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The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Investment Office is seeking a deputy CIO (DCIO), capital markets, to oversee public market asset investment decision making and management.

Prologis’ CEO Hamid Moghadam and President Dan Letter recently met with French president Emmanuel Macron and several cabinet members to discuss the firm’s plans for a €6.4 billion ($7.3 billion) investment in the country throughout the next 10 years.

Savills says that it is anticipating an uptick in investment in retail real estate globally as in some locations retailers are again expanding their store networks, ​leading to​​ the return of rental growth across a number of prime retail markets driving investor interest. 

Despite an expected doubling of Asia Pacific data center supply in the next three years, there will still be a shortage of 15 – 25 gigawatts by 2028, due to insufficient power supply and a lack of AI-ready data centers, according to CBRE’s latest research report.

Aviva Investors and Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) have completed the sale of 11–12 Hanover Square in London’s West End to a joint venture between Delancey and Aware Super.

Corebridge Real Estate Investors (CREI) has announced the recapitalization of a joint venture with a gross asset value of $670 million.

Capital continues to target hospitality assets in high liquidity markets in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region as the sector moves from recovery to stabilization in 2025, according to Colliers.

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT Management Limited, as the manager of CapitaLand Ascendas REIT (CLAR), has plans to acquire 9 Tai Seng Drive, a Tier III colocation data center in Singapore, and 5 Science Park Drive, a premium business space property in Singapore.

Aberdeen Investments has acquired two high-grade residential rental properties in Japan – WORVE Tokyo Kiba and Dimus Negishi – under its Japan Residential Property Strategy. 

GRAI 1/2025 confirms the positive trend in the first quarter 2025. The EU-15 Index, compiled by Union Investment and GfK, reached a new high of 115 points, reporting further growth in seven European countries. Trade tariffs and weakening GDP growth may have a temporary negative impact on trade, however.

InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust has entered into an arrangement agreement with Carriage Hill Properties Acquisition Corp., a newly formed entity owned by CLV Group and GIC, pursuant to which the purchaser will acquire InterRent in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $4 billion, including the assumption of net debt.

Blue Owl Capital managed funds, Chirisa Technology Parks (CTP), and PowerHouse Data Centers have closed on a $750 million transaction in their joint venture development partnership.

Banks are beginning to re-enter the commercial real estate lending market after years of pulling back. As a result, nonbank lenders have expanded their presence, especially in areas like bridge lending.

Demographic trends are a cornerstone of sustainable real estate strategy. Understanding and watching the population dynamics — generational shifts and household formation — are ways to build resilience. Three major demographic shifts are and will continue shaping real estate performances: the growing college-age population, maturing millennial households and aging baby boomers. These groups are expected to drive demand across various sector

Investors, asset managers, and designers are increasingly recognising the diversity of new data centre occupiers’ needs, and are adapting their proposals accordingly. This change will only increase as the market matures, writes Louis Fantis – Director at Chetwoods Architects.

If the real estate investment industry is engaged in a culture war, then the analysis you are about to read might prove to be unpopular with one side or — more likely, both sides of it.

Demographic shifts are changing the demand/supply balance in property markets.

Europe’s alternative sectors offer the opportunity to create value through operations, but they also enjoy needs-based demand, explains Caleb Mercer, managing director, European private equity, with Heitman.

Tracking the energy efficiency of a real estate investment portfolio can help owners identify inefficiencies, effectively direct capital expenditures and enjoy financing advantages through ENERGY STAR certification, according to a report by Thomas Stanchak, managing director of sustainability with Stoneweg US.

Following the first wave of data center demand to support businesses that relied on the cloud is a second, even bigger wave to support AI and its enormous need for data center space and access to power, according to Matt A’Hearn, head of digital infrastructure with Blue Owl and formerly managing partner of predecessor firm IPI Partners.