Digital Realty, EQT Partners and Digital Colony Partners are also looking at a potential CyrusOne acquisition.

Jeff Pyatt, incoming CEO of Broadmark Realty Capital, talks about his expectations for the multifamily and single-family lending markets.

The report ranked cities in the Southwest and the Southeast as currently offering the best CRE prospects.

Many savvy investors thought the markets reached its cycle peak a few years ago. That turned out not to be the case.

The former Cetera Financial CEO is now operating a mortgage REIT, but not on a full-time basis.