The lifestyle — and resilience — people want in a modern city by Alex Frew McMillan More than half of the global population already lives in urban areas, a figure that will reach two-thirds by mid-century, the vast majority of that shift taking place in Asia and Africa. But what we…
SPONSORED: Brookfield — India’s real estate supercycle by Mona Bower In a sponsored report published in the January issue of Institutional Real Estate Asia Pacific, Ankur Gupta, head of Asia Pacific and Middle East for Brookfield’s Real Estate Group, explains how sustained demand, structural undersupply and…
SPONSORED: Actis — South Korea and Japan: digital-first economies ripe for data center growth by Mona Bower In a sponsored report published in the January issue of Institutional Real Estate Asia Pacific, Scott Choi, manager of real estate and data centers at Actis, lays out the factors that make South Korea and Japan…
Fundraising Pearlmark announces first closing of PRSM I Pearlmark has held an initial closing of its first senior mortgage fund, Pearlmark Realty Senior…
Research U.S. job growth slows in December as 2025 ends with weak hiring The U.S. labor market closed out 2025 with continued signs of weakness, according to the…
Research Hines: Global real estate enters a period of stabilization and selective opportunity The global commercial real estate market is emerging from a prolonged period of repricing and…
Transactions LaSalle announces $250m multifamily co-investment with Cortland by Released LaSalle Investment Management has completed a $250 million co-investment alongside Cortland Enhanced Value Fund VI into a portfolio of 19 multifamily properties that Cortland acquired for $1.6 billion in November 2025. LaSalle’s commitment primarily will support the value-add repositioning of the assets.
Clarion’s Tripp Braillard on private real estate opportunities for DC retirement plans by Andrea Zander While real estate is the third-largest asset class in the United States, defined contribution (DC) retirement plans currently hold only a small fraction of their assets in private real estate, relying primarily on public REITs. In contrast, defined benefit (DB) plans and other institutional investors allocate most of their real estate exposure to private holdings. Tripp Braillard, head of DC Distribution at Clarion, recently explained the potential for expanding DC plan access to private real estate.
Transactions Bain Capital makes fourth marina acquisition BlueWater Marinas has acquired Kent Narrows Boatel (KNB), a class A, heated drystack marina located…
Transactions Lone Star acquires Coral Gables, Fla. office complex An affiliate of Lone Star Real Estate Fund VII, managed by Lone Star Funds, along…
Investors Roc360 secures additional $150m investment from Temasek for strategy focused on home renovation lending Roc360, a vertically integrated real estate lending and investment management platform, has secured an additional…
Refinancing MPC sales finished just 3% below pace set by 2024 top-sellers, marking an improvement by Released RCLCO Real Estate Consulting, an advisory firm focused on the real estate industry, has released the results of their bi-annual survey of the top-selling master-planned communities (MPCs) of 2025.
Fundraising Benefit Street Partners secures $10b for its flagship U.S. real estate debt strategy by Released Benefit Street Partners (BSP), a credit-focused alternative asset manager, has held a final close of BSP Real Estate Opportunistic Debt Fund II (ODF II), providing $10 billion of investable capital, inclusive of related vehicles and anticipated leverage, across $3 billion of equity commitments.
