Commercial real estate finance and advisory firm Walker & Dunlop Inc. reported that it closed the single largest land acquisition loan in Miami that will eventually be the home of an Aman-branded luxury hotel.
"Cautious optimism" is among the most common cliches heard across the hotel industry every year, but still an apt description of how many hoteliers felt at the start of 2025.
For hotel owners, launching a new property or renovating an existing one is a high-stakes endeavor. Many assume hiring a general contractor and architect is enough to keep things on track.
The mood of the hotel industry noticeably shifted through the course of 2025, and there might be no better barometer tracking that shift than the tone of commentary at major hotel industry events throughout the year.
2025 was by most measures a difficult year for the hotel industry, but most hoteliers and experts looking for just a single word to describe the year focus on how companies have been able to weather the storm rather than overcome the storm itself.
Blackstone is furthering its expansion into Japan, saying a real estate fund it manages agreed to buy the Tokyo C-NX Grade A logistics facility in central Tokyo developed by Nippon Express in 2017.
Industrial properties continued to be in high demand over the past year, helped by an AI investment boom that triggered a flurry of data center developments. However, there were numerous other interesting deals and developments, including the Danish toy company Lego Group's plans to invest $366 million in building and operating a 2 million-square-foot facility near Richmond, Virginia, as it seeks to keep up with the demand for its colorful bricks.
Investment firm SoftBank Group of Japan is adding to its investment in data centers that support artificial intelligence with plans to acquire private equity firm DigitalBridge Group in a $4 billion deal to help scale next-generation AI systems.
Developer Matan Cos. secured a full-building lease with a general contractor at a building under construction in Ashland, Virginia, and said it plans to launch another complex nearby due to demand for industrial space in the area.
For a year with major macroeconomic uncertainty, rising geopolitical tensions and other significant headwinds, the U.S. hotel transaction market did well, all things considered.
After a somewhat slower start to the year, the U.S. hotel industry saw several high-priced deals close in the last half of 2025, many of which were in or near the final months.
To wrap up an interesting year for the hotel industry, the Next Gen in Lodging podcast hosts got together for a final 2025 episode to reflect on the year behind them and share key takeaways for what lies ahead.
Basis Industrial has refinanced a self-storage portfolio spread across six states and totaling 785,522 square feet, with Blackrock providing the $101.5 million loan for the seven facilities.
A data center complex planned in a former manufacturing town in the San Francisco Bay Area is moving forward despite growing concerns among some about the impact of the power- and water-guzzling facilities in the nation's most populous state.