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Raffles Family Office has appointed Pradinan Arkarachinores as managing director, relationship management. She will report directly to Kendrick Lee, CEO, Singapore.

Faropoint, a tech-enabled real estate investment firm focused on last-mile industrial properties in high population-growth markets, has received $273 million of financing proceeds from a bank syndicate led by Capital One and J.P. Morgan for Project Walk-Off, a 61-asset portfolio of light/infill industrial properties totaling nearly 3.5 million square feet.

Deka Immobilien has acquired an office skyscraper in Montréal, Canada.

Fiera Real Estate has acquired two prime U.K. industrial development sites in Wimbledon and Bury St. Edmunds on behalf of its joint venture with a U.K. institution. They will be developed by Fiera and Wrenbridge, with a combined gross development value of more than £110 million ($150 million).

.S. real estate is experiencing a prolonged cycle of value dislocation. Ryan Cotton, Partner and Head of Bain Capital Real Estate, tells IREI that current market conditions are analogous, in part, to the 1970s, when rising interest rates initially challenged real estate, but the sector later became one of the strongest performers as fundamentals tightened. He highlights that current conditions favor thematic, sector-focused strategies that target long-term demand and income growth, rather than broad “beta” investments. Cotton also notes that while interest rates are an important input into valuations, they are not the only factor; volatility and underlying fundamentals, such as earnings growth, net operating income (NOI), and EBITDA, are also significant metrics to consider.

Institutional Real Estate, Inc. (IREI) has released the first video of a new series called “House Views.” The videos will be hosted by Geoffrey Dohrmann and recorded regularly with the principals of some of the leading global and regional placement agents to learn their views on the markets as well as explore specific aspects of the markets.

Fawkner Property has finalized the A$895 million ($610 million) acquisition of Erina Fair, a large shopping center in the suburb of Erina on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. The acquisition is the largest 100 percent transaction of an Australian shopping center to date, according to the CBRE release.

Real estate firm Goodman has filed an application to develop a data center campus in Sydney, according to media outlets.

Ardian and Rockfield have added approximately 1,500 beds to their pan-European purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) strategy through three transactions in Italy, France and Spain.

Driftwood Capital has promoted Carlos Rodriguez Jr. to CEO.

Mill Creek Residential has promoted Chad DuBeau to CIO.

Mesa West Capital has provided a joint venture between Interstate Equities Corporation and PGIM, the global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc., with a $201.5 million loan package for the acquisition of four multifamily properties totaling 574 units in Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area markets of Mountain View, Redwood City and Sunnyvale, Calif.

As the strategy of acquiring minority ownership stakes in alternative asset management firms, known as GP Stakes, continues to gain traction, a new industry forum is emerging to examine its growing influence. On April 21, industry participants will gather in Midtown Manhattan for the first-ever conference dedicated exclusively to general partner (GP) Stakes and GP ownership, an increasingly important segment of the Alternatives ecosystem. The event is being organized by Maxwell Greenstein, founder of GP Stakes News, a media and talent platform focused on the GP Stakes market.

EQT, a global investment organization with €267 billion ($313 billion) in assets under management, has agreed to acquire Coller Capital.

Principal Asset Management has acquired a logistics asset in Seville, Spain, in a sale-leaseback transaction for LOG IN, the European logistics and industrial fund managed by Theoreim.

Axis Partners in partnership with Sweetwater Holdings, announced the $111 million sale of an 85-acre portfolio comprised of 22 industrial outdoor storage (IOS) facilities located primarily throughout the Sunbelt region of the United States.

INREV has released the second edition of its recently launched ODCE Flash Report, available only 15 days after quarter end. The one-year rolling return provides an early snapshot of performance for the calendar year 2025 across ODCE funds. 

Long Harbour has secured a new debt facility with Barclays to support the expansion of its single-family housing fund (LHSFF).

Turner & Townsend, the global professional services company, has been appointed by Shell Real Estate as its sole global provider of program management office (PMO), project management and cost and commercial management services for the next five years.

Asia Pacific’s office market is showing clear signs of stabilization after two years of rental declines. Regional rents fell 0.2 percent year-on-year in 2025, compared with a 1.6 percent drop in 2024. Knight Frank’s Fourth Quarter 2025 Office Highlights also show a 0.7 percent quarter-on-quarter rise in prime rents, the strongest increase in more than three years, led by strong momentum in India’s major markets.