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Affinius Capital and Axonic Capital have formed a strategic partnership, which will deliver mid-market first mortgage financing for new development projects, funded through Axonic’s insurance platform.

Cologix, a network-neutral interconnection and hyperscale edge data center company in North America, has acquired full ownership of TOR4, a purpose-built hyperscale data center in Toronto, through the purchase of CIM Group’s partnership interests.

Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has appointed Kathy Vincent as its new CEO after the resignation of David Anderson, according to a Linkedin post.

CareTrust REIT has acquired two care homes in the United Kingdom for about $27 million.

Royal London Asset Management Property  (RLAM) has acquired Coca-Cola’s undeveloped land at Brackmills Industrial Estate in Northampton, England, to develop a £340 million ($460 million) logistics hub, according to Estates Gazette.

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has reviewed its commitments to real assets in its quarterly investment commitment report for the first quarter 2025.

The Washington State Investment Board (WSIB) has committed $400 million in a follow-on investment to Evergreen Real Estate Partners, according to meeting materials from Sept. 18, 2025.

The San Diego City Employees’ Retirement System (SDCERS) has been recommended an updated version of its FY2026 Real Estate Investment Plan, according to meeting materials from Sept. 11.

 CBRE Investment Management (CBRE IM), on behalf of a fund sponsored by the firm, has acquired AMS CityDocks, a state-of-the-art last-mile distribution center strategically located on the western edge of Amsterdam, between the city, Port of Amsterdam and Schiphol Airport.

M&G Investments has appointed Ruth Jackson as head of U.K. investment management in its £34 billion ($46 billion) real estate investment division.

Knight Frank’s analysis of the United Kingdom’s Industrial Outdoor Storage (IOS) market has found that growing demand from an increasingly diverse occupier group has seen the sector’s prime rents increase 36 percent over the past two years. This period has also seen the average IOS site size required rising, with 36 percent growth in London and the South East over the past 18 months — from 2.3 to 3.1 acres — with maximum requirements climbing 39 percent, 3.3 to 4.6 acres.

Greystar has started construction of its fourth build-to-rent (BTR) community in Victoria, Australia, a new $360 million development located in Melbourne’s inner-city suburb of Kensington.

Fiera Capital Corp. and the Canadian District of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBC) have launched the Canadian Built Opportunities Platform, a new real assets investment strategy with a dual mandate aimed at generating attractive risk-adjusted returns on capital while supporting jobs for UBC union members. The platform launches with an initial commitment of more than C$800 million ($579 million), divided equally between infrastructure and real estate investments, and aims to reach more than C$1 billion ($720 million) in assets within three years.

For decades, institutional real estate investors and asset managers have struggled with aggregating and validating property performance data from diverse property management and ERP systems sourcing reports such as financial statements, rent rolls, and lease agreements, often delivered as PDFs or inconsistent Excel files, writes Mike Harrison, NTrust CSO, in part three of the firm’s five-part series.

Cottonwood Group, a private equity real estate investment firm, announced the closing of a $105 million senior construction loan for a 223,500-square-foot life sciences project within EastVillage, a 425-acre mixed-use community in northeast Austin. Reger Holdings and Tarlton Properties, a life sciences developer and operator based in the San Francisco Bay Area, are partnering to deliver the facility.

Principal Asset Management has launched Principal Inside.

Arada has completed the acquisition of a 75 percent stake in Regal, one of London’s leading residential-led mixed use developers. 

Ardian and Rockfield, a vertically integrated living platform, have closed a green financing package of €550 million ($648 million) for their purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) strategy. 

QuadReal Property Group has expanded its commercial real estate debt platform in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

On Sept. 17, 2025, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates, a move that raised fresh questions for lenders and real estate markets. In an interview with IREI, Paul Rahimian, founder and CEO of real estate lender Parkview Financial, shares his perspective on what the decision means for borrowing, underwriting and investor confidence.