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• Park portfolio pivot: Six Flags Entertainment Corp. (FUN) is exploring ways to potentially sell underperforming parks to achieve $800M in annual cash flow by 2027.

• Move over, Cambridge: Watertown, MA has transformed into the nation’s fastest-growing life sciences hub amid rising vacancies due to recent investments and growing competition.

• Home sales forecast: NAR is predicting 6% mortgage rates later this year under a second Trump administration and hopes for an improved housing market in 2025.

• Michelin in Texas: The first-ever Michelin Texas Guide awards stars to 15 restaurants across Austin, Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio, with barbecue and high-end Mexican cuisine taking center stage.

• Changing of the guard: Saudi Arabia replaced Neom’s CEO amid mounting challenges to meet the megacity’s $1.5T vision, appointing Aiman Al-Mudaifer as acting head.

• Breaking traditions: Faced with plunging office demand and high vacancy rates, New York’s iconic real estate families are selling long-held properties once considered untouchable.

• Multifamily momentum: AvalonBay Communities (AVB) acquired a 126-unit townhome complex near Austin for $49M, identifying Texas as a key expansion market.

• Zoning solutions: Texas faces an ever-worsening housing shortage, with a 320K home deficit in 2022 that impacted major metro areas like Houston and Dallas.

• Revolutionizing development: Greystar's 312-unit project in Pennsylvania will offer 1–3BR apartments, with construction times slashed by 40%.

• Swift success: Acacia Capital secured $113M in financing for the $184M purchase of a 304-unit multifamily asset in Redwood City, CA, closing in 19 days.

• Finance mavericks: Iconiq Capital secured $525M in CMBS debt to refinance a US multifamily portfolio with nearly 1.8K units across five states.

• Acquisition anticipation: S2 Capital purchased a 1985 Atlanta apartment complex from TerraCap to grow its Southern portfolio amid rising rents.

• Airpark acquired: TA Realty, a CA-based PE firm, acquired the Chandler Airpark 202 industrial complex in Arizona for $75.6M.

• Industrial evolution: US industrial real estate demand is slightly down (-1.8%), totaling 792.2 MSF, with manufacturing facilities booming nationwide.

• Outdoor fun: Alterra IOS acquired 7 properties totaling 23 acres in mid-section US metro areas, fully leased to a telecom company.

• Luxury delights: RFR Holding (RFR) sold the fully leased 102 Greene Street in Soho for $46M, achieving a 4.2% cap rate amidst a broader luxury retail resurgence.

• Southern Sunrise: First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG) acquired 16 franchised eateries in NC and SC for $49M, strengthening its East Coast presence.

• Retail Renaissance: Branch Properties and Corebridge Real Estate Investors secured a $171.4M loan to refinance eight Southeast grocery-anchored properties, which are 96.6% leased.

• On the clock: Manhattan is facing a major office hurdle, with 55 MSF in leases expiring by 2027. This will impact Class B/C spaces as demand shifts to Class A.

• Property predicament: Nightingale Properties loses control of the office building at 20 E. 46th St. in Manhattan, which Namdar acquired for $10.4M.

• Chicago office deals: The firm is eyeing the Chicago office tower for $60 PSF, a significant discount from 2014's $267 PSF valuation. Only 68% of the space is leased.

• Big bets: Cities are investing billions into convention center expansions to attract lucrative events despite declining attendance, fierce competition, and uncertain economic returns.

• Hyatt Studios: The New Hyatt Studios brand will debut in January 2025 in Mobile, AL, with 4K rooms in the pipeline and 250 deals being negotiated.

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