By Market & Region

Cleveland – September 10, 2026 -- Foss & Company is providing tax equity investment and bridge financing for the redevelopment of Erieview Tower, a 40-story 1964 landmark in downtown Cleveland, into W Cleveland, marking the first W-branded hotel in Ohio.

Redevelopment generates $102.6 million in qualified rehabilitation expenditures

The project is expected to produce $102,613,690 in qualified rehabilitation expenditures, unlocking $10,000,000 in Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credits and $13,089,150 in Ohio Transformational Mixed-Use Development (TMUD) Tax Credits. Foss & Company is structuring both credit programs while also serving as bridge lender for the state credits.

Atlanta – September 15, 2026 -- The Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade returns Sept. 19 for its 16th year with a route nearly half a mile longer than prior editions, extending the procession to almost two miles along the Beltline's Southwest Trail.

Parade route grows as Beltline corridor expansion continues

The event, launched in 2010 by resident artist Chantelle Rytter and her volunteer Krewe of the Grateful Gluttons, now stretches from Beulah Colbert Park through neighborhood streets to Lee + White, where it closes with the All-Band Puppet Jam. Organizers report attendance has grown from a few hundred participants at the trail's first completed segment to thousands today, tracking the phased buildout of the Beltline's 22-mile rail-to-trail corridor.

New York – September 15, 2026 -- ProphetX, America's first federally regulated sports-native prediction market, has partnered with Agg Market to move its full contract catalog onto the Solana blockchain, delivering 100% market coverage through the integration from launch.

ProphetX opens CFTC-regulated contracts to onchain traders via Agg's Solana infrastructure

Every contract listed on ProphetX is now accessible through Agg Market's Solana-based integration, giving onchain traders and builders a direct channel into a federally supervised sports prediction venue. The arrangement does not alter the terms, execution, or settlement framework of ProphetX-listed contracts.

Boston – September 15, 2026 -- Ultra-endurance cyclist Jack Thompson departed Boston today on a 10,000-mile, 60-day ride across all 48 contiguous U.S. states, partnering with national sobriety and mental health platform NewForm to document how American communities are building recovery and connection networks.

Thompson's 60-day route spans the continental U.S. before ending in Santa Cruz

The journey, dubbed "Ride the Nation," is scheduled to conclude around November 13 in Santa Cruz, California. Thompson will stop in communities nationwide to meet recovery groups, schools, local leaders and individuals navigating addiction, sobriety and mental health challenges.

Valley Forge, Pa. – September 15, 2026 -- Vanguard ranked third among 17 retirement plan providers for website experience and fourth for mobile app experience in the JD Power 2026 U.S. Retirement Plan Digital Experience Study, with both channels scoring above industry averages.

Vanguard outperforms industry average across all four measured categories

The firm scored above the industry benchmark in design, system performance, information and content, and tools and capabilities, according to the study, which surveyed more than 6,500 retirement plan participants between May and July 2026. JD Power evaluated the 17 providers on a 1,000-point scale and, for the first time, ranked mobile applications and websites separately.

Grand Rapids – September 15, 2026 -- Headlands Research has established a new clinical trial site in Grand Rapids, Michigan, led by board-certified rheumatologist Eric Slavin, MD, FACP, FACR, expanding the network's capacity for rheumatology, autoimmune disease, and cardiometabolic trials in the Midwest.

New de novo site targets high-demand therapeutic areas

Headlands Research - Grand Rapids is currently under development and expected to open later in 2026. The site will focus on rheumatology, bone and joint conditions, and autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, while also conducting studies in general medicine, chronic kidney disease, obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and vaccines.

Kyle Burtnett, CEO of Headlands Research, said sponsor demand for rheumatology and autoimmune disease trials continues to climb, positioning the new site to address that gap in the Midwest market.

San Francisco – September 15, 2026 -- cfo.ai, formerly known as Runway, has launched Ari, an AI CFO designed to give founders a continuous finance partner that builds and maintains a live financial model of their business.

