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[ January 30, 2026 ] Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Exits $9B CRE Book Via Portfolio Sale – Commercial Observer Commercial Lending Update
[ January 26, 2026 ] Commercial property owners share their go-to tips for refinancing mortgage – WSB-TV Channel 2 Commercial Lending Update
[ January 22, 2026 ] FOR LEASE: Highway Oriented Industrial Facility Commercial Real Estate
[ January 22, 2026 ] Bridge Loan Platform Atlas Invest Raises $25M – Commercial Observer Commercial Lending Update
[ January 18, 2026 ] How small businesses adapted to tighter commercial lending standards in 2025 – Action News Jax Commercial Lending Update

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 […]

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Exits $9B CRE Book Via Portfolio Sale – Commercial Observer

January 30, 2026

Here’s an item no one had on their Bingo card: Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance is exiting its commercial real estate positions. Scott Weiner and Stuart Rothstein‘s publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT), which [...]
$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 [...]

Mitigate Risks of Lender Liability Claims When Reworking Troubled CRE Loans | Goulston & Storrs PC

October 30, 2024

I recently had the opportunity to present during a Strafford CLE webinar on strategies for mitigating the risks of lender liability claims when reworking troubled commercial real estate loans. A central theme throughout the webinar [...]
New York Life Real Estate Investors hires Natalia Todorov as Head of Commercial Mortgage Lending for the Western Region

October 14, 2024

NEW YORK, October 14, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–New York Life Real Estate Investors (NYLREI) today announced the hiring of Natalia Todorov as head of commercial mortgage lending for the Western Region. Todorov will oversee a team responsible [...]
Workspace Property Trust Secures Refinancing on $1.3B CMBS Loan Portfolio – Commercial Observer

July 5, 2023

The nation’s preeminent developer of suburban commercial office space has modified and extended a $1.3 billion commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) facility for a nearly 10 million-square-foot real estate portfolio, Commercial Observer has learned. Workspace Property [...]
Brighten appoints new head of commercial lending

October 10, 2024

The non-bank has announced a new appointment as part of its continued expansion into the commercial space. Brighten has announced the appointment of Ben McKell as head of commercial lending, a newly created role that [...]
US bank lending touches record as deposits fall, Fed data show

May 6, 2023

May 5 (Reuters) – Deposits at U.S. commercial banks fell toward the end of April to the lowest in nearly two years, data released on Friday by the Federal Reserve showed, while overall credit provided [...]