People | Dec 5, 2025 Nick Abel becomes director of sustainable investment and stewardship strategies at CalSTRS by Kali Arevalo The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) has appointed Nick Abel as sustainable investment and stewardship strategies (SISS) investment director.
People | Dec 5, 2025 Uri Monson to become executive director of PSERS by Kali Arevalo Uri Monson has been hired as the next executive director of the Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS). Monson succeeds Terrill Sanchez, who led PSERS until her retirement in June. CIO Ben Cotton has served as interim executive director since that date.
Transactions | Dec 5, 2025 Stos Partners, Cardinal Industrial, Long Wharf Capital sell 1.3msf infill industrial portfolio in Indianapolis by Released Stos Partners, Cardinal Industrial, and Long Wharf Capital have sold Hoosier Infill Industrial Portfolio to an institutional investor.
Transactions | Dec 5, 2025 GEM Realty Capital to sell its stake in Aligned Data Centers to AIP consortium by Kali Arevalo GEM Realty Capital has announced its equity investment in Aligned Data Centers will be purchased as part of the $40 billion acquisition by a consortium consisting of Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership (AIP), MGX Fund Management and Global Infrastructure Partners, a part of BlackRock.
Research | Dec 5, 2025 LaSalle's ISA Outlook 2026: Americas real estate poised to break its Groundhog Day cycle by Released The Americas real estate market is showing early signs of entering a new cycle in 2026, supported by stabilizing valuations, improving debt market liquidity and a sharp pullback in new development, according to the North America chapter of the Insights, Strategy and Analysis (ISA) Outlook 2026 report published LaSalle Investment Management.
Research | Dec 5, 2025 Lifting the veil on headline commercial real estate returns by Rich Hill Commercial real estate is staging a comeback, though not one that lifts all segments equally. REITs have rallied about 35 percent from their 2023 lows, valuations across the four major indices appear to have bottomed, and transaction volumes have risen year-over-year for six straight quarters. Distress, a lagging indicator, continues to inch higher.
People | Dec 4, 2025 Institutional Real Estate, Inc. appoints John Cech as managing director – IRE.IQ by Released Institutional Real Estate, Inc. (IREI), the 38-year-old independent publisher of news and analysis for the institutional real estate investment community, today announced the appointment of John Cech as Managing Director – IRE.IQ.
Research | Dec 4, 2025 Avison Young releases 2026 U.S. commercial real estate outlook by Released Avison Young has released its 2026 U.S. Outlook, revealing a significant uptick in optimism among the firm’s real estate professionals.
Transactions | Dec 4, 2025 SC Capital Partners breaks ground on 100MW Osaka data center site by Released SC Capital Partners Group (SCCP) has commenced construction of a new best-in-class data center in Osaka with 100 megawatts of allocated power.
Transactions | Dec 4, 2025 Savills acquires majority stake in Alpina Holdings by Released Savills has acquired a majority stake in Singapore-based Alpina Holdings.
People | Dec 4, 2025 Brad Gries and Tim Kessler become LaSalle’s global CEO and president by Andrea Zander LaSalle Investment Management has promoted Brad Gries to global CEO and Tim Kessler to president, both effective Jan. 1, 2026. Current global CEO Mark Gabbay will transition his role to executive chairman following a successful tenure that included navigating the platform through the global pandemic and the current real estate cycle.
Transactions | Dec 4, 2025 Verdion to deliver €1b Danish intermodal freight hub by Released Pan-European logistics real estate specialist Verdion has plans for iPort Zealand, a €1 billion ($1.17 billion) business hub for Danish logistics, industry and business to capitalize on the completion of the major Fehmarnbelt infrastructure project.
Transactions | Dec 4, 2025 Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing acquires senior living portfolio in Denver from Kayne Anderson for $305m by Released Morgan Stanley Investment Management and MorningStar Senior Living have announced that investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI) have acquired a MorningStar senior housing portfolio from Kayne Anderson Real Estate for $305 million.
Investors | Dec 4, 2025 Texas TRS commits $125m to Asana Partners Fund IV by Elise Mackanych The Teacher Retirement System (TRS) of Texas has committed $125 million to Asana Partners Fund IV, according to investment communications.
Investors | Dec 3, 2025 Crescent Communities, Heitman announce second JV partnership, expanding Relationship to $585m by Released Crescent Communities and Heitman have formed a second joint venture to invest in Crescent Communities’ single-family build-to-rent platform across key strategic growth markets.
Transactions | Dec 3, 2025 Berkadia arranges debt and equity financing for developers to build $144m mixed-use community in Richmond, Va. by Released Berkadia has secured equity and construction financing for a new $144 million mixed-use residential community located at 3200 W. Moore Street in Richmond, Va.
Transactions | Dec 3, 2025 EQT Real Estate sells Swedish industrial portfolio to Brookfield by Released EQT Real Estate II Fund, a fund managed by EQT, has sold a portfolio of 33 Swedish light industrial assets to Brookfield, through its private Real Estate Solutions strategy, as well as selling an individual property to ICA Fastigheter.
Transactions | Dec 3, 2025 Grosvenor invests in Wint by Released Wint, a provider of water management solutions for the built environment, has received a strategic investment from Grosvenor.
Fundraising | Dec 3, 2025 Sculptor raises $4.6b for fifth opportunistic equity real estate fund by Andrea Zander Sculptor Capital Management has held a final close for its Sculptor Real Estate Fund V with $4.6 billion in commitments.
Research | Dec 3, 2025 China’s Greater Bay Area hotel market advancing, driven by Shenzhen and Guangzhou by Released The premium hotel market in China’s Greater Bay Area (GBA) delivered a solid performance in the third quarter of the year. according to JLL.
