Where ESG investing stands globally and what AI has to offer by Jennifer Molloy While a growing number of institutional investors understand the benefits of “going green” on their bottom line and have moved to incorporate sustainability metrics into their investment decision making, obstacles to full implementation persist and vary around the world. But artificial intelligence (AI) could be a game changer…
SPONSORED: Aquilius Investment Partners – Addressing Australia’s housing shortage and affordability crisis by Jennifer Babcock Residential land lease communities, where residents can own their home but lease the land, are appealing to some seniors in Australia due to the preservation of equity and the locations.
SPONSORED: UBS Asset Management – Selecting promising European markets for life sciences real estate by Jennifer Babcock A nexus of education, capital and companies. The cluster effect. Reciprocal tariffs. These are some of the factors investors in life sciences real estate consider when evaluating one investment market against another.
Transactions Blackstone provides $231m financing for JIOS’s 43-property IOS portfolio JLL Capital Markets has arranged $231 million in financing for a 43-property industrial outdoor storage (IOS)…
Transactions Barings acquires Creative Campus in Playa Vista, Calif., for $150m Barings has acquired i|o at Playa Vista, a 306,809 square-foot creative workplace campus in Playa…
Transactions L.A. office sells for $210m to Uncommon Developers Newmark Group has arranged the sale of 601 South Figueroa Street — also known as…
Research Demand for office space continues to rebound, says NAIOP Research by Released Despite uncertainties about the economy, net absorption of office space was positive for a fourth consecutive quarter and demand is projected to continue to grow for the rest of the year, according to the NAIOP Research Foundation’s Office Space Demand Forecast.
Investors Mass PRIM commits $75m to DivCore Fund VII by Elise Mackanych The Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board (Mass PRIM) has committed $75 million to DivCore Fund VII, a program of DivcoWest.
Resource Center Platform Ventures’ Ariana Nelson on the growing interest in cold storage within investment portfolios
Transactions Lone Star Funds to acquire portfolio of nine PBSA U.K. assets for $288m Lone Star Funds has announced that an affiliate of Lone Star Real Estate Fund VII…
People Ryan Kaplan joins Strategic Value Partners as managing director on real estate team Ryan Kaplan has joined Strategic Value Partners as a managing director to focus on real…
People Greystar hires former PGIM Real Estate managing director Steve Oliveira Greystar has appointed Steve Oliveira as managing director of logistics. Based in New Jersey, Oliveira…
Investors LACERS commits $25m to opportunistic real estate credit fund by Elise Mackanych The Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System (LACERS) has committed up to $25 million to Mavik Real Estate Special Opportunities VS2, according to meeting materials from May 27.
Transactions Barings, Crebrid announce partnership by Released Barings and Crebrid, the newly rebranded and rapidly growing real estate lending platform formerly known as Wildcat Lending, have announced a new credit facility.