As the DC metro area's multifamily market remains resilient, private equity investors remain active, a trend with positive regional and national implications, writes Capital One's Sadhvi Subramanian in this <b>EXCLUSIVE</b> commentary.

Properties continue to be upgraded as management assignments are awarded, such as those for West Point Village, a 330-unit garden-style asset, and Timber Run, a 120-unit garden-style community.

EG Group will establish its North American headquarters in Cincinnati and continue to operate the 762 stores it's acquiring from Kroger under their established banner names.

The next retail segment to be hit by ecommerce challenges in pharmaceutical brick-and-mortar, which is expected to decrease this year.