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 CBRE Investment Management (CBRE IM), on behalf of a fund sponsored by the firm, has acquired AMS CityDocks, a state-of-the-art last-mile distribution center strategically located on the western edge of Amsterdam, between the city, Port of Amsterdam and Schiphol Airport.

M&G Investments has appointed Ruth Jackson as head of U.K. investment management in its £34 billion ($46 billion) real estate investment division.

Knight Frank’s analysis of the United Kingdom’s Industrial Outdoor Storage (IOS) market has found that growing demand from an increasingly diverse occupier group has seen the sector’s prime rents increase 36 percent over the past two years. This period has also seen the average IOS site size required rising, with 36 percent growth in London and the South East over the past 18 months — from 2.3 to 3.1 acres — with maximum requirements climbing 39 percent, 3.3 to 4.6 acres.

Greystar has started construction of its fourth build-to-rent (BTR) community in Victoria, Australia, a new $360 million development located in Melbourne’s inner-city suburb of Kensington.

Fiera Capital Corp. and the Canadian District of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBC) have launched the Canadian Built Opportunities Platform, a new real assets investment strategy with a dual mandate aimed at generating attractive risk-adjusted returns on capital while supporting jobs for UBC union members. The platform launches with an initial commitment of more than C$800 million ($579 million), divided equally between infrastructure and real estate investments, and aims to reach more than C$1 billion ($720 million) in assets within three years.

For decades, institutional real estate investors and asset managers have struggled with aggregating and validating property performance data from diverse property management and ERP systems sourcing reports such as financial statements, rent rolls, and lease agreements, often delivered as PDFs or inconsistent Excel files, writes Mike Harrison, NTrust CSO, in part three of the firm’s five-part series.

Cottonwood Group, a private equity real estate investment firm, announced the closing of a $105 million senior construction loan for a 223,500-square-foot life sciences project within EastVillage, a 425-acre mixed-use community in northeast Austin. Reger Holdings and Tarlton Properties, a life sciences developer and operator based in the San Francisco Bay Area, are partnering to deliver the facility.

Principal Asset Management has launched Principal Inside.

Arada has completed the acquisition of a 75 percent stake in Regal, one of London’s leading residential-led mixed use developers. 

Ardian and Rockfield, a vertically integrated living platform, have closed a green financing package of €550 million ($648 million) for their purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) strategy. 

QuadReal Property Group has expanded its commercial real estate debt platform in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

On Sept. 17, 2025, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates, a move that raised fresh questions for lenders and real estate markets. In an interview with IREI, Paul Rahimian, founder and CEO of real estate lender Parkview Financial, shares his perspective on what the decision means for borrowing, underwriting and investor confidence.

U.S. investors are turning their attention to Europe’s alternative real estate sectors. In an interview with Caleb Mercer, managing director of European private equity at Heitman, he discusses the market forces driving this shift — from attractive valuations and macroeconomic stability to structural supply/demand imbalances across housing, student accommodation, senior living and self-storage. He discusses how European markets create predictable value differently than the United States, the risk-return dynamics shaping investor appetite, and the long-term lessons from past real estate cycles that are influencing capital flows today. Through his insights, we gain a clearer view of why European alternatives are emerging as one of the most compelling opportunities for U.S. institutional capital.

The Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund (OP&F) has revised investment policies for real estate and private markets, according to correspondence from the pension fund.

Landmark Properties in a joint venture with Manulife Investment Management has opened The Mark Tallahassee, a new, 860-bed student housing community at 675 W. Lafayette St. in Tallahassee, Fla.

Avanath Capital Management has secured affordability restrictions on more than 500 existing units at two of the firm’s owned and managed multifamily communities, located in Long Beach, Calif., and Kissimmee, Fla.

CBRE Investment Management (CBRE IM) has released new research revealing that the value of transactions closed in the global real estate secondaries market reached a record high of approximately $24.3 billion in 2024 – a 3.8 percent increase from 2023.

Michael Tussie has joined Elion Partners as CIO, according to a LinkedIn post.

Blackstone has made several senior leadership updates within its real estate business.

Cohen & Steers has announced that funds managed by the private real estate group of Cohen & Steers and Lincoln Property Co. have entered into a joint venture to own Cityline at Tenley, a retail center in Tenleytown, an affluent neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C.