Shihao Feng

Investors are paying more attention to secular changes, including energy cost volatility and moves toward ESG.

Brookfield also defaulted on a pair of Los Angeles office properties in February.

The Los Angeles-based manager sees a window to buy non-performing loans as higher interest rates persist.

Participating preferred equity emerges as alternative lending structure amid choppy deal-making environment.

Increasing volatility has made REIT earnings less of a clear window into broader market valuations.

The pending sales of discounted mezzanine loans highlight mezzanine investors' role.

Student housing lenders see a bright outlook for the sector, but are cautious about the potential for spread compression as the sector becomes more popular with institutional investors.

C-PACE financing continues to gain momentum, while the office sector appears to be approaching crisis.

A rapid rise in interest rates marked the end of more than 10 years of historically low rates – and put new wheels in motion.

The failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank and turmoil at First Republic are leading regional lenders to move more cautiously.