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Digital Edge has agreed to acquire an industrial site in Johor, Malaysia, for MYR 346.5 million ($87.3 million), marking the Stonepeak-backed data centre operator’s first known land purchase in the country as it expands in Southeast Asia’s digital infrastructure market, reported Mingtiandi.

NEX, Australia’s fourth-largest home builder, has entered the land development sector with a A$180 million ($126 million) acquisition of sites to deliver 900 homes across New South Wales, Australia, according to a report first published by Australian Financial Review.

As rent affordability pressures rise and operators navigate a more constrained revenue environment, multifamily strategy is increasingly shifting toward operational efficiency, cost discipline and resident retention. In this interview, Shannon Dunnigan, director of sales at WithMe, discusses how operators are reassessing vendor relationships, identifying opportunities to reduce expenses without compromising the resident experience and leveraging technology-enabled amenities to support retention. The conversation also explores how tenant expectations are evolving as housing costs increase and where persistent inefficiencies remain across multifamily portfolios. Dunnigan highlights how data and automation can improve visibility, streamline workflows and better align on-site teams with higher-value responsibilities. WithMe is a technology provider focused on delivering amenity solutions designed to enhance resident experience while improving operational efficiency for multifamily owners and operators.

JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group has advised on the sale of the Prince Smart Inn Osaka Yodoyabashi to a special purpose vehicle established by CREAL.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping office and business park demand across Asia Pacific  (APAC), not through broad contraction but through a redistribution toward higher-quality, infrastructure-ready assets, according to a report by CapitaLand Investment.

Cambridge RE Partners has closed on A$40 million ($28 million) in mezzanine financing from Tyersall Real Assets Private Debt, a strategy jointly managed by Muzinich & Co. and Orion3 Group.

Tritax London Logistics Fund has secured £110 million ($140 million) of additional equity commitments in fourth quarter 2025 from an internationally recognized investor base.

Federated Hermes has completed its previously announced acquisition of an 80 percent majority interest in FCP Fund Manager.

Get Living PLC has appointed Kate Freer as its new CEO, effective in fall 2026, following the announcement at the end of 2025 that long-standing CEO Rick de Blaby is leaving to pursue a non-executive career.

Despite headline-grabbing population statistics, New York is decisively winning the nation’s migration competition for high-value talent, according to JLL.

Bain Capital’s Real Estate and Evergreen Medical Properties has acquired a portfolio of medical outpatient buildings.

CBRE has released Office Portfolio Optimization: Top 10 Strategies for Occupiers, a report, identifying 10 key strategies for occupiers to implement across cost containment, people management, and space selection. 

Preservation Equity Fund Advisors (PEF Advisors) has recapitalized Dover Woods.

U.S. office leasing in 2026 has so far exceeded pre-pandemic levels, according to preliminary first quarter data from CoStar.

Ashford Hospitality Trust has closed on the sale of four hotels and has entered into definitive agreements to sell two additional hotels.

The U.S. labor market appears stable on the surface, with modest job growth, steady unemployment at 4.3 percent and slowing wage gains, but underlying dynamics reveal a more constrained environment, according to BGO economist Ryan Severino in his recent report.

Industrial real estate has evolved into a highly segmented asset class, with small- and mid-bay properties emerging as a distinct and increasingly attractive investment niche.

In today’s income‑hungry real estate market, the distribution rate has become a dangerously blunt instrument. Too often, investors — particularly those newer to private real estate — anchor on a single number: the headline yield. In response, some managers have quietly adopted a practice that deserves far more scrutiny than it receives: supplementing operating cash flow with return of investor capital to “support” the dividend.

Investment manager Kingstone Real Estate has acquired a new-build residential property in Frankfurt am Main for its open-end real estate special fund, KINGSTONE Bezahlbares Wohnen Deutschland.

The global build-out of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure will require up to $1.6 trillion over the next five years, with access to power, not capital, now the primary constraint on growth, according to Knight Frank.