Ari connects directly to core financial systems to build live models

Ari integrates with NetSuite, QuickBooks, Rippling, ADP, Mercury, Brex, Stripe, Salesforce, Snowflake, Google Sheets and Excel to construct a financial model that updates automatically as underlying data changes. Founders can use it to forecast cash, analyze hiring plans, explain variances, prepare board updates or model the financial impact of a decision before it is made.

Los Angeles – September 15, 2026 -- Youth financial independence in the United States dropped to 34.9% in 2026 from 41.3% a year earlier, according to the second annual Youth Report released by specialty retailer Pacsun and data and analytics firm GlobalData. The share of young people who say they fully rely on their parents rose to 29.1% from 23.8% over the same period.

The report, based on a June 2026 survey of 6,126 people ages 11 to 24 across the U.S., identifies what Pacsun terms the "Drawbridge Generation" -- Gen Z and Gen Alpha consumers who are pulling back from public digital noise toward smaller circles of trusted family and friends.

Influencer trust never exceeds 11% share across any category measured

Family and friends dominate every trust metric tracked, from financial advice to purchase decisions, while influencers top out at an 11% trust share. Only 2% of respondents said they trust AI for fashion advice.

Washington – September 15, 2026 -- National Real Estate Advisors will replace founder and CEO Jeffrey Kanne with Kevin Verdi, its Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, effective January 2027, the institutional investment manager announced.

Kanne exits after more than 25 years building the firm into an institutional real estate platform

Kanne, who founded National in 2000, will retire from the CEO role after more than a quarter-century at the helm, during which the firm grew into an investment manager serving U.S. and international institutional investors. He will remain with National as a Special Advisor following the leadership change.

Research Triangle Park, N.C. – September 15, 2026 -- RTI International has opened a $14 million expansion of its Pilot Xcelerator platform, doubling the independent research institute's commercialization infrastructure for energy and industrial technology startups.

Expansion doubles pilot-scale capacity in North Carolina

The 25,000-square-foot facility on RTI's Research Triangle Park campus gives innovators access to pilot infrastructure, engineering expertise and independent scientific validation to bridge the gap between lab research and commercial deployment. RTI describes the Pilot Xcelerator as the only privately owned industrial pilot laboratory in North Carolina.

Billerica – September 15, 2026 -- E Ink Corporation has made an early-stage investment in NewCopper, a privately held U.S. startup developing conductive copper ink, to accelerate a lower-cost alternative to silver ink used in printed electronics and display materials.

E Ink structures investment through a post-money SAFE agreement

The deal gives E Ink's R&D team the opportunity to evaluate NewCopper's copper ink as a conductive material for future displays and electrode applications, given its compatibility with E Ink's existing roll-to-roll coating capabilities. E Ink will also apply its display manufacturing expertise to support NewCopper's production scale-up and commercialization.

Boston – September 15, 2026 -- FINTRX, a provider of private wealth intelligence, has launched an AI agent called Fin that pushes data and alerts directly into email, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Outlook and Google Calendar, extending its existing platform AI into the tools investment professionals already use daily.

Fin Monitors 850,000 Financial Firms and Contacts Without Being Asked

Unlike conversational AI tools that require a prompt, Fin continuously scans the private wealth industry and proactively delivers alerts, prospect lists and meeting-prep briefs. The rollout covers intelligence on more than 850,000 financial firms and contacts, including 45,000 registered investment advisor (RIA) and broker-dealer firms, 790,000 registered reps, over 4,600 family offices, and 1,900 banks and trust institutions.

Arlington, Va. – September 15, 2026 -- Claroty Public Sector LLC's xDome for Government platform has achieved compliance with the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy, the company announced in partnership with cybersecurity advisory firm Fortreum.

