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UPP, a U.K. provider of on-campus student accommodation infrastructure, has been selected as preferred bidder to deliver a major new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme for the University of Bristol.

Developers and brokers are adjusting to affordability pressures in New York City’s residential market, shifting design, amenities and pricing strategies to align with evolving buyer expectations.

LaSalle Investment Management, on behalf of LaSalle Asia Opportunity Fund VI, has executed a recapitalization of a multifamily portfolio in China to generate liquidity and return its original investment through the issuance of preferred equity interests to a new fund vehicle managed by China Life Capital.

Zenith IOS has received a strategic investment in its operating platform from institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management. 

AEW has released its 2026 Mid-Year European Outlook.

Will the relationship between online retail sales and warehouse construction — which has long been a strong indicator of the direction of the logistics real estate market — continue?

Pantheon Atlas has announced the development of Pantheon AI, a hyperscale AI data center and innovation campus in Topusko, Croatia, designed in accordance with NVIDIA GW-Scale AI factory standards that will bring more than €50 billion ($tk billion) in total investment to the central European nation and establish it as a leading regional hub for digital infrastructure.

Noble has acquired a 10-hotel upscale select-service and upscale extended-stay portfolio.

EQT Real Estate has held a final close for its EQT Real Estate Europe Logistics Value Fund V on €3.1 billion ($2.6 billion) in total commitments, including €3 billion ($3.5 billion) in fee-generating assets under management.

Both real estate and infrastructure are long-duration asset classes. But they express duration in fundamentally different ways — and that difference matters more than many investors appreciate.

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

Mobile home residents in the U.S. are experiencing rent increases and operational changes as institutional investors acquire manufactured housing communities, according to Moneywise.

The net assets of regulated European real estate alternative investment funds (AIFs) totaled €1.05 trillion ($1.23 trillion) at the end of 2025 — an increase of 1.4 percent, or €14 billion ($16.4 billion), compared with the previous year.

Urban Partners has acquired a 21,500-square-meter (231,425-square-foot) mixed-use property in inner‑city Copenhagen from Hines.

Europa has completed the sale of 32–36 Sveavägen, a 7,000-square-meter (75,350-square-foot) prime office building in central Stockholm, on behalf of Mitsubishi Estate London.

Clarion Partners has reported it has executed more than 8 million square feet of newly executed leases year-to-date across its global portfolio, including 7.1 million square feet in the United States and 1.0 million square feet in Europe.

Related Digital and Blackstone announced that financing has been secured for Related Digital’s $16 billion data center campus in Saline Township, Michigan, which is purpose-built for Oracle.

BXP, formerly Boston Properties,  has sold a stake in Marriott International’s headquarters at a valuation of approximately $430 million, according to media outlets.

Mission-critical real estate is defined by its stability, with assets tied to core government functions and long-term leases with federal agencies. These properties support essential services, from law enforcement to health care. In this interview, Easterly Government Properties President and CEO Darrell Crate outlines how the sector operates, why tenant relationships are tied to long-term mission needs, and how lease structures drive stability. He also discusses how operating expertise, building requirements, and public-private partnerships shape performance.

In a sponsored interview published in the May issue of Institutional Real Estate Asia Pacific, Marcus Meijer, founder and CEO of MARK and chairman of Crossbay, describes the striking alignment of structural demand tailwinds and supply constraints driving interest in European urban logistics, why Europe in particular appeals to global allocators, and the competitive advantage of Crossbay’s well-established platform.