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Alterra IOS has acquired five industrial outdoor storage properties in central Florida, expanding its regional footprint to 35 sites totaling 145.2 usable acres.

La Caisse has committed A$1 billion ($690 million) to support a subordinated hybrid securities offering by NEXTDC Limited, an Australia-based data center operator, marking a significant step in the company’s growth strategy and capital expansion efforts.

GID has announced the continued expansion of GID Residential Partners, its national development platform, with a strategic entry into the Georgia market.

Carmel Partners has held a final close for its Carmel Partners Investment Fund 9, the firm’s U.S. multifamily real estate value creation fund.

Standard Real Estate Investments has expanded its strategic partnership with Belay Investment Group.

New research from Economist Enterprise, supported by Nuveen, highlights growing financial strain among U.S. workers and its implications for employers.

Graham Dorland has joined Pretium as a managing director in business development, the firm announced.

For more than a decade, GP stakes investing has been a fixture of the private equity landscape. Specialist firms have raised billions of dollars to buy minority interests in general partners, offering managers permanent capital, balance-sheet strength and the ability to scale. Now, the trend is migrating into real estate, infrastructure and other real asset strategies. The question is no longer what GP-stakes investing is, but whether its arrival in our corner of the market is a healthy development for investors who rely on alignment, discipline and long-term stewardship.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to slow office-using employment growth by roughly 2.1 percentage points by 2030, creating a moderate headwind rather than a collapse in demand, according to Newmark. The firm recently released a report on AI’s impact on office jobs and demand, highlighting emerging demand tied to AI, cloud and data infrastructure, particularly in major tech and talent hubs.

Australia Post plans to sell approximately A$400 million ($277 million) of logistics assets through a sale-leaseback of seven properties across southeast Queensland, Sydney and Adelaide, in one of the largest industrial portfolio deals of the year, according to The Australian.

Industrial real estate has experienced a structural demand shift over the past 15 years, driven largely by the rise of ecommerce and changing supply chain needs, according to MetLife Investment Management.

American Real Estate Partners (AREP) and Harrison Street Asset Management (HSAM) have completed an office-to-residential conversion of CityHouse Old Town (CHOT), a luxury rental community featuring 199 residences in the heart of Old Town, Alexandria.

Transwestern has been appointed asset manager for KORE U.S. REIT, which holds a portfolio comprising 13 office properties totaling approximately 4.8 million square feet across eight markets with an aggregate asset value of approximately $1.3 billion.

AirTrunk, the data center operator acquired by Blackstone Inc. in 2024, is preparing for a potential Singapore REIT listing that could raise about $1.5 billion, according to media outlets.

Governance in commercial real estate joint ventures is becoming a greater focus as market conditions highlight differences between risk and control. Arun Singh, founder of SPE Specialists, discusses how those imbalances are embedded in legacy deal structures and why they have persisted. He outlines where passive investors lose influence, particularly in distress scenarios, and how existing governance tools from the debt markets could be applied to equity structures. Singh also highlights what changes may emerge from this cycle and whether the market will adopt more durable protections going forward.

Innovation is playing out across a more diverse global map than ever before, but a critical shortage of premium, investment-grade real estate is creating a new competitive frontier where quality of place – not just the city – is paramount, according to a new report from JLL. The fourth edition of JLL’s Innovation Geographies report reveals the severity of this supply-demand imbalance.

Leasing activity in the first quarter of 2026 reflected continued occupier demand for high-quality office space, with total volume reaching 8.5 million square feet and net absorption of 1.5 million square feet, according to JLL in its April market snapshot.

Andrew Chung has joined Extell Development Co. as president and co-CEO, partnering with Gary Barnett, Extell’s founder, chairman and CEO.

Newmark Group has arranged the $210 million sale of the retail component of Miami Worldcenter, a newly constructed urban lifestyle center located at the epicenter of downtown Miami’s transformative mixed-use district. The sale marks the largest non-mall retail transaction recorded in south Florida since 2017.

MetLife Investment Management (MIM) has named Andrea Drasites as global head of real estate and agricultural finance.