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OCTOBER 8, 2018

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Alternative Properties

Middle-Market SFR Investors Say They Could Have Benefitted from FHFA’s Discontinued Lending Pilot Program

By Mary Diduch, Staff Writer

It’s harder for mid-size SFR investors to secure competitive financing terms.

Analysis

Fall 2018 School Year Starts Strong for the Student Housing Sector

By Bendix Anderson, Contributing Writer

Occupancy was at 93.9 percent as of August 2018, close to the peak reached in 2017.

NREI Wire

Blackstone Unit Sells San Francisco Ferry Building's Leasehold

Bloomberg

The leasehold stake in the historic Ferry Building sold to a joint venture of Hudson Pacific Properties and Allianz Real Estate.

Mattress Firm Bankruptcy Is a Corporate Nightmare: Chris Bryant

Bloomberg

Steinhoff International Holdings’ decision to pay a 115 percent premium for the retailer in 2016 was “one of the world’s worst acquisitions.”

10 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today

By NREI Staff

MarketWatch looks at how baby boomers will impact the seniors housing sector. Giant Foods has unveiled a mini-grocery store concept for urban markets, according to Retail Wire. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.