Transactions | Jan 24, 2019 Get Living owners acquire 800 Manchester rental homes by Andrea Zander A joint venture between Delancey Oxford Residential, APG and Qatari Diar has purchased more than 800 rental homes at Middlewood Locks in Salford, United Kingdom, to be managed by its Get Living platform.
Transactions | Jan 24, 2019 CORESTATE launches micro-living platform with €500m of assets by Andrea Zander CORESTATE Capital Holding is expanding its micro living platform by launching JOYN, a new serviced apartment product line.
Investors | Jan 24, 2019 Sonae Sierra, Balmain create €1b CEE JV by Andrea Zander Sonae Sierra has acquired a 50 percent stake in Balmain Asset Management Group’s Central European platform.
Research | Jan 24, 2019 Warsaw’s office market breaks records in 2018 by Andrea Zander The Warsaw office market in 2018 saw 860,000 square meters (9.3 million square feet) of office space leased, with the vacancy rate dropping 8.7 percent, and new supply totaling 230,000 square meters (2.5 million square feet), according to JLL. Currently, the total under-construction volume stands at 720,000 square meters (7.8 million square feet).
Transactions | Jan 24, 2019 Merger to create £2.3b U.K. healthcare REIT by Andrea Zander Primary Health Properties has plans to merge with Medicx Fund to create a healthcare property firm with almost 480 properties worth a combined £2.3 billion ($3 billion).
Investors | Jan 24, 2019 LOGOS establishes new partnership with Ivanhoé Cambridge, CPPIB, Bouwinvest and LaSalle by Andrea Zander LOGOS has established a new investment partnership to acquire the 25-hectare REC site in Tuas South, Singapore.
Investors | Jan 24, 2019 Principal Real Estate Europe completes €1.2b of transactions in 2018 by Released Principal Real Estate Europe (Principal), a leading European real estate investment manager, has completed €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) of real estate transactions across European funds and mandates during 2018.
Research | Jan 24, 2019 Chinese labor force shrinking, cities will need to attract younger workers by Andrea Zander Rapid aging is one reason why the Chinese economy is destined to grow much more slowly over the coming decade, compared with the last one, said The Economist.
People | Jan 24, 2019 State Super names new CIO by Andrea Zander Australia’s A$43 billion ($30 billion) State Super has appointed Gary Gabriel, as its new chief investment officer, effective early next month.
Research | Jan 23, 2019 Tech accounts for 34.4% of office leasing volume by Andrea Zander U.S. office markets remained active in the fourth quarter of 2018 with new leasing volume totaling 74.7 million square feet, according to Cushman & Wakefield.
Research | Jan 23, 2019 Asia Pacific market resilience to be tested in 2019 by Andrea Zander Asia Pacific’s steady economic growth should continue in 2019; however, key risks arising from ongoing trade tensions and tighter monetary policy will test the region’s resilience, according to CBRE. While Asia Pacific’s solid real estate fundamentals are encouraging, investors are expected to be more prudent in the face of financial market volatility.
Transactions | Jan 23, 2019 Norges and Prologis acquire six U.S. logistics assets by Andrea Zander The partnership between Norges Bank Real Estate Management and Prologis has acquired six logistics properties in Chicago, Nashville and Orlando.
People | Jan 23, 2019 Pennybacker Capital makes several appointments by Released Pennybacker Capital has announced several new appointments.
Investors | Jan 23, 2019 U.K. firm launches new flexible office brand by Released United Kingdom–based investment company Landsec has launched its new flexible office brand.
Investors | Jan 23, 2019 JLL launches experiential office space division and rental technology company by Released JLL Property Management has launched JLL Curae Approach, an experimental management program.
Research | Jan 23, 2019 MSCI: Investment allocations to consider climate risk by Andrea Zander While private assets like real estate may be the tip of the spear that will inevitably be impacted by climate in the next decade, MSCI expects for 2019 that eventually all assets may have to be judged by the potential impact of climate change.
Investors | Jan 23, 2019 Veterans of global public real estate form strategic alliance with Jaguar Growth Partners and Hwa Hong Corp. by Released The management team of Northwood Securities, a global listed property fund manager, has formed Jaguar Listed Property.
Research | Jan 23, 2019 Silicon Valley’s office/R&D markets still dominant in 2018 — growth driven by tech sector by Andrea Zander Cushman & Wakefield’s year-end office and R&D market reports for Silicon Valley revealed a strong annual performance for both sectors overall in 2018. As one of the world’s most dominant and innovative tech markets, these two real estate sectors combined to hit 2.5 million square feet of positive net absorption, or occupancy growth, across the valley in 2018.
Investors | Jan 22, 2019 End of the cycle angst: “It’s different this time” by Jody Barhanovich At Institutional Real Estate, Inc.’s 2019 Visions, Insights & Perspectives (VIP) Americas conference in Carlsbad, Calif., president and CEO Geoffrey Dohrmann shared key themes and insights from IREI’s 2018 global editorial board meetings, which are attended by institutional investors, investment managers and consultants.
Research | Jan 22, 2019 Asia-Pacific outpaces global AUM by Andrea Zander By 2025, assets under management (AUM) in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) is set to outpace any other region globally, and almost double to $29.6 trillion by 2025, according to PwC’s Asset and Wealth Management 2025: The Asia Awakening report.
