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June 20, 2017

Top Story

What’s Next for Marijuana Warehouses?

By John Egan, Contributing Writer

Taking advantage of an impending boom in industrial space for marijuana growers — notably class-B and class-C warehouses — isn’t as simple as just snatching up properties and signing up tenants.

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Analysis

Freddie Mac Securitization Could Help the Affordable Housing Challenge

By Bendix Anderson, Contributing Writer

Freddie Mac has upped the ante on its securitization programs. In June the company issued hundreds of millions of dollars in bonds secured by loans to affordable housing properties.

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Sponsored Content

The Growing Value of Digital Tools in Commercial Real Estate

Sponsored by Coldwell Banker Commercial

A survey conducted by NREI and Coldwell Banker Commercial confirms that real estate professionals are increasingly relying on a host of devices, software and applications to do business.

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NREI Wire

Berkowitz Says Fannie-Freddie Legal Fight May Go Five More Years

Bloomberg

“From beginning to end, it could be a 10-year process,” Bruce Berkowitz, whose Fairholme Fund holds one of the largest stakes in the mortgage-finance giants, said in a June 16 interview.

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Union Investment Acquires Amazon-Leased Midtown21 Office Building for $330M

CoStar News

The Hamburg, Germany-based real estate investment firm acquired the building from a joint venture of MetLife Real Estate and Trammell Crow.

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Must Reads

10 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today

By NREI Staff

Google is buying more land parcels in downtown San Jose, reports The Mercury News. CNBC profiles activist investor Jonathan Litt. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.

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