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De-Risking a Megadeal & LePatner's Legacy

Jul 30, 2025

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12 min read

De-Risking a Megadeal & LePatner's Legacy

Merchants of menace, the 180 Water mystery, plus: Sod-Nussbaum fight continues

Hiten Samtani

Newmark

Private Credit's Old Gold & Another Rabsky Riddle

Jul 28, 2025

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12 min read

Private Credit's Old Gold & Another Rabsky Riddle

The 401(k) lending jet fuel, whispering alpha, plus: Can Eastdil be Senna in the rain?

Hiten Samtani

Landau's Stalking Horse & DUSty Dan's Greystone Exit

Jul 11, 2025

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13 min read

Landau's Stalking Horse & DUSty Dan's Greystone Exit

Sophie's Choice for NY office owners, BX's insurance juicing, plus: the battle for multifamily hearts & minds

Hiten Samtani

Starwood

Tariffs Body Check CMBS & Fairstead's Rumble in the Jungle

Apr 11, 2025

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10 min read

Tariffs Body Check CMBS & Fairstead's Rumble in the Jungle

Blackstone joins Dallas Buyers Club, Paramount's etch-a-sketch, plus: industrial's splitscreen pricing

Hiten Samtani

Politics & Policy

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Fannie Blacklist Updates & REPE's Tariff Grim Reaper

Apr 4, 2025

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12 min read

Fannie Blacklist Updates & REPE's Tariff Grim Reaper

Meridian dealmaker dinged, Naftali's $11K psf pricing & bad-boy carveout bombshell

Hiten Samtani, +1

Newmark

Mar 31, 2025

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11 min read

Dons of Data Centers

Who's pulling the strings in this hot-hot-hot asset class?, plus: OZK's take-backsies

Hiten Samtani

Signature Bank

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Math on Naftali's Megadeal & Perot Eyes Industrial Payday

Mar 26, 2025

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13 min read

Math on Naftali's Megadeal & Perot Eyes Industrial Payday

Dirty tales on Fifth, Newmark v. Eastdil, CoreWeave-Blackstone hiccups, $3B industrial spread shopped, plus: latest pod is live

Hiten Samtani

Politics & Policy

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Crowdfunding Scam Highlights & the Goldman Mistress Back Channel

Feb 14, 2025

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14 min read

Crowdfunding Scam Highlights & the Goldman Mistress Back Channel

Blackstone's $2.8B CMBS coup, Fannie's fraud provisions & Elie Schwartz's epic journey

Hiten Samtani

Floating Rate Reaper

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Steiner's Bond Burden & Blackstone's Bottomless Brunch

Jan 31, 2025

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12 min read

Steiner's Bond Burden & Blackstone's Bottomless Brunch

CMBS grapples w/ mess investor left behind, curtains for Aby at Chrysler, plus: NMHC highlights

Hiten Samtani

Bill Pulte

No Promote for Blackstone & Syndicator Lifeline's Fate in the Balance

Jan 17, 2025

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13 min read

No Promote for Blackstone & Syndicator Lifeline's Fate in the Balance

Traveling HFCs' judgment day, going nuclear on Nussbaum, Pulte's prize, plus: BREIT fails to bring the heat

Hiten Samtani

Politics & Policy

Jan 8, 2025

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11 min read

Life After RealPage & In Jamie We Trust

Big landlords must regroup after antitrust bombshell, JPMorgan's office boon, plus: Pretty Boy goes glatt

Hiten Samtani

Politics & Policy

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Meridian's Freddie Restart & Jon Gray's Capital Convictions

Jan 3, 2025

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13 min read

Meridian's Freddie Restart & Jon Gray's Capital Convictions

The book of Eli (Puretz), a Fannie/Freddie freedom roadmap & Brookfield's Citadel boost

Hiten Samtani

Starwood

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CRE Storylines That Defined '24 – And Will Shape '25

