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Equus Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of Madison Waterford Lakes.

Singapore-based ARA Korea Asset Management has purchased the Conrad Seoul Hotel, according to media outlets.

Empower has announced that Marta Norton, CFA, will join the company as chief investment strategist.

Thirteen key port-proximate industrial real estate markets have experienced cooling demand coupled with rising vacancy rates and tempered rent growth, according to Cushman & Wakefield.

Global values will hit a trough in the middle of 2024, according to PGIM Real Estate’s outlook report.

CapitaLand Ascott Trust (CLAS) has acquired the remaining 10 percent stake in Standard at Columbia, a freehold student accommodation property in South Carolina.

Tishman Speyer and Mitsui Fudosan America has acquired a 60-acre, fully entitled development site from Analogic Corp. at 8 Centennial Drive in Peabody, Mass.

Alison Brown has joined Bridge Investment Group Holdings as president of Bridge Property Management and deputy CIO for Bridge’s Workforce and Affordable Housing Strategy, effective July 1, 2024.

Vistry Group has agreed to sell 1,750 new homes to Blackstone Real Estate and Regis Group for £580 million (€681 million/$739 million).

The Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS) has committed $300 million to Carlyle Realty Partners X (CRP X).

LaSalle Investment Management has provided a loan facility of €150 million to refinance a portfolio of 17 big-box logistics assets.

An Asia allocation plays a valuable role in diversifying a global investment mix. More specifically, the region is poised to generate a spectrum of opportunities as a result of secular growth trends and unique in-market dynamics.

In April, Institutional Real Estate Asia Pacific senior editor Dr Jennifer Molloy spoke with three experts on sustainability, and their responses are collected below. The Q&A includes Ian Lieblich, head of ESG at EG Funds; Julie Manning, global head of climate and carbon with LaSalle Investment Management; and Shami Nissan, head of sustainability at Actis.

In a conversation that ranges from investment philosophy to the outlook for development to the trends shaping the real estate industry, such as technology and sustainability, Greystar’s Derek Ramsey, chief financial officer, and Kevin Kaberna, executive director, North America investment management, explain Greystar’s investment approach and strategy in today’s fluctuating market.

Demographics, the affordable housing shortage, the innovation economy, shifting globalization and resiliency are the five primary structural themes driving real estate investment demand, according to a report by Clarion Partners.

What is green value creation, in a real estate investment context? “At Stoneweg US, ‘green value creation’ means thoughtfully integrating sustainable practices throughout our investment strategy to enhance asset value,” says Thomas Stanchak, Stoneweg US’s managing director of sustainability.

Madison International Realty has appointed Evan Abrams as head of U.S. equity capital markets.

Catena has signed an agreement with DSV Road Holding A/S to acquire a property in Landskrona, Sweden.

Tham Kuo Wei, CEO and executive director of Mapletree Industrial Trust’s manager, has plans to step down, according to an announcement.

Prologis UK has launched a market-first flexible warehouse offering, Flexxtra, at Prologis Park Wellingborough West DC4.