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Investors in Asia Pacific are preparing to deploy more capital into the commercial real estate market in 2026, supported by improving occupier fundamentals, reduced supply pipelines and gradually easing financing conditions, according to CBRE’s 2026 Asia Pacific Investor Intentions Survey.

Continued resilience in new construction starts has prompted Yardi Matrix to increase its forecast for U.S. multifamily completions in 2026, 2027 and 2028.

Avanath Capital Management has acquired Retreat at Valencia, 336-unit mixed-income apartment community near downtown Orlando.

Ekta Patel has been appointed COO at 11North Partners. Based in the firm’s New York office, Patel will oversee firmwide operations, coordination across asset management, and platform infrastructure, supporting the firm’s existing portfolio while enabling future growth initiatives.

The NCREIF PREA Reporting Standards has published Increasing Transparency in Performance Metrics for Private Closed-End Funds, offering long-awaited industry guidance aimed at enhancing clarity, consistency and comparability in performance reporting for private closed-end real estate funds.

Driven by motivated sellers, increased engaged buyers, and greater availability of debt, conditions are aligning for investors who can focus on cash-flow growth and disciplined execution, according to Morgan Stanley’s 2026 Real Estate Outlook.

Juniper Square has appointed Jason Sheller as global head of go-to-market, fund administration. Sheller joins the company at a pivotal moment of growth and will lead the global go-to-market strategy for the company’s fund administration business.

Global logistics real estate rents declined in 2025, with a 2.3 percent drop in the first half of the year as many customers delayed leasing decisions amid economic and trade policy uncertainty. In the second half of the year, leasing activity picked up and rent declines narrowed to about 1.4 percent, indicating increased market engagement.

U.S. office market is showing signs of recovery, supported by positive return-to-office trends, increased leasing activity, limited new construction and stabilizing interest rates. It notes that current market dislocation has created opportunities for senior first mortgage lending with historically attractive yields and conservative loan structures. CIM Group argues that lower property valuations and stronger credit metrics may offer enhanced downside mitigation for lenders in the office sector.

In a sponsored Q&A published in the March issue of Institutional Real Estate Americas, Chad Burkhardt, head of strategic capital and managing director at CenterSquare Investment Management, explains the aims and origins of the company’s “Strategic Capital” group, which parlays their 35 years of public and private real estate market expertise into an opportunistic branch of the business focused on non-traditional capital needs in dynamic sectors.

In a sponsored interview published in the March issue of Institutional Real Estate Americas, Kayne Anderson’s Nishant Bakaya, senior managing director, investments, real estate, and Brian Lessans, managing director, investments, real estate, explain the stronger fundamentals and distinctive conditions that set light industrial apart from the broader sector, and reveal how Kayne Anderson is employing their characteristic hands-on investment strategy in the space, actively taking on operational challenges to seize the opportunity for long-term benefits.

Local: Residential has acquired a 355-unit build-to-rent apartment development at 15–37 Bank St. in South Melbourne from Hines, with a stabilized asset value of A$370 million (approximately $259 million), reported Australian-based media outlets.

Colliers Singapore’s Capital Markets & Investment Services has closed the sale of the prime industrial property at 51 Tuas View Link in Singapore for S$121.1 million (approximately $90 million). PGIM Real Estate and Northstar Capital acquired the asset from Urban Park Pte Ltd, a unit of Far East Organization.

13th Floor Investments, a South Florida-based developer, and Rockpoint have formed a joint venture to develop Link at Boca, a new mixed-use multifamily community located in Boca Raton, Fla.

Canyon Partners Real Estate and MG Properties (MGP) have acquired Shift Apartments, a multifamily building in the Downtown submarket of San Diego.

Clarion Partners Europe has acquired from Affinius Capital, in partnership with its wholly owned development subsidiary Mountpark, Mountpark Chartres 2 in Illiers-Combray in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Starwood Capital Group has appointed John Gonnella as senior managing director and head of U.S. asset management, effective April 20.

AEW has published its latest European research report, Why and Where to Invest in European Real Estate, outlining where it sees the most attractive risk-adjusted opportunities across the region as 2026 begins.

While warnings about public debt levels may feel like background noise, real estate investors can no longer afford to tune them out. Federal debt held by the public now stands at 100 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The last time it reached this level, the country had just finished financing World War II. The Congressional Budget Office forecasts it will surpass that historical peak by 2029 and continue rising thereafter.

Consumer behavior continues to fundamentally reshape retail real estate —  from who now controls demand to how physical space must earn relevance every day. Katie Grissom, global head of retail, Nuveen, in an interview with IREI, discusses the shift from brand-led retail to behavior-led ecosystems, explaining why habit, not loyalty, has become the dominant driver of performance. Drawing on real-world portfolio experience, Grissom explores why daily-needs formats are outperforming destination retail, how data and omnichannel strategies have strengthened physical stores and why convenience, utility and emotional payoff now define successful centers.