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ESR has entered into an agreement with two leading domestic insurance groups to establish a dedicated RMB income fund with a total investment capacity of RMB 1.6 billion ($0.22 billion), further advancing the company’s capital recycling strategy and long-term growth positioning in China.

BlackRock Real Estate, through funds and accounts managed for its clients, and Kauri CAB Digital Infrastructure GmbH.

Newmark has arranged an $830 million portfolio financing on behalf of RHP Properties and an institutional capital partner for the acquisition and refinancing of a 36-asset manufactured housing portfolio.

Cortland has appointed Sam Scherer as director of client relations and capital markets

Principal Asset Management has completed its third acquisition in the U.S. for its SCPI Principal Inside, continuing the deployment of the fund’s transatlantic real estate investment strategy.

CanTex Capital, a Dallas-based industrial real estate investment firm specializing in infill industrial assets, has acquired four properties in the Brookhollow submarket totaling 47,465 square feet across nine acres.

A new hospitality outlook from Marcus & Millichap indicates that the sector is entering a more complex phase in 2026, as growth moderates following a strong post-pandemic recovery.

M&A activity involving U.S. publicly traded equity real estate investment trusts continued to accelerate in early 2026, with four major deals totaling $16.77 billion announced through April 15, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Institutional investors are placing greater emphasis on partnering with operating platforms, shifting away from transactional dealmaking toward programmatic, long-term relationships. That evolution is driving an increase in recapitalizations across institutional real estate, as capital flows into platforms rather than individual assets. Jesse Shannon, president and CIO, Branch Properties, explains the drivers behind this shift, how recap structures are enabling it and why operators have become central to execution in the grocery-anchored retail sector.

In a sponsored interview published in the May issue of Institutional Real Estate Americas, Denis Curran, COO, partner, portfolio manager of Ascentris, discusses the Cradle-to-Grave staffing model and how it is a well-established framework within the traditional private equity asset class.

The recovery in European commercial real estate is likely to slow as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East halt the expected decline in interest rates, according to Moody’s Ratings.

The CRE Finance Council (CREFC), the trade association for the commercial real estate finance industry, has released its First Quarter 2026 Board of Governors (BOG) Sentiment Index survey results.

Gilbane Development has appointed Andreas Vlahakis as head of capital markets based out of the firm’s New York City office.

The board of directors of Neinor Homes has approved an orderly succession plan under which the current CEO, Borja García-Egotxeaga, will step down at the end of 2026, after eight years leading the company.

The U.S. office market is beginning to stabilize, with improving demand, flat vacancy and a sharp pullback in new supply signaling a shift from broad-based decline to a more selective recovery, according to Cushman & Wakefield.

Hilltop Residential has held a final close for its  Hilltop Growth Fund VI (Fund VI), with $288 million in total commitments, marking the largest fundraise in the firm’s history.

Investcorp has acquired a diversified portfolio of three residential assets totaling nearly 500 units in top-tier markets across the United States for approximately $200 million.

Inland Real Estate Acquisitions has announced that it negotiated and closed the purchase of Clarendale of Mokena.

When interest rates began to rise in 2023 after 10-plus years of record-low interest rates, real estate entered a pricing reset.

In recent years, private market investments have been promoted as solutions to almost every portfolio challenge. They are described as sources of enhanced return, reliable income, diversification and insulation from public market volatility. In some environments, these claims are defensible. In others, they are not.