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.
The stalled redevelopment of Montreal’s Bridge-Bonaventure sector, a stretch of aging warehouses and industrial lots where consultations began nearly a decade ago, reflects Canada’s struggle to add housing as two federal studies present widely differing estimates of how much the country needs.
A garden-style apartment community in the shoreside city of Newport News, Virginia, traded hands as investor appetite for multifamily properties in the broader Hampton Roads region remains steady.
While U.S. vacancy rates climb higher, Philadelphia has already passed its peak — signaling that the local rental market is finding its footing faster than the rest of the country.
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.
Brookfield Properties continued to sell multifamily properties in Philadelphia with the recent sale of One Franklin Town apartments at 1 Franklin Town Blvd. in Logan Square.
A former Sears store that was converted into apartments on Chicago’s North Side has sold for $29 million in a deal that resolves a foreclosure suit and adds to a busy year for multifamily transactions.