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Good morning. Renters are on the move again, and RentCafe’s recent rental activity shows a surprising shift in regional demand. With spring in full swing, renters are reevaluating where—and how—they want to live.

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• Hiring heat up: Private companies added 155K jobs in March, handily beating expectations and signaling a resilient labor market despite policy uncertainty and slowing consumer sentiment.

• Winning off the field: Klutch Sports forecasts $100B in investment over 15 years from sports-anchored mixed-use districts (SMDs), highlighting their growing role as catalysts for community revitalization, public-private partnerships, and long-term ROI for teams and investors.

• Alternative angle: Brookfield Asset Management has acquired a majority stake in alternative mortgage lender Angel Oak, adding its $18B portfolio to Brookfield’s fast-expanding $317B credit platform.

• Biggest in BTR: As demand for rental housing soars, the five largest BTR communities completed in the past year highlight the sector’s rapid growth and evolving appeal among lifestyle renters priced out of homeownership. 

• Greenville grab: Conserve Holdings secured a $23.2M loan from Arbor Realty Trust to acquire the 210-unit Cove at Ridge apartments in Lyman, SC. 

• REIT roundup: Private equity giants are circling major multifamily REITs as M&A momentum builds, signaling renewed confidence in long-term rent growth, supply constraints, and the sector’s appeal amid rising homeownership costs.

• High-stakes housing: Slate Property Group has joined forces with Steve Cohen and Hard Rock International to add 450 affordable housing units to their $8B Queens casino proposal to bolster community support for the planned Metropolitan Park near Citi Field. 

• Mega milestone: Miami-Dade County has greenlit the $3B Little River District, a transformative 5,730-unit affordable and workforce housing project that will reshape 63 acres in Little River and Little Haiti.

• Storage goes public: SmartStop Self Storage REIT raised $810M in its US IPO, pricing at $30/share and debuting with a $1.54B valuation as it brings over 200 facilities to the NYSE. 

• Digital deal: PGIM Real Estate has closed a $2B global data center fund, aiming to build, lease, and sell facilities worldwide as demand for digital infrastructure surges.

• Logistics lift: Crow Holdings has secured YunExpress as the third tenant at its 1.2 MSF Carteret, NJ, industrial campus, marking a 146 KSF lease that reflects strong demand for last-mile logistics space near key Northeast ports. 

• Southern scale-up: SHL Medical has opened a $220M, 360 KSF autoinjector manufacturing facility near Charleston, SC, boosting the region’s industrial base and highlighting its appeal as a cost-effective East Coast logistics hub. 

• Smart signals: Simon Property Group is tapping into on-site Wi-Fi data through a new partnership with Adentro, giving retail brands deeper insights into shopper behavior to power personalized, omnichannel marketing across its global portfolio. 

• Hooters hits reset: Hooters has filed for bankruptcy and will transition to a franchise-only model, aiming to revitalize its brand with a more family-friendly image while keeping all US locations open.

• Grocery upgrade: Jakosky Properties secured a $24.5M refi for its Scottsdale retail center, which will welcome a new Whole Foods in 2026, capitalizing on strong market fundamentals and the area's demand for high-end, neighborhood retail.

• Agency takeover: A federal judge has cleared the way for the GSA to acquire the US Institute of Peace’s $500M DC headquarters at no cost, intensifying the clash between former staff, DOGE, and the Trump administration over the dismantling of the independent agency. 

• Federal fallout: Global Net Lease has listed a Nashville-area office property after the IRS unexpectedly exited its long-term lease, part of broader federal real estate cuts shaking investor confidence in government-leased assets.

• Boston breakout: Boston’s office market defied national trends in 2024, leading the country in development and deliveries thanks to strong life science demand, adaptive reuse momentum, and high-end mixed-use projects.

• Travel trouble: Hotel owners are bracing for a potential drop in international tourism, driven by Trump-era policies and global uncertainty, just as a wave of debt maturities and renovation backlogs threatens to pressure the industry into distressed sales and rescue deals.

• Debt reset: After defaulting on a $97M loan, InterGroup has secured a $67M refinancing from Prime Finance for the Hilton San Francisco Financial District, aiming to stabilize the historic property with improved financial terms.

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