf.

However, about 60% of institutional investors globally are under-invested in real estate relative to their target allocations, says Hodes Weill & Associates.

With CRE prices high and cap rates low, there are still prudent real estate plays for investors with market expertise, focus -- and patience, says Summer Street Advisors' Jack Mullen in this <b>EXCLUSIVE</b> commentary.

Is there room for a project manager in today's hospital or clinic? Peter Stojkovic of Transwestern takes a look in this EXCLUSIVE commentary.

But a construction boom could begin to push up the national vacancy rate, according to Cushman & Wakefield.