PE Firm With Stakes In Bills, Dodgers Hires Crow Holdings Execs To Launch Real Estate Arm

March 27, 2025 / no comments

An alternative investment firm focused on investments in professional sports teams is pushing into commercial real estate — a growing focus for the multibillion-dollar franchises.
Arctos Partners hired Ira Shaw, Gina Spiegel, Greg Lombardi and Robert DiGiovine from Crow Holdings, the real estate firm run by the family of legendary developer Trammell Crow, the company announced Thursday.
The team will launch Arctos Keystone Real Assets out of a new Boston office with plans to invest in a variety of property sectors, including rental housing and data centers, as the real estate industry experiences a “period of dislocation and reorganization,” Arctos co-founder Ian Charles told…

‘Better Than Billionaires’ Row’? Why NYC’s Top Developers Are All-In On A Tiny Patch Of Madison Avenue

March 27, 2025 / no comments

On just five blocks of Madison Avenue, a multibillion-dollar development battle is brewing. 
Within a matter of months, Extell Development and Related Cos. have set in motion plans for ultra-luxury skyscrapers on the eastern corners of 60th and 59th streets. The developers are known to be aggressive, being responsible for shaping Billionaires’ Row and Hudson Yards, but their investments are just the start of the area’s rebirth.
“The Plaza District in general is in the midst of a $15B to $20B makeover when you total up all of the projects that are either recently completed, under development or proposed,” Eastdil Secured Managing Director Will Silverman said. “I think people have not…

Mayor Bass Backtracking On Measure ULA Pause

March 27, 2025 / no comments

As quickly as the specter of a reprieve from Measure ULA arose, it has receded.
Sources tell Bisnow that Mayor Karen Bass has, in private conversations and at private events, said that she has abandoned efforts to find a way to pause Measure ULA as part of the rebuilding effort following January’s historic fires.

The Federal Government Has 6M SF Of Office Space In Mass. Here’s What Could Be At Risk

March 27, 2025 / no comments

As the federal government’s massive portfolio of owned and leased office space has been thrown into uncertainty, Massachusetts has a series of major properties that could be at risk.
The state has 115 federal office leases totaling 1.7M SF in privately owned buildings and another 4.3M SF of federally owned buildings, according to Bisnow’s analysis of General Services Administration data.
Many of the leases are small, but 43 of them are more than 10K SF and 17 are over 20K SF. The largest lease is the FBI’s 220K SF Boston field office.