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CapitaLand Investment makes key two key appointments in Japan and China.

The $50.4 billion Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) has approved a $50 million commitment.

Central London investment volumes totaled £1.65 billion (€1.9 billion/$2 billion) in first quarter 2023.

Mitiska REIM buys Europa Centralna retail center in Poland.

The surging electric vehicle industry will fuel demand for industrial real estate, especially in the Southeast and Midwest, according to Yardi Matrix.

JLL releases construction outlook report.

Well-maintained and -operated workforce housing offers a safe and comfortable living environment to tenants, typically within an easy commuting distance from major employment centers. And for investors, the fundamentals of workforce housing mean this product type can be ideal for defensive.

CRE stakeholders scrambling to develop mitigation strategies made an important discovery recently: There is a glaring absence of reliable, actionable climate risk data, and it has become a serious stumbling block for investors — not surprising when you consider modern portfolio theory is grounded in risk assessment.

Non-domestic investors contemplating the U.S. real estate market will find a very large and diverse opportunity set, with multiple ways of gaining access. Both domestic and international investors should focus on structures that maximize control while minimizing fees and costs. This is not always easy but should pay off in the

Student enrollment figures in central Europe have remained stable in the majority of coun­tries despite the pandemic.

In the United Kingdom, the perma-crisis of recent years — COVID-19, climate change and the cost­ of-living —  has thrust homes, and how they are used, into the spotlight. People have become much more aware of the cost of energy and its environ­mental impact: the importance of fresh air, the adapt­ ability of our homes and our proximity to nature.

The piecemeal response to the pandemic and patchy nature of recovery in different countries has made a powerful case for property investors to look internationally and devote capital to overseas property. So, how much of a portfolio should an investor allocate to real estate beyond their home base? And how best to go about it?

Real estate has long been identified as a major contributor to carbon dioxide emissions, but it has not been as simple to accurately measure those emissions, or measure the effect of carbon-reduction efforts. More difficult, still, is measuring how those efforts weigh in real estate’s return to investors.

The Australian PBSA market saw a strong recovery in 2022 and is poised for an active 2023, given significant growth projected in the international student population globally and a storage of residential stock to house them, according to a report by Goh Wee Ping, CEO of Wee Hur Capital.

In the right sector, there are still good investment opportunities, whether in debt or equity, despite market headwinds, explains Jason Hernandez, managing director and head of U.S. debt for Nuveen Real Estate.

Data and data centers are increasingly essential for global economic growth, which demand continues to drive performance in the investment sector. The TA Realty team discusses why 2023 could be another record-breaking year for performance for the data center sector.

Supply and demand imbalance, driven by the relatively rapid series of interest-rate increases, has expanded the opportunity set in the middle of the lending capital stack, according to a report published in the April issue of Institutional Real Estate Americas,

The office market has divided into “haves” and “have nots,” with the former being greener assets with flexible floorplans, amenities and spaces for collaboration. Meanwhile, conventional office product will be less able to attract tenants or deliver for investors.

While the U.S. economy is not officially in a recession, a pandemic, followed by government stimulation, followed by inflation and subsequent interest-rate increases can sure make it feel that way in the real estate debt market, says Scott Smith, managing director, portfolio management, for the Principal Real Estate Private Debt team.

Grosvenor Diversified Property Investments have invested FGPO Ireland Fund III.