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Malaysia-based IOI Properties Group is in exclusive negotiations to acquire two commercial real estate assets in Singapore for a potential combined value of S$979 million ($763 million), according to South China Morning Post.

Invesco Real Estate (IRE), the global real estate investment business of Invesco Ltd., has launched a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) operating platform in Seoul, South Korea, with PCP Standard.

A consortium of investors linked to Singapore-based Keppel Ltd. is seeking to sell a commercial complex in Shanghai for approximately RMB 3 billion ($448 million), representing a 35 percent discount to its 2019 acquisition price, according to Mingtiandi.

U.S. shopping malls recorded year-over-year increases in foot traffic across all three major retail formats in September, supported in part by the timing of Labor Day weekend, according to Placer.ai’s “September 2026 Mall Index.”

Global construction costs are settling into a permanently higher baseline, altering real estate capital planning, development feasibility and asset viability across sectors worldwide. According to JLL’s “Global Construction Costs Index 2026” report, global pressures on the industry have established a new annual cost escalation baseline of 3 percent to 6 percent, well above the pre-2020 norm of 2 percent to 3 percent.

Singapore-based OUE Real Estate Investment Trust (OUE REIT) is moving to acquire a 50 percent stake in Sydney’s Salesforce Tower from Ping An Real Estate for approximately A$864 million ($601 million), according to realestatesource.

CapitaLand Investment Ltd. (CLI) has reaffirmed its long-term commitment to expand its data center, logistics and industrial portfolio in Tamil Nadu, India, through its listed and private funds.

Continental Properties Co. has closed Continental Properties Real Estate Development Fund IV LP with $203 million in total capital commitments. The company develops, owns and operates middle-income suburban rental housing.

The Urban Land Institute (ULI) and Heitman have released “Investment Strategies in the AI Era: Power Is the New Location,” the sixth report in the ULI-Heitman Evolving Real Estate Investment Risks and Opportunities series.

Greystar has been appointed by Kennedy Wilson and APG to provide residential property management services across more than 1,100 homes at Cherrywood in South Dublin, representing one of the largest single residential property management mandates in the Irish market.

TKO LLC has submitted a $2 billion all-cash offer to acquire the hospitality portfolio of Service Properties Trust (SVC), according to an Oct. 15 announcement from the hospitality investment firm.

RCLCO Fund Advisors (RFA) has appointed Shawn Veldhouse managing director.

Institutional investors have committed more capital to real estate in each of the past three years, despite the industry’s talk of slow fundraising. That is the finding of a new analysis by Geoffrey Dohrmann, chairman and CEO at Institutional Real Estate, Inc., in the October 2026 “Fundraising Trends” report.

EQT has signed an agreement to acquire Stockbridge, a U.S. real estate investment manager with approximately $16.5 billion in fee-generating assets under management.

AI is expected to reshape how people work across Asia Pacific, but demand for office space is likely to remain resilient.

CBRE Investment Management, on behalf of NN Group, has acquired a planned 100-home rental development in Amsterdam from You’RE Development.

M&G Real Estate, part of M&G’s €96 billion ($108 billion) private markets business, has acquired two newly built residential properties comprising 173 rental apartments in Greater Paris.

Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) has committed £30 million ($39.75 million) to U.K. social infrastructure investment manager Newcore Capital’s core-plus strategy.

GRESB has released “Know Your Grid: How Cleaner Electricity Shapes Real Estate Capital Planning.” The new research examines how the interaction between buildings and grid carbon intensity trajectories can inform capital planning across real estate portfolios.

Coastal Ridge Real Estate and Brookfield have acquired The Grad San Jose, a 260-unit, 1,035-bed, purpose-built student housing asset near San Jose State University in San Jose, where enrollment reached nearly 41,000 students in fall 2026.