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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.

Sila Realty Trust has entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which certain affiliates of Blue Owl Real Estate Capital will acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of Sila Realty Trust for $30.38 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $2.4 billion.

Peachtree Group has acquired more than $330 million in loans year to date from U.S. banking institutions and private lenders, which includes a lender finance transaction secured by portfolios of loans.

Transaction activity in the single-tenant net-lease retail sector rebounded in 2025, with deal volume rising 18 percent year over year and reaching one of the highest levels on record, driven by improved investor alignment and easing rate pressures, according to Marcus & Millichap. 

Singapore’s first and largest commercial real estate investment trust, CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT), has agreed to acquire a 100 percent interest in Paragon, a premier freehold integrated development along Orchard Road comprising retail, office and medical suites, for an agreed property value of S$3.9 billion ($2.3 billion) from Cuscaden Peak.

Periskop Partners and Japan’s Kensho Investment Group have entered into a strategic partnership.

AEW has completed a strategic investment in the Netherlands.

Sixth Street has made an investment in Park Properties Housing Association (PPHA), a U.K. for-profit registered provider, in partnership with HSPG, a social and affordable housing investor.

Dormitory operator Centurion Corp. is paying A$45 million ($35.8 million) to acquire an asset in Western Australia designed for the mining industry, marking its entry into a new specialized segment.