The New York Times looks at a nursing home in crisis post-COVID-19 surge. Walmart is turning four stores into e-commerce laboratories, reports CNBC. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.

Property closures, layoffs and debt issues are putting hotel owners in big cities at a tipping point, reports The Real Deal. The wildfires have caused greater housing affordability problems in California, according to The New York Times. These are...

Life science properties are gaining more interest in New York City, reports The New York Times. A looming housing crisis threatens millions of evictions and will leave landlords short billions of dollars, according to the Wall Street Journal...

The New York Times looks at why Dunkin’ Donuts is worth almost $9 billion. The return of Las Vegas shows will test whether live entertainment can conform to pandemic rules and still turn a profit, reports the Wall Street Journal. These are among...

Krazy Hog BBQ in Chicago, closed since March, reboots under DoorDash’s Reopen for Delivery initiative; the delivery operator is matching shuttered restaurants with ghost kitchen operators

Questions are arising about the long-term viability for agency-backed credit-risk-transfer securities.

Blackstone has struck a deal to acquire Simple Self Storage in a deal worth about $1.2 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. The New York Times has reported that Dunkin’ Brands is in talks to sell itself and go private in a deal that...

Median rent for apartments in Manhattan has reached its lowest point in nearly a decade, reports The New York Times. J.C. Penney filed a sale agreement with landlords Simon Property Group and Brookfield Asset Management after weeks of delays and...

The National Multifamily Housing Council rent payment tracker found 90.6 percent of apartment households made a full or partial rent payment by Oct. 20. Apartment REITs are seeing a surge in vacancies, reports the Washington Post. These are among...

The pandemic is threatening urban renewal in cities across the nation, according to the Associated Press. San Francisco restaurants can increase indoor capacity to 50 percent starting Nov. 3, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. These are among...