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Demand for housing in European cities is high, and available land is in short supply. Older single-story retail properties with large parking lots offer an opportunity for creative infill redevelopment.

Data has long been used to evaluate real estate investment decisions from a performance point of view, but investors are increasingly looking to data to formulate investment strategies and decisions on the front end.

Although the Asia Pacific region’s REITs were not spared the unprecedented impact of the pandemic, the sector has recovered from its trough, with valuations gradually retraced to pre-pandemic levels. In the wake of the crisis, however, mergers and acquisitions of the region’s REITs have accelerated.

Premium Australian office is still an attractive place to invest despite lingering impacts from the pandemic and more recent concerns around rising inflation and interest rates. Within the sector, however, more attention is rightly being paid to environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, particularly amid the transition to net zero.

The future is shrouded in uncertainty. Real option modelling can give, at least in broad terms, an indication to the prospective tenant of the dollar value of the option on offer and to the landlord an assessment of how much is being put on the table.

Smart devices, reactive building systems, environmental assessments, sector breakdowns, financials and geographic market reports are all delivering greater amounts of data than ever before. The challenge is making sense of what can become an exponential rise in inputs and putting them to use.

In a challenging economic environment marked by rising inflation and rising interest rates, continued supply-chain disruption and Russia’s ongoing war on Ukraine, for-rent residential real estate is attracting investor attention for its long-term predictable income, among other features.

Yoo Capital Fund II has captured a £30 million ($35 million) investment from The London Fund.

Reimagining, rebuilding and repurposing real estate has always played a key role in investors’ ability to create value. In today’s post-COVID world, however, the ability to change a property’s use has taken on a new level of importance.

The days when the real estate sector benefited from the sheer lack of alternatives — from an investor’s point of view — seem to be over.

As the German market has shown, investors remain confident about the residential sector, despite consumer anxiety and the threat of further regulation, writes Bennett Voyles.

In August, an official from the U.S. Federal Reserve said the central bank — which has already raised interest rates three times from its near-zero levels at the beginning of 2022 — will keep increasing them until it sees compelling evidence that inflation is falling.

The fundamental story of healthcare real estate investment begins with demographics — everyone knows the U.S. population is getting older — but it doesn’t stop there.

PMB in partnership with Montgomery Street Partners has received Superior Town Board approval on its final development plan for Coal Creek Innovation Park at Downtown Superior giving PMB discretionary approval to construct the $280 million purpose-built life sciences project.

Credit Suisse Asset Management reviewing an issue of CHF 140 million to CHF 170 million ($144 million to $175 million) for the Credit Suisse Real Estate Fund Green Property.

Lauren Gellhaus, head of ESG at the Teacher Retirement System (TRS) of Texas, has stepped down from her post.

Empira Group, a Swiss real estate firm, has purchased CoralGrove Brickell.

Logistics Property Company has plans to develop its 1237 West Division.

The San Antonio Fire & Police Pension Fund has agreed to commit $25 million to a core open-ended real estate fund managed by IDR Investment Management, according to a recent board meeting document.The exact name of the IDR fund was not disclosed in the meeting minutes.

California Assembly Bill 1695 (Miguel Santiago, D- 53rd District), which will allow for state funding and loans for the development of affordable multifamily housing projects utilizing   “adaptive reuse”  of existing buildings, cleared the Assembly earlier today in a unanimous vote.