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Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has appointed abrdn to support the launch and portfolio management of its U.K. real estate proposition.

Argosy Real Estate Partners, in partnership with Peachtree Group and Blackridge Group, has acquired a 5-acre opportunity zone site for the development of a 136-room, premium-branded select-service Hampton by Hilton hotel on the island of Maui.

A fund managed by Real I.S. has acquired the German modern logistics complex Emmerich II from FIEGE R.E.D. Financial terms were not disclosed.

CI Financial Corp., a diversified global asset and wealth management company operating primarily in Canada, the United States and Australia, has sold a 20 percent stake in its U.S. wealth management business to a diversified group of institutional investors for C$1.34 billion ($1 billion).

Even with return-to-office rates above 70 percent — higher than much of Europe and the United States — Asia Pacific’s central business districts must reinvent themselves to stay relevant post-pandemic.

Alecta, Sweden's largest pension fund provider, has located a new CEO to succeed former leader Magnus Billing, who stepped down from his role in April after Alecta suffered large losses as a result of three U.S. bank crashes.

Dislocation in the public debt markets and lower but still relatively active loan origination are keeping real estate debt fund investors interested in the real estate debt opportunities now and looking forward during the next 12 months, according to Andrew Smith, senior managing director, head of real estate debt, with Kayne Anderson Real Estate.

The current environment offers many strategies for real estate investment. But with a wide array of available options, investors need to consider the desirability of different real estate strategies, such as core versus value-added or debt versus equity.

Real estate debt gives a return boost to fixed-income investors, while offering a less risky option for real estate investors, both of which options are proving to be solid strategies in today’s uncertain capital market environment.

As real estate markets face a potential global downturn, the role of portfolio manager becomes even more critical in navigating troubled waters.

Institutional investors expect purchase prices in the German healthcare property market to fall in the short term and rents to rise in the short to medium term, according to the Investor Survey Healthcare Real Estate 2023 by Cushman & Wakefield.

Beyond capital, life sciences companies need real estate space, customized to very specific tenant requirements. That’s where institutional capital can help to bring supply to meet demand, as European life sciences markets begin to catch up to more mature U.S. markets.

Think back to Europe, BCE — before the COVID era. On any given day, the average office was 70 percent full. Four years later, only 55 percent of those desks are occupied, according to research by Savills.

The life sciences real estate sector stands out as a unique potential opportunity among alternative property types. It offers attractive — and resilient — risk-adjusted returns in an environment where there is deep demand but a deficiency of good-quality supply.

Investors in alternative real estate subsectors are no longer onto a secret. But they remain a select breed. Alternative assets generally made it into the black even during a bleak year.