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.
A Beverly Hills, California-based private equity firm backed by high-profile U.S. business figures has paid $59 million for a two-building office complex near Chicago.
Investors and owner-occupiers are acquiring office properties in Nashville, Tennessee, at an accelerating pace, driven by improving demand, discounts from the 2022 peak and an increased appetite for office-to-hotel conversions.
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.
San Francisco’s office availability fell by almost 2 million square feet in the past quarter, the largest decrease in a series of four straight reductions. The market’s total available space is now 47 million square feet, a decrease of 5 million square foot from the peak in availability at the end of 2024.
Ryan Hekmat starts most mornings in the gym at Figueroa at Wilshire, the downtown Los Angeles skyscraper his firm bought during the summer at a bargain price.
Demand for office space in San Antonio has largely been positive and resilient over the past five years, though mid-tier properties have lost tenants to their newer, more highly rated peers.
The groups and partners building and championing a series of mixed-use real estate developments around Baltimore's waterfront are aligned in their vision for the area as several major projects progress, according to an economic and civic organization that promotes the region.