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Almanac Realty Investors, the private real estate arm of Neuberger, a global investment manager, has committed $250 million of growth capital to Stamford, Connecticut-based AmCap Ventures, a privately-held, vertically-integrated real estate company founded in 1979. The commitment marks the inaugural deployment of Almanac’s Horizon Fund, a $1 billion investment vehicle established in partnership with Australian Retirement Trust (ART).

Warburg Pincus and Kio Investment Management, an Australian real asset investment manager founded by industry veteran Sam Bisla, have plans to expand their partnership through an additional capital commitment to further accelerate investment in build-to-rent (BTR) and expand into purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) across Australia’s key gateway cities.

Digital Core REIT, a pure-play data center REIT listed in Singapore and sponsored by Digital Realty, has reached an agreement to sell interests in three North American assets and redeploy the proceeds to acquire partial interests in one data center in Singapore, one data center in Osaka, Japan, pay down debt, and repurchase units on the open market.

U.S. industrial demand is accelerating, with leasing activity up sharply, manufacturing investment driving record demand and occupiers increasingly shifting back toward primary markets amid fuel, tariff and occupancy-cost considerations, according to Newmark in its Q2 2026 U.S. Industrial Market Report.

Retail demand snapped back in the second quarter, with net absorption reaching 10.2 million square feet (the second-strongest quarter in two years) as malls and neighborhood centers returned to positive territory, according to JLL in its Q2 2026 Retail Market Dynamics report.

Rayonier has completed two strategic timberland transactions with Resource Management Service, LLC (RMS), further advancing the company’s portfolio optimization strategy.

U.K. insurer Utmost Life and Pensions has appointed Aberdeen Investments to manage a commercial real estate debt mandate supporting its growing bulk purchase annuity business and broader pension risk-transfer plans, according to Alternative Credit Investor.

Stonepeak, an alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, has acquired an 860,100-square-foot, rail-served logistics asset in Fort Worth, Texas.

Institutional capital says it wants cash flow that tracks inflation, low tenant turnover and strong secular demand drivers that are insulated from economic cycles. Manufactured housing communities deliver all three, but institutional ownership of the sector remains low relative to competing property types.

ESR, an Asia Pacific focused real asset owner and manager, Indonesia Investment Authority (INA), and other capital partners are jointly investing in the development of two institutional-grade logistics facilities in Cikarang, Greater Jakarta, Indonesia.

Broadview Real Estate Partners has held a final close for Broadview Real Estate Partners Fund II, raising $100 million. Investor interest in the fund exceeded capacity.

Amid accelerating demand for AI infrastructure, NVIDIA is seeking to turn its compute and full-stack artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure into an investable asset class for global capital.

Robert A. Stanger & Co. has published its Second Quarter 2026 Non-Listed BDC Edition of The Stanger Report, highlighting the sector’s lowest quarterly fundraising total since 2020 and highest quarterly redemption demand on record.

Savills Korea has successfully completed its exclusive sales advisory mandate for Gangnam 358 Tower, a prime office asset located Seoul’s Gangnam Business District (GBD).

mBank and PGGM have entered into a credit risk sharing transaction referencing a €1.1 billion ($1.3 billion) portfolio of commercial real estate loans in Poland, with PGGM investing in 80 percent of the outstanding tranche as an anchor investor.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, through investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI), has acquired a newly developed, 1.5 million-square-foot distribution facility in Kansas City, Mo., for $158.5 million.

The Asia Pacific student housing sector is experiencing a fundamental transformation, with transaction volumes tripling since 2022 as cross-border institutional investors increasingly dominate the market, according to JLL.

The secondaries European real estate market has become broader and deeper as investors look to rebalance their portfolios and managers aim to see business plans through to their completion with certain assets in their closed-end funds.

Noble Investment Group has appointed Stephen Paul as senior director of data, technology and innovation.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has appointed Martin Noven, former executive director of the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System, as the next CEO of the Iowa Public Employee Retirement System (IPERS). The appointment is effective Aug. 24, 2026.