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Brookfield Asset Management and Peakstone Realty Trust, an industrial REIT with a strategic focus on the industrial outdoor storage (IOS) sector, have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement in which a Brookfield private real estate fund would acquire all of the outstanding shares of Peakstone for $21 per share in cash. The all-cash transaction represents an implied enterprise value of approximately $1.2 billion.

Asia Pacific commercial real estate (CRE) investment volumes totaled $40.3 billion in fourth quarter 2025, marking a 15 percent year-over-year increase, according to new data from JLL. Full-year investment volumes in 2025 reached $147.6 billion, climbing 12 percent since 2024 – the strongest year since 2021 – capping  a year of steady recovery against a turbulent macroeconomic and geopolitical backdrop.

LaSalle Investment Management has appointed Matthew Sgrizzi as fund manager of LaSalle Encore+.

Living has retained its position as the most attractive sector for European real estate investment, according to CBRE’s European Investor Intentions Survey 2026, as investor confidence continues to strengthen and expectations for deal activity rise.

European house prices will increase by more than 4 percent in 2026, according to S&P Global Ratings. It has made modest forecast revisions since July 2025 that reflect labor-market and supply dynamics.

Blue Vista Capital Management has announced the appointments of Andrew Schaffler and Justin Yagerman as managing directors – build-to-rent (BTR).

U.S. retail fundamentals ended fourth quarter 2025 on a firmer footing, with availability holding at 5.3 percent — well below the long-term average— and another quarter of positive net absorption totaling 7.4 million square feet, signaling that the wave of mass closures earlier in 2025 has largely been absorbed, according to Newmark.

Following accelerating artificial intelligence (AI)-driven demand and intensifying power constraints, JLL recently published its 2026 Global Data Center Outlook, outlining $3 trillion in total investment over the next five years, including $1.2 trillion in real estate asset-value creation and approximately $870 billion in new debt financing, marking an infrastructure investment supercycle. Building on those findings, Institutional Real Estate, Inc. spoke with three senior JLL leaders – Matt Landek, global division president for data centers and critical environments; Andrew Batson, global head of data center research; and Carl Beardsley, senior managing director and data center leader within JLL Capital Markets – to  explore how power availability, emerging technologies, capital-markets evolution, and shifting development priorities are reshaping risk and opportunity across the data center landscape.

Economist Peter Linneman delivered a pragmatic assessment of the economy during a recent Walker Webcast at Institutional Real Estate, Inc. (IREI)’s VIP Americas event in a market grappling with high interest rates, uneven fundamentals, and economic crosscurrents. In a conversation with Willy Walker, Walker & Dunlop CEO, Linneman offered a sharp, data-driven view of macroeconomic conditions and their implications for commercial real estate investors.

Blue Vista Capital Management has announced the appointments of Andrew Schaffler and Justin Yagerman as managing directors – build-to-rent (BTR).

Heitman and Erben, an Australian property development and investment firm, have acquired Lot 19 at Perth City Link from the Western Australia State Government.

Schroders Capital and University Pension Plan Ontario (UPP) have formed a strategic partnership to invest in high-quality logistics and industrial real estate across Northwestern Europe. 

Manova Partners has named Jitka Steinmetz as its new COO, further expanding its management team.

Investors in Asia Pacific are preparing to deploy more capital into the commercial real estate market in 2026, supported by improving occupier fundamentals, reduced supply pipelines and gradually easing financing conditions, according to CBRE’s 2026 Asia Pacific Investor Intentions Survey.

Continued resilience in new construction starts has prompted Yardi Matrix to increase its forecast for U.S. multifamily completions in 2026, 2027 and 2028.

Avanath Capital Management has acquired Retreat at Valencia, 336-unit mixed-income apartment community near downtown Orlando.

Ekta Patel has been appointed COO at 11North Partners. Based in the firm’s New York office, Patel will oversee firmwide operations, coordination across asset management, and platform infrastructure, supporting the firm’s existing portfolio while enabling future growth initiatives.

The NCREIF PREA Reporting Standards has published Increasing Transparency in Performance Metrics for Private Closed-End Funds, offering long-awaited industry guidance aimed at enhancing clarity, consistency and comparability in performance reporting for private closed-end real estate funds.

Driven by motivated sellers, increased engaged buyers, and greater availability of debt, conditions are aligning for investors who can focus on cash-flow growth and disciplined execution, according to Morgan Stanley’s 2026 Real Estate Outlook.

Juniper Square has appointed Jason Sheller as global head of go-to-market, fund administration. Sheller joins the company at a pivotal moment of growth and will lead the global go-to-market strategy for the company’s fund administration business.