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QIC Real Estate has acquired a premium Coles-anchored neighborhood center in Sydney’s lower North Shore, marking the first new addition to its convenience retail portfolio following a recent recapitalization.

Ernesto Rodriguez has joined JLL as CEO for Mexico.

With two decades of experience in the self-storage sector, Harrison Street Asset Management views today’s environment as one shaped by supply discipline, diversified demand drivers, and the advantages of scale and long-term operating partnerships. In this interview, Mike Gordon, global CIO at Harrison Street, reflects on how the firm’s self-storage thesis has matured since 2005, why demographic shifts and rising customer length of stay underpin long-term demand, and how falling construction starts are reshaping the sector’s supply/demand balance. Gordon also discusses Harrison Street’s recent joint venture with Morningstar Properties, the role of institutional capital in driving competitive dynamics, and why self-storage is increasingly viewed as a core-plus allocation within institutional real estate portfolios.

GMH Communities (GMH) and AEW Capital Management (AEW) have acquired two student housing communities.

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), Dream Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust, and Dream Asset Management Corporation (Dream) have formed a joint venture to acquire last-mile industrial properties in major markets across Canada.

Almanac Realty Investors, a business unit of Neuberger, has committed up to $300 million of growth capital to SparrowHawk.

While a rapid rebound is not likely, industry professionals say a gradual recovery has begun. They point out the importance of swift, adaptable decision making to successfully navigate the current environment. Maintaining access to cash is crucial — not just for seizing new opportunities, but also for managing unexpected challenges that may arise.

Barings has made an off-market acquisition of Smithfield Industrial Estate, comprising 317–321 and 364–384 Woodpark Road, Smithfield, Sydney.

In 2026, the German real estate industry faces a year of opportunities in an early-cycle environment, according to Colliers’ latest report “German Real Estate Market Outlook 2026.”

According to Savills latest research, European real estate investment volumes are on track to reach €77 billion ($tk billion) in fourth quarter 2025, a 12 percent year-on-year increase. This would bring the full-year total to €215 billion ($tk billion), 9 percent higher than volumes recorded in 2024.

Stream Realty Partners has closed on the recapitalization of a portfolio of seven class A industrial assets in Texas.

You are thinking either to flee the office sector entirely or to double down on trophy assets. Five years into the pandemic-accelerated transformation of workplace patterns, a more nuanced truth is emerging.

As the festive season approaches, Britain’s high streets acquire a familiar burst of energy. Empty storefronts that have stood idle for much of the year are swiftly transformed into temporary retail spaces — concept stores, seasonal brands or experimental outlets testing their appeal.

Heading into 2026, the global scene is once again marked with hot wars, taut geopolitical tensions, straitened governments, and an undulating landscape for global trade and tariffs.

In a sponsored interview published in the January issue of Institutional Real Estate Americas, Paul Leonard, Director of Research, Real Estate, Americas at Nuveen demonstrates that medical outpatient buildings offer investors a rare opportunity to see outsized returns with far less risk than the broader real estate market, describing the demand drivers and supply constraints that sustain its resilience and outperformance.

Investors will find themselves in a commercial real estate environment that is poised for significant change in 2026. A combination of new technology, economic influences and policies will reshape how investors evaluate the market.

More than half of the global population already lives in urban areas, a figure that will reach two-thirds by mid-century, the vast majority of that shift taking place in Asia and Africa. But what we want from a modern city has changed vastly in just a few decades.

The latest employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) revealed signs of meaningful weakness in the labor market, with the unemployment rate climbing to 4.6 percent, the highest level since September 2021. It is up from the 4.4 percent reported in the previous month, in the most recent pre-shutdown data — and a weakening job market is set to have significant implications for investors in real estate, infrastructure and other real assets

Bain Capital Real Estate and 11North Partners have announced the close of a capital raise of up to $1.6 billion to invest alongside their co-owned, dedicated open-air retail-focused operating platform. 

Newmark Group has established its Korean flagship in Seoul, hiring a seasoned leadership team across multiple disciplines.