Investment opportunities in Asia Pacific’s living sector by Mard Naman With buying a home increasingly out of reach, more people are renting and for longer periods of time. With chronic undersupply of housing in many major markets, it is no surprise institutional investors are finding the living sector so attractive.
2025 brings uncertainty to real estate investing, but the ride has opportunities by Ben Cole For institutional real estate investors who are engaged in the business of maximizing returns on illiquid assets, any year can be a dicey one — that is, a 12-month stretch in which property values are squeezed but escape hatches shut — and 2025 is certainly no exception.
As climate risks grow, investors grapple with rising insurance costs by Bennett Voyles During the past few years, commercial real estate insurance premiums have been on the rise in Europe. These price hikes have been driven by the growing number and severity of fires, floods and other extreme weather events; the rising cost of repairs and reconstruction; and more extensive coverage…
People Westcore hires Andrew Burke as CEO Westcore has hired Andrew “Andy” Burke as CEO. Burke succeeds Don Ankeny, who will retire…
Research Americans need to earn 70.1% more today than six years ago to afford the median-priced home A U.S. household now needs to earn $114,000 annually to afford a median-priced home. That’s…
Research Shared practices: Global learning and cross-fertilization of ideas are vital to reach climate targets There has been a considerable shift in recent years toward greater environmental awareness, with ESG…
Investors BKM Capital Partners, Kayne Anderson Real Estate for $1.5b JV to acquire high-growth light industrial real estate by Andrea Zander BKM Capital Partners (BKM) and Kayne Anderson Real Estate, the real estate investment arm of Kayne Anderson, have entered into a $1.5 billion joint venture partnership focused on light industrial real estate.
Research Cross-border investment in Asia-Pacific commercial real estate doubles to $9.5b despite global uncertainty by Andrea Zander Asia Pacific regional cross-border investment in commercial real estate more than doubled in first quarter 2025, rising 116.7 percent year-on-year to $9.5 billion.
People Former NZ Super Fund real estate director joins ESR Group as COO Toby Selman has become the COO of ESR Group’s Asia Pacific–focused data center platform, where…
Research Walker & Dunlop releases 2025 student housing report Fueled by a rise in university enrollment, a market rebound in 2024 and changing student…
Transactions EQT Real Estate completes acquisition to deliver more than 800 rental homes in Stockholm The EQT Real Estate II fund, managed by EQT, has closed a forward-funding agreement for…
Research The hidden power of real estate in financial services M&A by Released Financial services firms have long relied on mergers and acquisitions as a key strategy for growth, diversification and technological advancement.
Research European commercial real estate market’s recovery stalls in Q1 on economic and geopolitical uncertainty by Andrea Zander The recovery in Europe’s commercial real estate market stalled in the first three months of 2025 as investor sentiment was shaken by rising borrowing costs amid mounting economic and geopolitical uncertainty, MSCI’s latest quarterly Europe Capital Trends report showed.