Dec 30, 2024

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12 min read

CRE Storylines That Defined '24 – And Will Shape '25

The great debanking, tranche warfare, debt funds roar, syndicators whimper – and other key themes to watch

Hiten Samtani

Newmark

Blackstone's Muni Moolah & High Noon at Helmsley

Dec 4, 2024

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11 min read

Blackstone's Muni Moolah & High Noon at Helmsley

UBS sleepless in Seattle, WeWork's Amazon collab & RXR's trophy trials

Hiten Samtani

Newmark

Nov 25, 2024

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13 min read

Ackman's Brookfield Bromance & Newmark's Life After Lutnick

More Mayweather mania, OZs get presidential boost, plus: DSCR deathmatch

Hiten Samtani

Tyko

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Defaulter Circle of Life & America's Most Valuable Skyscrapers

Nov 22, 2024

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12 min read

Defaulter Circle of Life & America's Most Valuable Skyscrapers

Savanna guns to buy its own NPL, One Vandy's triumph & Tyko's funding frenzy

Hiten Samtani

Floating Rate Reaper

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Savanna's Billionaire Backer & Inside Mayweather's Strange Megabet

Nov 20, 2024

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11 min read

Savanna's Billionaire Backer & Inside Mayweather's Strange Megabet

Copper kingpin funds a splashy deal, CA landlords hobble archrival, Neumann's Aventura adventure, plus: how did a boxing legend buy into a sprawling office portfolio?

Hiten Samtani

Blackstone

Morgan Stanley's Note Carrot & Student Housing's Megadeal

Nov 8, 2024

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12 min read

Morgan Stanley's Note Carrot & Student Housing's Megadeal

Double defaults skyrocket, SNF giant under federal investigation, plus: CRE debt pros mad at I-bankers

Hiten Samtani

Politics & Policy

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Trauma Bonding, Amazon Cometh & Office-Resi Reach Pricing

Oct 30, 2024

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13 min read

Trauma Bonding, Amazon Cometh & Office-Resi Reach Pricing

AAA contagion, RealPage banned in Philly, plus: Vanbarton wants $900K/unit

Hiten Samtani

Floating Rate Reaper

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Goldman’s Matryoshka Moolah & Syndicator Loophole Flagged to AG

Oct 21, 2024

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14 min read

Goldman’s Matryoshka Moolah & Syndicator Loophole Flagged to AG

Gaffers of Gowanus, securitized call lines, plus: Meridian loses a baker's dozen

Hiten Samtani, +1

Floating Rate Reaper

Sep 23, 2024

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10 min read

Caiola Chronicles & a CMBS Blitz Sale

Private credit senioritis, investigations trigger a selloff, plus: Dallas buyers' club

Hiten Samtani

Politics & Policy

Blaze of Inglory & Sheikhing Up Data Centers

Sep 18, 2024

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12 min read

Blaze of Inglory & Sheikhing Up Data Centers

A HoF indictment, Carlyle's capers & Garrabrants the gladiator

Hiten Samtani

Office Doom Loop

Lads of Lakewood & Fundraising Spin Doctors

Sep 13, 2024

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13 min read

Lads of Lakewood & Fundraising Spin Doctors

$2B+ triumphs/tragedies, sorry soundstages & RFR's lifeline

Hiten Samtani

Cushman & Wakefield

Silverstein's Salvation & Blackstone's Gigawatt Game

Sep 6, 2024

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11 min read

Silverstein's Salvation & Blackstone's Gigawatt Game

Fraudster Silber's portfolio in play, Brickman chatter and more Miami big money

Hiten Samtani

Politics & Policy

Aug 26, 2024

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11 min read

Barry & Joel's Excellent Adventure

Schreiber's contempt, BREIT's new boss & affordable housing's silent killer

Hiten Samtani

Blackstone

De-Risking a Megadeal & LePatner's Legacy

Private Credit's Old Gold & Another Rabsky Riddle

Landau's Stalking Horse & DUSty Dan's Greystone Exit

Tariffs Body Check CMBS & Fairstead's Rumble in the Jungle