To happy holidays & more deal volume in 2018.

The December celebration hosted by commercial brokerage Hodges Ward Elliott attracted hobnobbers from across the industry, including owners and developers such as Leslie Himmel, Taconic Investment Partners’ Charles Bendit, Alchemy Properties’ Ken Horn & Allianz Real Estate America’s Gary Phillips.

Rob Speyer and and rendering of The Spiral (Credit Getty Images and Credit: BIG/Tishman Speyer)

Tishman Speyer is in the market for a $1.5 billion construction loan to finance its Spiral office development in the Hudson Yards neighborhood, sources told The Real Deal.

 From left: The James New York hotel, Joe Sitt and PGIM’s Eric Adler

Thor Equities finally closed on the purchase of the James New York hotel in Soho after a protracted legal battle with the seller, The Real Deal has learned.

 Brokerage wants to provide buyers, sellers and tenants with more info on consumer habits 

 JLL signed a deal with a firm that analyzes pings sent from mobile devices to track consumer shopping habits, the latest indication that the notoriously low-tech commercial real estate industry moving to catch up with the times. 

 Xceligent executive chairman Frank Anton and DMGT CEO Paul Zwillenberg (Credit: Hive for Housing, Twitter) 

 RE data firm has been battling CoStar in copyright infringement suit

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Company purchased properties at 181-182 Prospect Park West and 409-421 14th Street Customers have questions, you have answers. Display the most frequently asked questions, so everybody benefits.  181 and 182 Prospect Park West Akelius Real Estate Management has closed on a pair of Park Slopedeals for a total of roughly $35 million, sources told The Real Deal. By Eddie Small and Mark Maurer