Weekend Wrap-Up: Commercial Real Estate Financing in 2024, Law Firms as Leasing Bright Spot, BH3's Backstory, and More

    [CRE Finance May Have Hit Bottom in 2023. What’s Next?]( [A look at where debt and equity capital is going in 2024 due to recent rate moves.](   [Commercial Real Estate Financing Volume Likely to Rebound in 2024]( [After lending volume was largely silent in 2023, commercial real estate lenders are poised for an increase in deal acticity in 2024.](   [The Office Market’s Brightest Spot Going Into 2024: Law Firms]( [The nation’s two largest office leases last year were by law firms, and the industry drove Manhattan’s market in particular.](   [Distressed Investing Is in BH3’s DNA]( [While the industry prepares for further bumpiness, BH3 is ready to do what it does best: find market opportunity while creating solutions.](   [2023 Unwrapped: A Candid Look at Commercial Real Estate’s Tumultuous Year]( [The team delves into the challenges the industry faced, from the struggles in debt markets to the fluctuating dynamics of various assets.](   [New York Contractors Are Pessimistic About 2024]( [Contractors in New York State expect more work on infrastructure projects but worry about rising costs and declining multifamily construction.](   [ESG Presents Commercial Real Estate With New Challenges in 2024]( [The ESG concept has taken hold in CRE but extreme weather, "global weirding," and other plot twists don’t make action easy.](   [Greystone Spins Off Affordable Housing Arm to Founder’s Nonprofit]( [Harmony Housing, a nonprofit founded by Greystone CEO Stephen Rosenberg, is acquiring Greystone’s affordable housing development arm.](   [After $700M Sale, UCLA Transforming Westside Pavilion Into Life Sciences Development]( [Previously dubbed One Westside, the project was set to be a massive Google office.](   [Mormon Church Buys Miami Industrial Park for $174M]( [The seller, Codina Partners, began construction in 2018.](   [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 01/06/2024