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Contributing around 37 percent of energy related carbon emissions, the built environment has a clear responsibility to urgently decarbonise real estate to meet international climate targets and mitigate climate change risks. However, with estimates suggesting that up to $24.2 trillion — or nearly 17 percent of global financial assets — could be at risk due to climate-related financial shocks under high-emissions scenarios, the real estate sector in particular must act swiftly. 

MAG, a real estate developer in the United Arab Emirates, has signed a $3 billion tokenization agreement with MultiBank Group, a financial derivatives institution headquartered in Dubai, and Mavryk, a blockchain innovator.

There will be an approximately 46 percent increase in data center capacity worldwide by 2027, according to Knight Frank. This equates to an additional 20,828 megawatts.

Although ready to commence a new real estate cycle, real estate leaders globally are braced for another challenging year of uncertainty, with lingering inflation, largely driven by factors including geopolitical instability, and persistently higher interest rates in some regions, potentially delaying a hoped-for recovery in capital markets and occupancy metrics.

Real estate rents declined by five percent in 2024 due to normalizing market conditions, according to Prologis’ 2024: Market rents reset after years of outperformance. Increasing new supply and positive demand boosted vacancy rates in most markets across the globe, says the report. By combining market insights with data, the Prologis Rent Index analyses net effective rental growth trends in North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America.

Investors are gearing up to inject more capital into the U.S. commercial real estate market in 2025, driven by favorable pricing and despite the challenges posed by interest rate fluctuations, according to the findings of CBRE's 2025 U.S. Investor Intentions Survey.

2025 has the potential to be a pivotal turning point for global real estate markets, according to leading global real estate investment manager Hines’ 2025 Global Investment Outlook report.

Nearly three-quarters of Savills researchers from around the world are expecting investment activity in their markets to improve next year, with a similar proportion also anticipating a recovery in capital values.

U.S. and Canadian real estate is on the verge of a new cycle in 2025, with interest rates down from peak levels and economic growth concerns fading, but also new risks on the horizon, according to the North America chapter of the Insights, Strategy and Analysis (ISA) Outlook 2025 report published by global real estate investment manager LaSalle Investment Management.

Employers worldwide may have to pay workers an extra 5 percent to entice them back to the office full time, according to a series of Bloomberg intelligence surveys.

GARBE has opened a new office in Singapore, marking a significant step in its international expansion strategy.

Portugal and the Czech Republic in Europe, Japan and Singapore in Asia, and Canada in the Americas are the best locations in their respective regions for industrial occupiers looking to nearshore supply chains, according to Savills. 

BlackRock has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Saudi Real Estate Refinance Company.

Real estate transparency is more critical than ever in times of uncertainty, and markets emerging as the most transparent are pulling further ahead based on investments in technology integration and AI, data availability and sustainability.

The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has appointed Angela Cain as its global CEO.

As AI becomes more integrated in industries’ production, new data centers will need to come online to ensure optimal design and sufficient power capacity, writes Victoria Tribone, economist at Oxford Economics, in a research briefing dated June 25.

Colliers has released its fourth Global Sustainability Report, summarizing progress on its commitment to create a more sustainable future.

Global values will hit a trough in the middle of 2024, according to PGIM Real Estate’s outlook report.

The real estate assets under management (AUM) reached a minimum of $4.1 trillion at the end of 2023, according to The ANREV/ INREV/ NCREIF Fund Manager Survey 2024.

For the remainder of 2024 and into 2025, the outlook for markets reliant on individual business travel remains uneven, with substantial deviation in office attendance across different metropolitan areas, according to PwC.