CRE Distress

Syndicators

Stalcup's SEC Probe & a Glitch in the Morse Code

Jan 9, 2026

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15 min read

Stalcup's SEC Probe & a Glitch in the Morse Code

Walker axes dealmakers, stadium arcadium, plus: O brother, where art thou?

Hiten Samtani

Agency Lending

Jan 7, 2026

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14 min read

Lument on the Block and OZK is Over It

NYC vs. The Fifth Amendment, agency action, plus: Windy City tailwinds

Hiten Samtani

Newmark

Inside Lender-Driven Sales & a Utah Whodunit

Dec 17, 2025

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12 min read

Inside Lender-Driven Sales & a Utah Whodunit

Exotic alts, SLC royalty wants to JV you up, plus: Gary, Adi & Paul (and no one else!)

Hiten Samtani

Extell Development

Inside SF's Hotel Heist of the Year & Barnett Megadeal Chatter

Dec 5, 2025

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14 min read

Inside SF's Hotel Heist of the Year & Barnett Megadeal Chatter

Tick-tock on Newbond-Conversant's empire-building play, Park Ave. power moves, plus: Fannie license hock

Hiten Samtani

Politics & Policy

The Man Who Broke CRE Finance & Satmar Pezzonovante Speaks

Dec 1, 2025

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11 min read

The Man Who Broke CRE Finance & Satmar Pezzonovante Speaks

RealtyMogul's whimpery reboot, syndicator storytelling, plus: Betesh bulks up

Hiten Samtani

Agency Lending

The Influencer, the Refi, and the Rapid-Fire Default

Nov 24, 2025

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13 min read

The Influencer, the Refi, and the Rapid-Fire Default

Diving deep into Arbor's Jarek Tadla loan, $136K/key! in SF, plus: CRE album covers

Hiten Samtani, +1

Gary Barnett

Blue Owl Doesn't Give a Hoot & Great Neck Strivers Flip Out

Nov 21, 2025

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11 min read

Blue Owl Doesn't Give a Hoot & Great Neck Strivers Flip Out

If we're screwed, so is everyone else: Lipschultz, Sonder's mercy killing, plus: sudden void at Miami's toniest tower

Hiten Samtani

Rialto

Large Loan Verrone Time & Barnett's Philly Special

Nov 19, 2025

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10 min read

Large Loan Verrone Time & Barnett's Philly Special

Inside Sonder's mercy killing, Sevenstone cleared (with strings?) by Fannie, plus: Extell mezzin' around

Hiten Samtani

Blackstone

Nov 10, 2025

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14 min read

Sonder Folds & Data Center Shady SASBs

Flagstar ready to rock, Marriott nukes proptech darling, plus: A credit investor sounds the alarm

Hiten Samtani

Floating Rate Reaper

Pied Piper of Monsey & A Record Fannie Loan

Nov 3, 2025

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11 min read

Pied Piper of Monsey & A Record Fannie Loan

The Moshe Silber story, Stuy Town mega refi, plus: pvt. lenders ramp up

Hiten Samtani

NYC Office

Sizzling Sakhais & Douglaston's Meaty Prize

Oct 27, 2025

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12 min read

Sizzling Sakhais & Douglaston's Meaty Prize

Persian bigwigs corner lender-driven sales market, Gansevoort RFP winner, plus: Blackstone cub strikes

Hiten Samtani

Related Companies

Banco Down to Brawl & The Developer Wears Prada

Oct 15, 2025

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12 min read

Banco Down to Brawl & The Developer Wears Prada

Santander is taking sponsors to the mat – what gives?

Hiten Samtani

Brookfield

Oct 10, 2025

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13 min read

660 Reasons to Smile

Zhang Xin's CRE reset, Nahla nuggs, plus: Silber gets Lyndy

Hiten Samtani

Billionaires

C-PACE Shows Fangs & the Short King of Data Centers

Oct 8, 2025

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12 min read

C-PACE Shows Fangs & the Short King of Data Centers

Tracking the SF multi bloodbath, Fannie guts desk, plus: How to drop a son in 12 words

Hiten Samtani

Brookfield

Caveat Office-Resi Lender & Roosevelt Masala

Oct 6, 2025

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12 min read

Caveat Office-Resi Lender & Roosevelt Masala

plus: Larry & Elon walk into a data center

Hiten Samtani

Aby Rosen

Finding the 1/1 Buyer & the Insurance Money Machine

Oct 3, 2025

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12 min read

Finding the 1/1 Buyer & the Insurance Money Machine

The real reason One River stalled, the LifeCo lending age, plus: Mumbai's Billionaires' Row

Hiten Samtani

Durst

Sep 29, 2025

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8 min read

601W Gets Dursty & RBC's SF Woes Mount

Another big Veritas default, Dallas hits HFCs, plus: founding membership now open

Hiten Samtani

NYC Office

Sep 26, 2025

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12 min read

RXR's Feeapalooza & Sobrato's SV Sizzle

Gemini GP economics, premium pricing deets, One BH mystery grows, plus: John Dewberry, your humble servant

Hiten Samtani

CIM

Tupac Vs Biggie & Traveling HFCs Bite Back

Sep 10, 2025

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12 min read

Tupac Vs Biggie & Traveling HFCs Bite Back

Ares-Ross love affair, Blau's Mamdani Mayday, plus: Beny, Vladdy & Jony go to Beverly Hills

Hiten Samtani

Development

Sep 5, 2025

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11 min read

Juked Appraisals & Dirty Gold

Baltimore's hard-money problem, a 15X return, plus: who really needs reserves?

Hiten Samtani

Greystone

Sep 3, 2025

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12 min read

Mormon Money & Cayre's Tonic

Norges strikes, OZK ouster, Cardone waterfalls, plus: clouds clear at Greystone

Hiten Samtani

CIM

Aug 27, 2025

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13 min read

Tessler Tapes & Drillman's Sweet 16

Soho House postgame, 172 Madison blow-by-blow, plus: SNFing out a sale

Hiten Samtani

Obituaries

Big LPs Bristle & Mirage's Debt Makeover

Aug 25, 2025

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13 min read

Big LPs Bristle & Mirage's Debt Makeover

RIP Jesse Terry, DTLA deal collapse, VNO shops, plus: Introducing The Mortgage Scoop

Hiten Samtani

SL Green

Aug 22, 2025

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12 min read

Through the Cardone Looking Glass

Werner takes Taconic/Nuveen joint, Hernandez's pvt. credit experiment, more tranche warfare, plus: NYC's leasing czar out

Hiten Samtani

Brokerage

The Shvo Story & Tavros Takes the Seaport

Aug 20, 2025

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12 min read

The Shvo Story & Tavros Takes the Seaport

CBRE's small-deal feast, German shepherds, plus: How Pimco-Blue Owl won private credit’s biggest prize

Hiten Samtani

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