Compliance targets protection of criminal justice data confidentiality and integrity

The CJIS certification confirms Claroty's cyber-physical systems (CPS) platform meets the FBI's security requirements for handling sensitive criminal justice information. Law enforcement and public safety agencies face mounting pressure to secure a growing base of connected and legacy infrastructure, including weapons platforms, building management systems, operational technology, and IoT devices, while limiting third-party and vendor risk.

Reston, Va. – September 15, 2026 -- Federal acquisition organizations report contract cycle times nearly twice the global benchmark for lower-complexity acquisitions, according to the 2026 US Government Benchmark Report released by the Commerce & Contract Management Institute (CCM Institute).

Federal workers report higher resilience despite structural delays

The study, based on responses from more than 500 federal acquisition professionals and industry suppliers, found federal respondents scoring 5.0 on workforce resilience and 4.6 on adaptability, outperforming global benchmarks of 4.8 and 4.2 respectively. Yet 66 percent of respondents cited ongoing uncertainty and 64 percent cited operational workload as major barriers to organizational agility.

Summit, N.J. – September 15, 2026 -- Simplicity Group has acquired Whitney and Associates, LLC, a Des Moines, Iowa-based independent marketing organization, along with its affiliated Altitude Capital Management RIA, an integrated wealth and investment management platform.

Simplicity adds two new partners through the deal

Mitchell Whitney and Charles Johnson join Simplicity Group as Partners as part of the transaction. Both previously led Whitney and Associates, a wholesale IMO specializing in annuity, life insurance and wealth management solutions for independent advisors.

Bangkok – September 15, 2026 -- Central Pattana's Central Park Shopping Centre logged more than 25 million visits in its first year of operation, including over 10 million from international tourists, ranking the property among the top-tier performers in the developer's retail portfolio.

Central Park Bangkok marks first anniversary with new global brand strategy

To mark the milestone, Central Pattana unveiled "Bangkok's World Stage,

New York – September 15, 2026 -- Spotnana has activated a direct integration with Marriott International's central reservation system, giving corporate travel buyers real-time pricing and inventory access across 10,000 Marriott properties worldwide.

Spotnana becomes first corporate booking platform to offer verified Marriott Bonvoy loyalty linking

Travelers can now securely connect their Marriott Bonvoy account to their Spotnana profile through Authenticated Account Linking. The feature recognizes Bonvoy status and credit card holder tiers and displays current points balances directly within the corporate booking platform.

Costa Mesa, Calif. – September 15, 2026 -- BenQ has released its first Creative Pro monitors built specifically for color grading, the PV3250U and PV2750U, priced at $1,599.99 and $1,099.99 respectively.

BenQ targets post-production professionals with 16-bit hardware calibration

The 32-inch PV3250U and 27-inch PV2750U are 120Hz 4K displays aimed at video editors and post-production teams working on advertisements, short-form films, branded content and social media campaigns. Both models deliver 99% DCI-P3 color gamut coverage and 100% Rec.709 coverage, paired with an IPS Black panel offering a 3000:1 contrast ratio for shadow-detail accuracy.

Fairfax, Va. – September 15, 2026 -- Aircom has promoted Khurram Chaudhry from Vice President of Product & Engineering to General Manager & CTO, giving him full operational control of the RAN planning and optimization firm as it accelerates AI-driven network automation.

Chaudhry gains authority over Aircom's technology, customers and growth strategy

The move expands Chaudhry's mandate beyond product and engineering to encompass overall business direction and performance at Aircom, a wholly owned subsidiary of TEOCO serving more than 100 customers across 100-plus countries.

Redwood City, Calif. – September 15, 2026 -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) has appointed DD Dasgupta as Chief Marketing Officer, elevating a 25-year infrastructure veteran to steer marketing strategy as enterprises shift from AI pilots to full-scale deployment.

Dasgupta moves up from product marketing role he held since 2024

Dasgupta joined Equinix in 2024 as Vice President, Product and Solution Marketing, where he built out the company's customer-focused solutions portfolio. In his new role, he will report to Equinix Chief Customer and Revenue Officer Shane Paladin.