Dallas has long been a business-friendly location and infrastructure hub in the center of the country, and Texas maintains strong data center incentives with sales tax exemptions available on large builds of more than $200 million.

The purchase of the DC-based, property management company expands Avison Young's offerings within the area.

The acquisition will represent Walker & Dunlop's first office in the Columbus market.

Blackstone is all-in on industrial, viewing the favored asset class that has seen vacancies at record-lows as poised for even greater growth, and is tapping the retail market more broadly through its non-traded REIT BREIT.