NEW YORK CITY—The new national firm, based here, provides a tax-exempt debt platform for mortgage funding.

CAMBRIDGE, MA—The biomedical and bioscience industries here are constantly evolving and changing, expanding and contracting operations and sometimes changing addresses. Perfect examples of the tumultuous nature of this sector can be found in the latest news from local firms Unum Therapeutics and Metabolix Inc.

NEW YORK CITY—First announced this past October, the $8-billion privatization of the healthcare real estate landlord marks the third major REIT transaction by private equity this week.

LOS ANGELES—At ALIS, Teague Hunter claims the peak hit in 2014, and now there is a gap between sellers and buyers, but not all of his fellow panelists agreed.