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The Waldorf Astoria New York may be put up for sale just months after completing a multibillion-dollar, eight-year renovation, according to media reports from The Wall Street Journal and Reuters.

Matterhorn Venture Partners (MVP) has formed a joint venture with TPG Angelo Gordon U.S. Real Estate to acquire and aggregate a portfolio of industrial value-add assets in the Chicago Metro Area and surrounding Midwest markets during the next four years.

Morgan Properties has appointed Jonathan and Jason Morgan as co-CEOs.

 JLL Capital Markets has announced the sale of the Phoenix Infill IOS Portfolio, a collection of 11 industrial outdoor storage properties totaling 280,000 square feet across 39 acres in Phoenix.

International real estate advisor Savills reports that more than £12 billion ($16 billion) of capital was deployed into U.K. healthcare real estate in 2025, the highest annual total on record. The adviser states that investor demand extended across the full spectrum of healthcare last year, from curative care to care homes.

Americans need to earn $111,252 per year to afford the typical U.S. home for sale, down 4 percent from $115,870 a year ago, according to a new report from Redfin.

The 2026 National Office Market Index is led by Southeastern metros, where strong job growth in traditional office-using sectors and high concentrations of white-collar employment continue to support demand fundamentals, according to Marcus & Millichap.

Landmark Properties with Stockbridge has acquired The Junction Cottages & Townhomes (The Junction) at 2415 Junction Boys Rd. in College Station, Texas.

Markets appear to be undergoing a gradual recalibration, with investor focus shifting from geopolitical headlines to evolving expectations around economic growth, employment trends and equity market leadership, according to Saira Malik, CIO at Nuveen, in a recent commentary post.

While institutional adoption of affordable housing has historically been slow, growing opportunities and favorable trends suggest it will eventually become a mainstream investment option. Jason Bordainick, co-founder and managing partner of Hudson Valley Property Group, which has $1.9 billion assets under management, discusses in an interview with IREI the resilience and stability of affordable housing compared with other real estate asset classes. He highlights the sector’s fragmentation, small project sizes, and regulatory complexities as barriers to entry, while noting that recent policy adjustments and public-private partnerships are beginning to attract more institutional capital.

JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality Group has released its annual Global Hotel Investment Outlook, forecasting a continued robust increase in global hotel investment volumes for 2026. The report identifies that strong debt markets, record dry powder and reestablished confidence in the sector’s resilience are creating optimal conditions for accelerating investment activity in 2026.

ULI has appointed Simon Durkin as CEO Europe, ULI, succeeding Lisette van Doorn in early March.

Safanad has sold HC-One, one of United Kingdom’s largest care home provider, with nearly 300 homes and servicing around 15,000 residents, to an undisclosed healthcare REIT, at a sale price of more than $1.6 billion.

Tavros, a privately owned real estate investment management and development firm based in New York City, has closed on the acquisition of 250 Water St.

Locus Robotics, a flexibility-first warehouse automation firm, has shared the results of a national consumer study on how viral demand and operational uncertainty is reshaping the future of the supply chain.

Richie Dinets has joined real estate private equity firm Stockdale Capital Partners as managing director and general counsel, where he will lead all legal, regulatory, and compliance functions and serve as a member of the firm’s management committee as Stockdale continues its strategic growth. 

Commercial real estate lending conditions continued to improve in fourth quarter 2025, supported by higher loan origination volumes, increased average loan sizes, relatively stable spreads and improved loan-to-value ratios, according to the latest research from CBRE.

In a LinkedIn post, Brandon Sedloff, chief real estate officer at Juniper Square, said that after spending three days meeting with 25 limited partners (LPs) and consultants, several consistent themes emerged that are likely to shape real assets investing in 2026.

Housing affordability in the United States has become increasingly segmented, particularly for households that do not qualify for a mortgage but are seeking single-family living. In an interview with IREI, Jay Parsons discusses the contraction of single-family rental supply, demographic shifts among renters, and the role these homes play in access to neighborhoods, schools and economic opportunity. It comes amid renewed scrutiny of the single-family rental sector following calls by Donald Trump to restrict institutional ownership, as new national data highlights potential implications for renters and housing policy.

BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts (BNPP AM Alts) has secured a Dai-ichi Life-led fund as a new investor in ESR Kuki, a multistory logistics facility in Saitama, Japan.