In the News—Week of September 28, 2026

Thomas Title & Escrow successfully closed a $9,614,450 commercial sale in Germantown, WI, for Cirrus Property Group highlighting continued investment in the multifamily development market. The transaction was handled by Thomas Title & Escrow, LLC, led by Business Development Officer Jake Wilson and Escrow Officer Paige Garcia. The property involved a land sale, with Cirrus Property Group and Associated Bank involved in the transaction. Successful transactions are built on strong partnerships, careful execution, and a team committed to getting the details right. We’re proud to have helped bring this deal to a successful close. Congratulations to all parties on a successful close and we appreciate you trusting us with your transaction.

San Francisco renter mulls offer of $35,000 to vacate her apartment

San Francisco renter Serabeth Mullaney is weighing a $35,000 offer from her landlord to vacate her apartment, the New York Post reports. She hasn’t accepted because the thought of finding a new place in the city worries her more than the money helps. She has been sharing her dilemma on TikTok, where she called the search a “nightmare” and noted that the landlord also wants her to sign a nondisclosure agreement. Buyouts like this are common in San Francisco, where strict tenant protections limit rent hikes, so landlords often pay existing renters to leave and then re-list the unit at current market prices. Mullaney’s offer is close to the city’s median buyout, and it pales next to the record $475,000 paid to a Presidio Heights couple who gave up a seven-bedroom rent-controlled flat.

Portland officials decide to back off idea to fine owners of vacant properties

Portland, Oregon, officials have shelved a contested plan to charge fees to owners of long-vacant commercial properties, KATU-TV reports. The move followed a city-commissioned study that found the approach unlikely to help. Downtown office vacancy is at a record high, with Colliers data showing roughly 28% of office space empty citywide in the second quarter and nearly 39% in the downtown core. The study concluded that weak demand and expensive build-out requirements, not owner neglect, are behind most of the empty space, and that a fee would be costly to administer, could hit small and local owners hardest, and would do little to fill buildings.

NFL Dolphins owner Ross now controls entire Boca Raton Innovation Campus

Related Ross, the firm led by Miami Dolphins owner Stephen M. Ross, has bought the entire Boca Raton Innovation Campus, a 124-acre former IBM site with 1.7 million square feet of office space, in a deal whose price was not disclosed, the New York Post reports. The purchase marks the company’s entry into the Boca market, which has emerged in recent years as a sought-after South Florida office district. Two connected buildings at the campus’s core are more than 90% leased, and the latest major tenant, D-Wave Quantum, moved its headquarters there from Palo Alto, California. Ross said the acquisition gives defense tech, technology and financial services firms another option besides West Palm Beach when they expand in the region. He has put more than $10 billion into Palm Beach County since 1998, starting with the City Place development, and his West Palm Beach holdings include over 3.2 million square feet of offices, five apartment buildings and retail, wellness and restaurant space, along with a $100 million gift to bring Pine Crest School to the city.