Samantha Rowan

A return to work could lead to a new lease on life for these properties.

The mortgage REIT is building out full-service lending platform.

Torchlight, Berkshire Residential Investments and Rialto Capital all saw major fund closes during the period.

The Brava, a 46-story multifamily building under construction in the city's central business district, is expected to come to market in 2022.

The firm will retain servicing rights on the financing, which is part of a $108m financing package.

The New York-based real estate private equity fund manager has had an active fourth quarter, completing more than $1.2bn of loans across 31 deals.

Lenders need to work better with data in order to drive operational efficiencies, says Mike Sroka, CEO of Dealpath, a San-Francisco-based deal management platform for commercial real estate debt and equity investors.

With a consensus set around the top property types and locations, debt fund managers at the PERE America Forum discussed ways to stand out.

As origination competition intensifies, the head of real estate debt at private equity firm Apollo sees opportunity in lending to transitional assets like offices in 2022.

With a looming threat of inflation, the sector is starting to feel like a safer bet.