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[ January 12, 2026 ] Lower Interest Rates and the Industrial Real Estate Advantage Commercial Real Estate
[ January 10, 2026 ] Jennings Facilitates ABRR Enterprises’ Acquisition of Strategic Office Asset in Hadley, MA Commercial Real Estate
[ January 10, 2026 ] American Riviera Bank Expands with Lending Center in Ventura Commercial Lending Update
[ January 8, 2026 ] BKREA Releases a 41-Year Manhattan Land Index, Here’s What’s Inside Commercial Real Estate
[ January 8, 2026 ] Why Western MA & Northern CT CRE Markets Deserve a Look Commercial Real Estate

What Upper Darby’s 69th Street District Reveals About the Future of Retail Corridors

April 24, 2025 Caroline Vega

Not every retail story centers on distress. Some corridors evolve quietly, blending strategic repositioning with organic tenant growth. The 69th Street District in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, owned by Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation, offers a compelling example. […]

Mortgage REITs Are Making A Comeback

April 5, 2024 Caroline Vega

After a long bear market, mortgage real estate investment trusts (mREITs) are apparently making a comeback. Eight of the 12 best-performing REITs over the last five trading days have been mREITs. Four of the mREITs […]

Lower Interest Rates and the Industrial Real Estate Advantage

January 12, 2026

Cheaper Capital, Bigger Moves The Federal Reserve’s recent interest rate cut has immediate implications for commercial real estate financing. With borrowing costs easing, industrial property owners and investors are in a stronger position to refinance [...]
$520,659 For Family, Small Business Loans: St. Helens credit union to share funding

October 4, 2022

Three Oregon credit unions, including InRoads in St. Helens, will receive a total of $520,659 in federal dollars to support small loans to families and businesses. The funding is coming from the U.S. Department [...]
Dayton to invest $7M in ‘first floor’ small businesses

October 4, 2022

DAYTON, Ohio — The City of Dayton is using $7 million in pandemic recovery funds to help entrepreneurs start or expand restaurants, salons and other street-level small businesses in neighborhood commercial areas. What You [...]
First Bank expands commercial lending capabilities (updated)

October 4, 2022

First Bank is offering new options for commercial lending, the community bank announced Sept. 28, with the addition of servicing for private equity funds. The Hamilton-based institution said it offers capital call lines of [...]
FoA plans to sell retail division to Guaranteed Rate, close wholesale channel: sources

October 4, 2022

Amid the most challenging mortgage market in decades, multichannel lender Finance of America (FoA) plans to sell its retail mortgage division and shut down its forward wholesale channel, multiple sources told HousingWire. According to [...]

Scott Cox Joins First US Bank as Senior Commercial Lending Executive

July 30, 2025

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — First US Bank is proud to announce that Scott Cox has joined the Bank as its Senior Commercial Lending Executive. Cox is a highly accomplished commercial banker, bringing [...]
Bob Knakal Starting New AI-Powered Brokerage – Commercial Observer

May 26, 2024

You can knock Knakal down, but you’ll never knock him out. After his recent unceremonious departure from JLL, Bob Knakal has struck out on his own and on Tuesday launched the artificial intelligence-backed capital markets [...]
Bob Knakal Marks 40 Years of Excellence in NYC Commercial Real Estate

July 26, 2024

Bob Knakal celebrates 40 years in NYC commercial real estate, having brokered 2,339 property sales totaling over $22 billion. Commercial Lending News features an exclusive interview discussing his career achievements, innovative approaches, and future outlook. [...]
Minibubbles in US banking are popping with costs in the billions | Insights

January 13, 2023

As the number of lenders getting stung kept climbing in recent years, some industry stalwarts grew flummoxed by the willingness of so many bankers to eschew longstanding tenets against taking concentrated risks from a single [...]
American Riviera Bank Expands with Lending Center in Ventura

January 10, 2026

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Donovan Brian | Credit: Courtesy Cox Mike | Credit: Courtesy American Riviera Bank (ARB) is broadening its presence along the Central Coast by opening [...]