Empire State Realty Trust (NYSE: ESRT) agreed to acquire the Scholastic Building (555-557 Broadway) in SoHo for $386 million in an all-cash transaction expected to close in December 2025.The property totals approximately 396,000 square feet (368,000 sq ft office; 28,000 sq ft retail), is 70% leased, and includes a 15-year office lease with Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL) for 222,000 square feet. Retail is fully leased with a weighted average lease term of ~8 years. The asset contains a unique three-floor block of over 110,000 square feet that ESRT plans to market.Newmark (NASDAQ: NMRK) represented the seller. Additional transaction details are posted in the company’s investor presentation.

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Newmark (Nasdaq: NMRK) served as real estate advisor to Sonida Senior Living (NYSE: SNDA) on a definitive cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $1.8 billion to acquire CNL Healthcare Properties, creating a combined senior‑housing owner-operator with an expected $3.0 billion enterprise value and ~$1.4 billion equity market capitalization.The merged company will own 153 independent living, assisted living and memory care communities totaling ~14,700 units, rank among the top eight U.S. senior living owners, and expects the deal to be immediately accretive to normalized FFO with operating and structural synergies, enhanced liquidity, and deleveraging. Closing is expected in H1 2026, subject to customary approvals. Newmark advisors on the deal were Chad Lavender and Ryan Maconachy.

Newmark (Nasdaq: NMRK) announced expansion of its Property and Facilities Management businesses into India and appointed Sathish Rajendren as Executive Managing Director to lead India and APAC operations, based in Bangalore on Oct 27, 2025. The move aims to deliver consistent, end-to-end management services for owners and occupiers and to scale recurring Management Services globally.The release cites India office absorption of ~60 million sq ft through the first nine months of 2025 and notes Newmark's combined 2024 recurring Management Services and Servicing revenues of ~USD 1.1 billion (USD 833M Management Services; USD 274M Servicing & Other).

Newmark (Nasdaq: NMRK) announced on October 7, 2025 the acquisition of RealFoundations, a Dallas-based real estate consulting and managed services firm with ~500 employees serving ~500 companies across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.The deal expands Newmark's Investor Solutions and Managed Services capabilities, bringing advanced technology, end-to-end workflow systems and a complementary client base. Newmark said the acquisition helps pursue its goal to grow recurring Management Services and Servicing revenue to >$2 billion by 2029. Terms were not disclosed.

NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Newmark Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK) ("Newmark" or "the Company"), a leading commercial real estate advisor and service