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Colliers’ 2026 Global Investor Outlook reveals a decisive shift in global capital toward Asia Pacific (APAC), as investors seek diversification and growth in a region that is leading global innovation and wealth creation. 

Europe holds eight of the top 10 positions in Knight Frank’s latest Global House Price Index.

Arrow Global Group has completed the final close of its Arrow Lending Opportunities (ALO) Fund I at €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion), exceeding its original target of €1 billion ($1.2 billion). This is part Arrow’s European real estate-lending strategy, which addresses a clear market need by offering flexible, real estate-backed financing solutions in response to the tightening of traditional bank lending.

Sirius Real Estate has completed the acquisition of a business park in Munich for €43.7 million ($50 million).

EQT announced that the EQT Real Estate Logistics Value Fund V has completed the sale of 4.2 million square feet of U.S. logistics assets across two separate transactions, totaling 33 last-mile and bulk distribution buildings throughout key metropolitan areas including Nashville, Raleigh-Durham, Louisville, Philadelphia, New York, Tampa, Miami, Indianapolis, Savannah, Richmond and Chicago.

Princeton Digital Group (PDG), a data center provider based in Asia Pacific, has started building a 120-megawatt artificial intelligence (AI)–ready hyperscale data center campus in Greater Jakarta.

C1 Development, a wholly owned subsidiary of Virtus Real Estate Capital, and GMH Communities (GMH), a vertically integrated real estate company, both owners and developers of lifestyle-oriented residential communities, announced their formal rezoning approval for up to 1,000 beds at 6800 Burbank Drive in Baton Rouge.

Barings and Waterton announced a joint venture to recapitalize two existing Outbound Hotels, The Virginian Lodge in Jackson, Wy., and Outbound Stowe in Stowe, Vt.

Artisan Partners Asset Management, with approximately $182.6 billion in assets under management as of October 31, 2025, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of equity interest of Grandview Property Partners.

According to Savills’ latest research, European office take-up for first quarter through third quarter 2025 rose by 3 percent year-on-year, while prime rents increased by an average of 4.9 percent year-on-year.

Swiss Life Asset Managers and Homes England have joined forces with developer Capital&Centric to launch a new joint venture, The Impact & Places Partnership, which is expected to deliver more than 2,250 homes in underinvested regions throughout England.

Investors rank Tokyo, Singapore and Sydney as the top three cities in Asia Pacific for real estate investment prospects in 2026.

ICG Real Estate (ICGRE), the real estate division of global alternative asset manager ICG, has signed an agreement to acquire a portfolio of 24 grocery stores from global grocer Lidl.

JLL has acquired Ocian.

September jobs report showed a larger-than-expected increase in nonfarm payroll employment, but overall unemployment continued to rise, according to data released Nov. 20 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The U.S. real estate market in late 2025 is characterized by valuation resets, improving pricing visibility and a heightened focus on operational performance.

Prologis has delivered a logistics facility in Almere, the Netherlands, that can run largely independently of the power grid.

Morgan Properties has acquired Dream Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) for $354 million. The cross-border transaction resulted in the privatization of a publicly-traded Canadian REIT, while adding 15 communities totaling 3,300 units across key MSAs in Texas, Ohio, Kentucky and Oklahoma.

Institutional investors are re-entering the real estate market as denominator-effect pressures ease and portfolio allocations begin to normalize. According to Cottonwood Group CIO Mark Green, in an interview with IREI, the most meaningful capital today is gravitating toward structured and opportunistic strategies, where complexity is rewarded and underwriting is grounded in operational realities. Investors are prioritizing execution, scale, and essential-demand themes — such as housing affordability, healthcare, logistics and digital infrastructure — while favoring deeper partnerships over traditional fund commitments. In a market defined by selective liquidity and narrower bid-ask spreads, the ability to structure risk thoughtfully and deliver on business plans is becoming the true differentiator.   

Blue Vista Capital Management in collaboration with UBS’s Unified Global Alternatives – Real Estate (UGA RE) business and Extra Space Storage (EXR) has formed a strategic collaboration to invest in self-storage assets in the U.S., which will have approximately $600 million in buying power to build a diversified self-storage portfolio.