Transactions
Harrison Street acquires state-of-the-art office and laboratory complex in Cambridge, Mass.
Harrison Street Real Estate Capital has acquired Osborn Triangle in Cambridge, Mass., from a subsidiary…
Transactions
Recent commercial real estate transactions
Transactions reported this week include the sale of a two-property portfolio. A partnership between Alexandria…
Fundraising
EBRD invests €30m in climate-conscious real estate fund
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has invested €30 million ($33 million) in…
Research
Among the world’s 20 fastest-growing retailers, Amazon is at No. 4
Despite Amazon headlines stating its dominating and disrupting the brick-and-mortar retail sector, it’s not the No. 1 seed as the fasting-growing retailer based on 2017-2018 sales growth, reported USA Today.
Investors
U.S.-China trade tensions escalate
The stakes are getting higher in the trade tensions between the United States and China, setting the scene for further concerns from investors about an economic slowdown as the world’s two largest economies answer failed trade negotiations with tit-for-tat tariff increases.
Featured Event
2019 Fall Editorial Advisory Board Meeting – Institutional Real Estate Americas
The 2019 Fall Editorial Advisory Board Meeting - Institutional Real Estate Americas is an open…
Resource Center
Report from Asia: Nonbank lending and investment opportunities in Australia
Glossary, videos, podcasts, research in the Resource Center
Transactions
J-REIT IIF acquires five assets in Japan for $225m
Industrial & Infrastructure Fund Investment Corp., a J-REIT managed by Mitsubishi Corp.–UBS Realty, has agreed…
Transactions
Frasers Centrepoint Trust buys stake in mall for $315m
Singapore-based Frasers Centrepoint Trust has reached a deal to buy a one-third stake in a…
Investors
Dalian Wanda Group Co. to invest $11.6b to prop up Shenyang city
Dalian Wanda Group, a primarily real estate conglomerate founded by Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin, has…
Research
Real estate capital is chasing Asia Pacific’s most innovative cities
Asian cities are moving up the innovation rankings, with Tokyo, Singapore and Beijing among the top five most innovative cities globally. According to new research from JLL, these tech-savvy cities have attracted close to $100 billion of real estate capital over the past three years, as investors look to tap into growing demand.
Research
London only market to experience growing office rents over next three years
London’s West End and City districts are the only European office markets that will experience growing office rents over the next three years.