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Alterra IOS has acquired five industrial outdoor storage (IOS) properties totaling 36.4 usable acres and 128,200 square feet of accompanying warehouse space.

For more than half a century, public REITs have occupied an ambiguous place in institutional portfolios. They are routinely classified as “real estate,” benchmarked against real estate indices, and often used as a liquid complement to private property holdings. Yet their long-term behavior tells a more complex story — one that becomes far clearer when equity market risk is explicitly stripped out of their performance.

Global Net Lease will acquire Modiv Industrial in an all-stock transaction valued at an enterprise value of approximately $535 million.

A joint venture between Sculptor Real Estate Income Strategy — Sculptor Real Estate’s core plus strategy focused on differentiated, stabilized, income-producing real estate — and Trinity Investments has acquired JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort, a luxury beachfront resort located on Florida’s Gulf Coast, from MassMutual.

BGO has launched its German purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) strategy with the acquisition of K115, an operational student housing asset in central Cologne.

A forest fund managed by CapMan Natural Capital, CapMan Dasos European Forest Fund IV, has acquired a forest portfolio of approximately 6,500 hectares (16,000 acres) in Finland from a forest fund managed by S-Bank. The acquired forests are located in the regions of Kainuu and North Karelia.

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has invested A$76 million ($55 million) in NextDC, acquiring 36.75 million shares at A$12.70 ($9.20) each as part of the company’s A$1.5 billion ($1.1 billion) entitlement offer, according to Mingtiandi.

Whitbread has outlined a new five-year strategic plan focused on improving margins, reducing capital intensity and repositioning the business as a more hotel-centric operator, following a review of its cost base and operations.

In March 2026, IREI began interviewing people across 11 different property types to share their insights and outlooks on asset management in a video series titled Asset Management In Focus. In the third installment of this series, Chase McWhorter, managing director, Americas, at Institutional Real Estate, Inc., interviewed Ben Weinberg, co-founder and co-CEO at Castle Peak Holdings.

A surge in real estate mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is signaling a broader shift in how value is created across the industry, with operational expertise taking precedence over financial engineering. Steve Luthman, head of global real estate at Hines, in an interview with IREI,  discusses how consolidation is being driven by the rise of operator-led platforms rather than a simple rebound in dealmaking. He explains the growing need for in-house operating capabilities, how integrated platforms are reshaping margin potential and decision-making, and why execution at the asset level is becoming the primary source of value creation

Nearly half (47 percent) of U.S. residents oppose the construction of an artificial intelligence data center in their neighborhood, while 38 percent support it. This is according to a survey fielded by Ipsos and commissioned by Redfin, the real estate brokerage powered by Rocket.

Commercial real estate (CRE) fundamentals are stabilizing but vary widely by sector and asset quality, with industrial and housing supported by long-term demand drivers despite recent supply increases, according to Ryan Severino, BGO chief economist.

Oxford Properties Group has appointed Sara Queen as executive vice president and head of U.S. operations, effective July 20.

Braemar Hotels & Resorts has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the 193-room Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort & Spa in Colorado.

Walton Global has acquired eight properties.

Asia Pacific commercial real estate investment markets remained resilient in the first quarter 2026, underpinned by solid occupier fundamentals and sustained capital deployment across gateway markets, according to CBRE’s latest Asia Pacific Cap Rate Survey.

Paradise Centre and Novotel Surfers Paradise, a landmark mixed-use precinct in the heart of Surfers Paradise, have sold for a combined purchase price of $346.5 million, representing the largest mixed-use hotel and retail transaction in the history of Queensland, Australia, according to JLL.

Aviva Investors, has completed the sale of York Designer Outlet and East Midlands Designer Outlet in the United Kingdom as part of a strategic disposal by its Real Estate Active LTAF (REALTAF).

McDowell Housing Partners has named Brian Villa CIO.

Lazard announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Campbell Lutyens, a global private markets adviser focused on fund placement, secondary advisory and GP capital advisory services. Building on the success of Lazard’s existing private capital advisory group, the combined businesses will form a new unit — Lazard CL — creating the leading private capital advisory platform globally, working in close cooperation with Lazard’s world-class M&A and broader advisory practices.