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Brian Pascus

Brian Pascus is a Finance Reporter for Commercial Observer, where he specializes in covering the intersection of the global capital markets system with all aspects of national commercial real estate development. Prior to joining Commercial Observer, Brian covered Albany and City Hall politics at Crain’s New York Business and served as a national news writer at CBSNews.com. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. A native Chicagoan, Brian lives in New York with his wife and dog.

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Top Dog: Chad Phillips’s Plans for Running Nuveen Real Estate 

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Office · Leases
Virginia

Government Contractor Halves Its Headquarters with Lease at BXP’s Reston Town Center

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New York City

Kalsang Pottery Takes 700 SF in East Village for First Retail Location

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New York City

New Preschool Coming to Brooklyn’s Clermont Armory Site

Francis Lynch of Carr Properties.
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National

Go-To Guy: How Carr Properties Chief Investment Officer Francis Lynch Invests in CRE

By Brian Pascus
Liza Crawford, managing director co-head of global securitized at TCW.
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National

How TCW’s Liza Crawford Manages Risk With an $80B Asset Book

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Residential · Finance
National

Why Senior Housing Faces a Supply and Affordability Crisis

By Brian Pascus
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Yorick Starr, managing director for Invesco Real Estate, and a worker steers a forklift through a warehouse.
Industrial · Finance
National

Invesco Real Estate Provides $355M Refi of 24-Asset Industrial Portfolio

By Brian Pascus
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Trending Stories
Retail
New York City

Panya Bakery Opens Shop in Industry City’s Japan Village

Office · Leases
Virginia

Government Contractor Halves Its Headquarters with Lease at BXP’s Reston Town Center

Retail · Leases
New York City

Kalsang Pottery Takes 700 SF in East Village for First Retail Location

Special Purpose · Leases
New York City

New Preschool Coming to Brooklyn’s Clermont Armory Site

Mary Smendzuik, senior vice president and head of capital formation at RMR Group
Industry · Finance
National

RMR Group Hires Torchlight’s Mary Smendzuik to Lead Private Capital Fundraising

By Brian Pascus
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Independence Plaza.
Residential · Finance
New York City

Independence Plaza Secures $675M CMBS Refi

By Brian Pascus
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Beacon Hill, an apartment complex in Marlboro, N.J.
Residential · Finance
New Jersey

New York Life Provides $90M Refi on Suburban New Jersey Multifamily Asset

By Brian Pascus
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Daniel Hedgepeth, Director at Barings
Residential · Finance
National

Barings Provides $549M Refi on Nine-Property Multifamily Portfolio

By Brian Pascus
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Mavik Capital Management's Mike Fishbein and Dan Cooperman, and a rendering of Cedarside.
Residential · Capital Markets
Washington

Mavik Capital Provides $180M First Mortgage for Seattle-Area Project

By Brian Pascus
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Lower Tuck in West Charlotte.
Office · Finance
North Carolina

Barings Provides $51M Refinancing for Three-Building Adaptive Reuse in Charlotte

By Brian Pascus
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Jonathan Lee, an executive managing director at Colliers
Residential · Finance
Montana

Colliers Structured Finance Group Makes $71M Fannie Mae Loan on Montana Multifamily

By Brian Pascus
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Rendering of Mosaic Pooler, a 333-unit apartment community outside of Savannah, Ga.
Residential · Finance
Georgia

Savannah-Area Multifamily Project Draws $61M in Debt and Preferred Equity

By Brian Pascus
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Fairmont Orchid, a 540-key luxury hotel on the Big Island of Hawaii
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Hawaii

New York Life Provides $136M Refi for Hawaii’s Fairmont Orchid Hotel

By Brian Pascus
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Healthcare · Finance
National

The Investment Model? Sell Your Hospital to a REIT. The Results?

By Brian Pascus
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Industry · Finance
National

Contrarian Commercial Real Estate Investors Can’t Get Enough of the Uncertainty

By Brian Pascus
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Rockrose Development's Henry Elghanayan and Justin Elghanayan, and 110 Horatio Street.
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New York City

AXA Provides $80M Refi for New York City Luxury Rental Building

By Brian Pascus
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