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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.

In a sponsored interview published in the May issue of Institutional Real Estate Europe, Rafael Fernández-Villaverde, managing director at Greystar, explains the strategic decision to restructure their Spanish and French businesses within the framework of a new regional Southern Europe platform, describing how it will strengthen their current capabilities, enhance their ability to assess developing markets, and set the stage for future expansion.

In a sponsored report published in the May issue of Institutional Real Estate Americas, Teresa Zien, managing director and portfolio manager at Invesco Real Estate, discusses the state of the real estate credit market, how and why banks are strengthening the alternative lending ecosystem, and the appeal of Invesco’s credit strategy and full-cycle commitment to investors.

In a sponsored report published in the May issue of Institutional Real Estate Americas, CIM Group shows how the dislocation in office credit has now given rise to a historical opportunity to generate risk-adjusted returns, highlighting senior first mortgage loans and the advantages of CIM’s experienced boots on the ground as the means to grasp that opportunity.

In a sponsored report published in the May issue of Institutional Real Estate Americas, Jeff Bingham and Jim Breen — the former a managing director and co-head of Heitman’s Global Investment Research Team, and the latter an assistant vice president and member of that team — argue that the real estate market has entered the early stages of a promising recovery, making their case with a clear overview of encouraging data trends.

In a sponsored interview published in the May issue of Institutional Real Estate Americas, Cherine Aboulzelof, managing partner and global co-head of BGO Strategic Capital Partners, illustrates how collaboration and adaptability are cornerstones of SCP's success in the secondaries market, as well as her own career and leadership style.

For decades, real estate investment revolved around the core four: office, industrial, retail and multifamily. Everything else — no matter how big or operationally complex — was lumped into the “niche” bucket.

Going cross-border has generated its fair share of horror stories. Layering risk upon risk by leaving core domestic markets and going abroad to access value-added or opportunistic strategies has hurt some investors in the past.

Is Europe’s gentrification problem getting worse, or better?

While current rental stock may be lagging, the demand for long-term rental solutions is growing across Asia Pacific, and the investment opportunity is growing alongside it.

Concerns about the global geopolitical situation remain top of mind for institutional investors. According to the 2026 Institutional Real Estate Investor Trends report, Institutional Real Estate Inc.’s annual survey of global investor sentiment which released in April, this is likely to affect investment plans and allocations to commercial real estate in 2026.

Provident Industrial, a division of Dallas-based real estate development and investment company Provident, announced the acquisition of a 13-building industrial portfolio totaling 2,526,937 square feet across the Memphis, Tenn. metropolitan area.

As we look at the market today, one thing is clear: volatility and geopolitical noise loom large, according to a recent report by PGIM’s Real Estate Business.