EDISON, NJ—Mack-Cali Realty Corporation leased 758,919 square feet of space during the first quarter, of which about half a million square feet involved office and office/flex commercial real estate properties in Northern and Central New Jersey.

NEW YORK CITY—By the numbers, here's an alphabetical compendium of quarterly results from 45 public REITs that reported over the past week.

Lenders are navigating a number of economic trends, as are borrowers. It is business as usual, in other words, for this part of the cycle, which can be dubbed beyond the low-hanging fruit.

NEW YORK CITY—Three former employees of the now dissolved boutique capital markets firm—including two of its partners—will join Eastern's capital advisory group, which just was started just last year.