Weekend Wrap-Up: 2024 Power Finance, Acore Raises a $1.4B Debt Fund, Pura Vida Founders Talk Expansion, and More

    [2024 Power Finance]( [There was plenty for our honorees to help — and contend — with, and myriad problems to solve.](   [ACORE Raises $1.4B For New Credit Facility Targeting Distressed Capital Stacks]( [CEO Warren de Haan said that the new fund is looking to invest in top quartile real estate with broken capital structures.](   [Pura Vida Founders Jen and Omer Horev On Its Conquest of South Florida]( [The healthful cafe concept has grown its location count five fold this decade — next stop: the billionaires nest on Fisher Island.](   [Dallas Diagnosis: Friendly Policies and In-Migration Draw Investor Interest]( [A favorable business environment and a growing population in Dallas have caught the attention of commercial real estate investors and developers.](   [KKR Buying $1.6B Student Housing Portfolio from Blackstone REIT]( [KKR announced Wednesday that it had agreed to purchase a 19-property student housing portfolio from BREIT for $1.64 billion.](   [5 Questions With Justin Landau of El Car Wash]( [The Miami-area chain hopes to use private equity backing to grow to 100 locations in the next three years.](   [Alternative Lenders Help Fill Commercial Real Estate’s Debt Gap Amid Higher Interest Rates]( [A number of alternative lenders jumped into action to carry the flag as banks moved to the sidelines amid higher interest rates in 2023.](   [Midas Touch: Goldman Sachs’ CRE Finance Team on Uncovering Market Opportunity]( [Timing was everything in the capital markets this past year, and the Goldman Sachs team had it down to an exact science.](   [Swig Company Offloads Downtown L.A. Office Tower for 47% Discount]( [Swig sold the 12-story tower to investor Izek Shomof for $20.5 million.](   [Dezer Lands $25M More For Bentley Condo Dev in Sunny Isles]( [Since 2022, over 40 percent of units have sold, amounting to more than $550 million.](   [View in Browser]( | [Advertise]( | [Forward to a Friend]( [Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe]( [Share your thoughts: Help us improve with our quick feedback survey!]( [Commercial Observer]( © Copyright 2024 [Observer Media]( 1 Whitehall Street, Floor 7, New York, NY 10004 This newsletter was published 04/27/2024