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This is a good time for investors to position their portfolios for better risk-adjusted performance with an overweight to property sectors and markets in which owners have strong pricing power and can grow cash flow over time. 

Altering course on a commercial real estate portfolio can be a bit like steering a battleship. Yet there are plenty of changes afoot in allocations these days with capital looking to identify growth opportunities.

If I were given a grosz every time someone mentioned real estate debt opportunities to me over the past few months, I would be able to comfortably pay my energy bills this winter and have enough left over to plug the considerable gap that falling REITs have left in my retirement savings portfolio.

The latest stage of UK government action to address the safety of residential devel-opments is the "Developers' Pledge".

By having a capital-efficient model, strong and recognized asset managers can grow their platforms significantly for the benefit of their investors.

Buildings face a variety of challenges to remain current. The risk of obsolescence can come in terms of the physical structure of the building, but also its location, as well as the nebulous concept of “user experience,” where smart gadgetry and app integration can set a property apart.

The U.K. life sciences sector will maintain its strong growth trajectory, despite investment market normalization since the 2021 boom.

It can be easy to get caught up in the trees of day-to-day investment work — capital calls and quarterly results, deal making and committee meetings, the movement of 25 basis points — without pausing to look up and see the forest.

Triangle Equities with its co-investment partners Goldman Sachs, Basis Investment Group and co-developer Incline Capital, has broken ground on its $500 million mixed-use redevelopment project, The Crossings at Brick Church Station, in East Orange, a suburb of Newark in Essex County.

Equinix has entered Malaysia with plans to build a new International Business ExchangeTM (IBX®) data center located in Johor, called JH1.

The Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS) has issued an RFP seeking noncore real asset equity products, and a manager to provide investment services for these products.

The Macomb County (Mich.) Employees' Retirement System has approved a $10 million investment to an opportunistic investment firm.

Accord Group has closed its first institutional commingled fund with around $105 million in equity commitments.

The Jacksonville (Fla.) Police & Fire Pension Fund (PFPF) has approved a $20 million commitment to Bell Partners Value Add Fund VIII on behalf of its noncore real estate allocation, according to a Nov. 18 board meeting document.

A joint venture between Allegra Care, a U.K.-focused care home operator, and Moorfield Group, a U.K. specialist real estate fund manager acting on behalf of Moorfield Real Estate Fund V (Moorfield V), has completed the acquisition of four nursing, dementia and care homes in Bristol and South Gloucestershire.

Thor Equities Group has acquired the 83,227-square-foot industrial asset in the West Inland Empire in California. It is the firm’s third industrial acquisition in the Greater Los Angeles region.

Broe Real Estate Group has closed the $116 million sale of Savannah Gateway 1F & 1H.

QIC US Management, U.S. subsidiary of Australian-based QIC, has sold the Mall at Robinson, a two-level, super-regional mall totaling 874,553 square feet in Pittsburgh.

Investors are looking to alternative forms of liquidity in the current market environment, including real estate secondaries.

New York’s Fifth Avenue has reclaimed its position as the world’s most expensive retail street, with average rents of $2,000 per square foot per year,