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Blackstone’s Wesley LePatner is gone too soon, but she made a lasting impact on the industry in myriad ways.

Debt fund managers are gaining significant traction with investors but continue to spend substantial time educating clients and prospects on the asset class.

Restrictions on student borrowing that were part of the Trump administration’s Big Beautiful Bill and an expected decline in international students could affect demand for student housing properties.

The manager lined up a $330m loan to refinance maturing debt on the Class A New York office.

Blackstone’s acquisition of $2bn in performing real estate loans from Atlantic Union Bank indicates defaults are not necessarily driving loan book sales.

The sector, long a favorite for lenders and borrowers, is facing near-term uncertainty stemming from changing demand and a maturity wall.

Commercial real estate has weathered worse economic storms than what is being seen today, said attendees at the CRE Finance Council’s  June conference, held this week in New York.

Concerns are rising over a slower commercial real estate recovery.

Residential-related lending strategies are increasingly taking hold among real estate investment managers.

Speakers at last week’s ULI’s Spring Meeting questioned whether data center hype is outweighing real returns. That brings the relative safety of accessing the asset class via lending into focus.