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Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors is extending its established multi-client model to international real estate, bringing its global investment platform to a broader group of institutional clients alongside its long-standing role managing international real estate investments for bpfBOUW. The move brings together more than two decades of international investing with Bouwinvest’s multi-client experience in the Netherlands, where it already serves more than 35 institutional clients.

LondonMetric Property Plc has announced further progress on the reshaping of its portfolio with £105 million ($142 million) of investment activity since its trading update in July 2026.

Turner & Townsend, the global program management company, has appointed Nima Nicolas Aase as regional managing director for Europe.

Union Investment has sold the Southpoint Commercial building in Brisbane, Australia, to LDR Capital, the real estate investment arm of the Lederer Group, one of Australia’s largest family offices. The sale price is above the most recent expert valuation. Union Investment acquired the property as a forward-funded development in 2014 for its open-end real estate fund UniImmo: Europa.

The flood of capital entering the data center sector is seen by many investors as an opportunity to gain exposure to a high-growth sector with strong structural tailwinds, according to a new study by INREV (European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles), the European industry body for nonlisted real estate. As cloud computing, AI, and the wider digital economy drive demand for digital infrastructure, this interest is only expected to grow. The key challenge is that the data center sector is a sophisticated and fast-evolving ecosystem that requires a complex skill set and operational know-how to enter and fully understand.

Foxgate Capital and Cole Klein Builders have acquired 458 acres in Manor, Texas, for the development of Eastwood, a large-scale mixed-use community planned for 1,335 residential lots and 97 acres of commercial and retail space.

CIM Group has acquired 51 South, a 134-unit apartment community in White Plains, N.Y., in partnership with Hulic Co., Ltd.

American Healthcare REIT (AHR) has acquired eight class A senior housing communities for approximately $696 million, establishing a new operating relationship with LCB Senior Living.

GoldenTree Asset Management has made a strategic investment in Baceline Group as part of a recapitalization and consolidation of the real estate investment manager’s open-air retail investment vehicles.

Elevation Advisors has launched European Senior Living, a real estate investment platform targeting €600 million ($698 million) of investments in care homes and assisted-living assets across Germany.

Elevation Advisors has launched European Senior Living, a real estate investment platform targeting €600 million ($698 million) of investments in care homes and assisted-living assets across Germany.

Faris AbiNader has joined Sound Point Capital Management as head of real estate capital formation, with a focus on institutional capital formation for Sound Point’s commercial real estate credit business.

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has added to its real estate equity investment team with the appointment of George Richards as director, investment manager.

Pushback against data center development has intensified in recent weeks as states and localities move to restrict or halt new construction amid concerns about the industry’s impacts, according to Yardi. Opposition has been driven by concerns ranging from resource consumption and higher utility bills to tax incentives and pollution.

Redevco has acquired a portfolio of four transport-led logistics assets in Germany, further expanding its logistics platform to 11.9 million square feet and approximately €1 billion ($TK billion) in assets under management across 32 assets.

LaSalle Investment Management has grown an existing mandate within its direct U.K. Custom Accounts business through a further capital allocation of more than £300 million ($404 million). The additional commitment, made by a longstanding local authority pension fund client, will take total assets under management across the client’s portfolios to £1 billion ($1.35 million) once the capital is fully deployed.

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) and Equinix have completed the $4 billion acquisition of atNorth, a Nordic data center developer and operator with a scalable portfolio of high-density colocation and built-to-suit data facilities.

The Scion Group has acquired a four-community, 2,316-bed student housing portfolio from SCHENK+, in partnership with Ares Real Estate funds.

Ares Management Corp. has held a final close for its Japan Logistics Development Partners V (JDP V), the latest vintage in its Japan-focused logistics real estate development fund series. Raising ¥612 billion ($4 billion), including LP equity commitments and a GP commitment, JDP V closed at its hard cap and is nearly 50 percent larger than its 2021-vintage predecessor, JDP IV.

LaSalle Investment Management (LaSalle) and N.J.-based Camber Real Estate Partners have formed a joint venture partnership to acquire a three-property industrial portfolio totaling more than 270,000-square feet on Long Island. The off-market transaction presented a rare opportunity to invest in 100 percent leased, high-performing infill assets in one of the nation's most-competitive and supply-constrained logistics corridors.