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China’s wealthy, using not-always-legal means to skirt capital controls to get their money out and at the same time gain residency in the U.S., are continuing to dwarf all others as the largest participants in the EB-5 program.

Fifty-two of the 100 largest U.S. cities were majority-renter in 2015, according to U.S. Census Bureau data compiled for Bloomberg by real estate brokerage Redfin.

KidZania can sop up square footage vacated by department stores and has the added bonus of being immune to e-commerce.

International Decor Outlet announced plans for a culturally-themed shopping complex it dubbed "AsianTown" in a spot in the mall that could contain 100,000 square feet of retail.

A CBRE study showed average rents in prime office space increasing 20 percent in 2016 in Chicago to $38.84 a square foot, up from $32.40 in 2015.

Regulators have decided the threshold for requiring appraisals on commercial property should be increased to $400,000 from $250,000. 

Retailers backed by private equity dominate the list of most-distressed U.S. store operators. Investors are demanding massive premiums to own their debt, implying they're more likely to default than their peers.

Foreclosure reports have circulated about the infamous building for several years, as the county has not received a property tax payment since November 2014. 

A Chinese firm is purchasing two San Francisco office buildings on Mission Street.

(Bloomberg)—U.S. retail sales in February posted the smallest gain in six months, indicating a tempering of the consumer spending that’s been carrying the economy...