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Valentine Beresford, investment director at LondonMetric Property Plc, has notified the company of his decision to retire. He will leave the business at the end of the current financial year.

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT Management, as the manager of CapitaLand Ascendas REIT (CLAR), has plans to acquire a portfolio of three properties in Singapore (the target portfolio) for approximately S$565.8 million ($438 million). 

Walker & Dunlop has published its seniors housing outlook, Navigating Growth, Innovation, and Investment in a Transforming Market.

Universal Investment Group has opened its new office in Singapore, marking its entry into the Asia Pacific region.

Clarion Partners has acquired Sancerre at Atlee Station, located in Mechanicsville, Va.

Inland Real Estate Investment Corp. and The Scion Group have formed a strategic relationship focused on operating off-campus purpose-built student housing properties owned by affiliates of Inland Investments and located at leading, top-tier universities throughout the United States.

CapRock Partners has held a final closing for its CapRock Value-Add Industrial Fund IV (Fund IV). The vehicle is CapRock’s eighth fund overall and fourth in its value-added series.

A standoff between political parties in Congress triggered a government shutdown on Oct. 1, causing disruptions to many government services. The immediate impact on commercial real estate, however, is expected to be limited, according to research by Marcus & Millichap.

Investors and tenants are adapting to new realities in the U.S. industrial real estate market. Anthony Bergeman, SIOR, executive vice president at DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services, in an interview with IREI, discusses how macroeconomic forces, trade policies and shifting global supply chains are shaping market behavior. He highlights the sector’s uneven performance across regions, noting that while elevated interest rates and tariff uncertainties have slowed tenant activity and new construction, long-term demand drivers — such as ecommerce growth and domestic manufacturing — remain strong.

Matter Real Estate has formed a strategic partnership with Madison International Realty and GCM Grosvenor.

Hines European Core Fund (HECF), managed by Hines, has made two acquisitions.

Swiss Life Asset Managers has partnered with Club Estate to launch a prime commercial real estate strategy targeting Switzerland’s most sought-after cities. The partnership launches with a first close of CHF 220 million ($275 million), with a total investment pipeline of up to CHF 1 billion ($1.25 billion).

Patron Capital and its partner INBRIGHT, the specialist light industrial and logistics investor, developer and asset manager, have secured development financing exceeding €100 million ($117 million) to support the construction of the Ludwigsburg Industrial Centre that will operate under the brand LIZ. Ludwigsburg is a city located in the west of Germany just north of Stuttgart.

From 2020 to 2023, the senior housing industry faced major challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, including occupancy declines, labor shortages and tight capital markets caused by rising interest rates. Despite this, the industry demonstrated strong resilience due to its essential, need-based nature, according to NIC MAP in its recent outlook report.

Redevco, one of Europe’s largest privately-owned real estate management firms, has announced the launch of its closed-end Redevco European Retail Parks Fund.

According to Savills latest research, European real estate investment continued to show resilience in third quarter 2025, with preliminary figures indicating transaction volumes of close to €37 billion ($43 billion).

Knight Frank has been appointed by Newgate Investment, one of Poland’s leading investors and asset managers in the retail park and convenience segment, to secure a joint venture partner to acquire a share in a portfolio of 28 retail parks located across Poland and participate in further acquisitions scheduled for 2026 through 2030.

Sixth Street and Clipstone Investment Management, the London and Southeast UK industrial specialist manager, have announced C6 Industrial, a new joint venture to invest in high-quality U.K. multi-let industrial assets, which will be seeded with the recapitalization of a 37-asset portfolio owned by Clipstone Industrial REIT plc.

Recovering consumer spending is expected to support economic momentum for the industrial and logistics sector during the next 12 to 18 months across major Asia Pacific markets, according to a Colliers report.

Nuveen Real Estate has provided a €350 million ($452 million) senior debt facility to Urban Industrial, supporting a premium portfolio of 55 light industrial assets strategically located across the Netherlands’ key economic corridor.