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M&G Real Estate, part of M&G’s €96 billion ($108 billion) private markets business, has acquired two newly built residential properties comprising 173 rental apartments in Greater Paris.

Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) has committed £30 million ($39.75 million) to U.K. social infrastructure investment manager Newcore Capital’s core-plus strategy.

GRESB has released “Know Your Grid: How Cleaner Electricity Shapes Real Estate Capital Planning.” The new research examines how the interaction between buildings and grid carbon intensity trajectories can inform capital planning across real estate portfolios.

Coastal Ridge Real Estate and Brookfield have acquired The Grad San Jose, a 260-unit, 1,035-bed, purpose-built student housing asset near San Jose State University in San Jose, where enrollment reached nearly 41,000 students in fall 2026.

Vastint and Hines have acquired the Glasmacherviertel site in Düsseldorf, Germany, through a joint venture, with plans to develop approximately 1,700 apartments.

Daiken Investment Australia, a subsidiary of Taiwanese digital health company Daiken Biomedical, has acquired an office building in Brisbane, Australia, from Forza Capital for A$81 million ($55.93 million), according to IPE Real Assets.

Griffis Residential has held the first close of Griffis Premium Apartment Fund VII

Assembly Funds Management (AFM) and PGIM have agreed to sell Coburns Central, a neighborhood shopping center in Melton West, Australia, to HMC Capital for one of its unlisted real estate funds.

Boston Financial has closed Boston Financial Institutional Tax Credits 63 Limited Partnership (ITC 63), a $191 million multi-investor low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) fund. Boston Financial manages more than $16 billion in equity.

New York City’s office recovery started with trophy buildings. Now tighter availability and rising rents are pushing tenants to consider a wider range of buildings and locations.

Higher U.S. rates sent buyers back to renegotiate agreed deals, and a U.K. regulator proposed a 90-day exit notice for property funds. It’s almost impossible to spot trends reading the news as it unfolds. But when you look back at the prior week’s stories, patterns can start to emerge. Read this week’s Signal vs. Noise analysis for perspective on what the previous week’s news means for your investments.

It’s almost impossible to spot trends reading the news as it unfolds. Sometimes it helps to look back a decade or more to place today’s events as they unfold in the proper perspective. That’s what these weekly “Blasts from the past” retrospectives are all about.

Complete with Fado music and chorizo, Springboard looked a little different in 2026, as it landed in Portugal for the first-ever Europe edition. The inaugural Springboard Europe 2026 took place 23–25 September at the Pestana Cidadela Cascais in Cascais, Portugal, and offered three days of in-depth discussions, coastline bike riding and a captivating keynote.

Kennedy Wilson has formed a three-party joint venture with Hulic Co. and Fuyo General Lease (USA) Inc. to acquire One South Market, a 312-unit multifamily property in downtown San Jose for $176 million.

RXR has appointed Gerard Norcia executive vice president and head of its residential business unit and Whitney Arcaro COO.

U.S. office visits increased 4 percent year over year in September 2026, reaching their highest September level since 2019, according to a new report from Placer.ai.

JLL has arranged $463 million in bridge financing for Thompson Thrift’s eight-property multifamily portfolio, comprising 2,412 class A apartment units across Arizona, Florida and Georgia.

ICON has secured $200 million in Series D financing co-led by Baillie Gifford and funds managed by BlackRock, with participation from Capital Factory, CAZ Investments, Moderne Ventures, Moonshots Capital, Norwest, Overmatch, The Syndicate and Tiger Global, among others.

RCLCO has released its 37th annual “National Real Estate Compensation & Benefits Survey,” examining compensation trends, incentive structures and benefits practices across the commercial real estate industry.

Real estate investment activity across key Asia Pacific markets has remained resilient despite higher borrowing costs, with investors focusing on rental growth, asset repositioning and alternative property sectors, according to a CBRE report.