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SEGRO has confirmed plans to form a 50-50 logistics joint venture with a major international institutional investor to develop and operate three major U.K. logistics parks.

Matter Real Estate has appointed Janine Schumann as head of Europe.

Stoneweg Hospitality and Bain Capital, through their joint venture, have agreed to sell Mongibello Ibiza to Grupo Ramat, a privately held investment platform focused on hospitality, real estate and lifestyle-led assets, alongside a group of private investors.

Realty Income Corp. has formed a strategic joint venture with Cloud Capital and its affiliates and a global institutional investor.

Starwood Capital Group has held a final closing for its latest opportunistic real estate fund, Starwood Distressed Opportunity Fund XIII (SOF XIII), with capital commitments in excess of $10.2 billion. Together with existing commitments to Starwood Capital’s other investment vehicles, the firm’s assets under management total approximately $130 billion.

Deka Immobilien has acquired the prime office building “Stirling Square” in London’s West End.

Commercial real estate volatility varies significantly by metro and property type, creating both risk and opportunity for investors, according to a March 2026 report from New York Life Investments. The report analyzes volatility across multifamily, office and industrial markets from 2015 to 2025, using inflation- and occupancy-adjusted rent metrics to assess how markets performed through the pandemic, migration shifts, elevated inflation and restrictive monetary policy.

In today’s multifamily landscape, technology is everywhere — and so are the companies offering to transform your operations. Property-management systems, maintenance platforms, resident-engagement apps, IoT solutions and revenue-management tools — the list continues to grow, along with the volume of outreach from vendors eager to earn your attention.

Dr. Will McIntosh, Ph.D., one of the most recognized researchers and research executives in institutional real estate, today announced the formation of ArcBridge Research Group, a new joint venture with Institutional Real Estate, Inc. (IREI) that will provide outsourced research services, project-based consulting and independent third-party due diligence to a broad range of real estate professionals and organizations.

Goodman has sold a major industrial estate in Western Sydney for A$127.5 million ($tk million) in an off-market transaction, according to The Urban Developer.

Kennedy Wilson and Jamison, a Los Angeles multifamily development firm have entered a new strategic partnership with plans to deliver 4,000 affordable housing units across Los Angeles through adaptive reuse and ground up construction.

Invesco Real Estate has sold a prime mixed-use asset in Prague on behalf of one of its German separate account strategies.

LaSalle Investment Management has won a new €450 million ($tk million) custom account mandate focused on the office sector in Continental Europe.

CBRE Investment Management (CBRE IM) has appointed Karoline Nader-Gräff as head of EMEA urban destinations operator division, as part of the firm’s long-term succession planning.

A fundamental structural transformation in South Korea’s housing market characterized by the transition from traditional rental arrangements to monthly rental models will significantly impact Seoul’s residential market. According to new research published by JLL, increasing institutional investor interest in alternative residential formats, including co-living developments, will play a key role in the rental market transition of one of the world’s largest urban centers.  

For a real estate operating company, selecting the right entity-level capital partner is not only about growth capital to expand its real estate portfolio — it implies a longer-term stable ownership of the company, durable governance, sustained alignment between the capital partner and the operating company management across multiple cycles, and trust.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and smart building technology are becoming more viable for affordable housing operators, particularly as tools become more targeted, scalable and easier to deploy. For owners managing rent-capped communities, aging assets and complex compliance requirements, the investment case increasingly depends on whether technology can reduce operational burden while improving resident outcomes. In an exclusive interview with IREI, Joshua Bagley, senior director of development operations at Fairstead, discusses how technology can improve compliance, streamline maintenance and property operations, support on-site teams, and strengthen long-term affordability for residents.

Hulic REIT has announced plans to acquire interests in three Tokyo properties for a combined ¥25.95 billion ($160.3 million) through an asset exchange and separate acquisition.

JLL has appointed Matt Bennion as head of project and development services (PDS) for Asia Pacific.

The Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois (TRS IL) has committed $85 million to real estate funds, including vehicles managed by Arc Capital Partners, Kayne Anderson Real Estate and Carol Investors.