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Arrow Capital Partners has acquired the Ozarow Logistics Center in Poland from CBRE Investment Management for its Strategic Industrial Real Estate (SIRE) joint venture with Cerberus.

Central London investment volumes totaled £5.1 billion (€6.1 million/$6.7 million) in the first quarter 2022, the highest ever for a first quarter, according to CBRE.

A fund sponsored by CBRE Investment Management has acquired a partial interest in 100 Binney.

Swiss Life Asset Managers and its wholly owned subsidiary Mayfair Capital have acquired their first residential investment in the United Kingdom.

ines and Blue Noble have finalized an investment of more than €80 million ($88 million).

Nitya Capital has launched an inaugural $500 million real estate fund, focused on the multifamily sector.

The U.S. economy added 431,000 jobs in March.

Apartment rent gains are catching up to home prices.

China Oceanwide Holdings has plans to focus on L.A. project, according to a filing with the Hong Kong stock exchange.

GARBE Industrial Real Estate is planning to equip the logistics assets under its management with solar photovoltaic systems in the coming years, following the establishment of its wholly owned subsidiary, GARBE Renewable Energy – GREEN, in 2020.

Proptech allows institutional investors to better select developments and acquisitions, and understand local and global markets. It also allows investors to closely monitor building construction and management, and to improve tenant relations and services. Proptech helps buildings go green more efficiently or to market for lessees. And, finally, it helps institutional property investors sell, finance and buy assets.

The office sector has arguably seen the greatest shift produced by the pandemic. Once the go-to investment for institutions with the money to play, office assets suddenly became a pariah thanks to COVID-19. No one wanted to share four walls, sealed windows and an A/C system with a bunch of loosely connected colleagues at the height of a mysterious and scary disease.

Shanghai is China’s most commercial and dynamic city, and a global megalopolis with a GDP higher than many developed countries. Driven by a mix of industries, its economic base is diverse and durable.

Even before the pandemic, investors were warming to the notion that we can no longer regard real estate sectors as a simplistic dichotomy between the traditional and the alternative. To that end, allocations and risk premiums must move in lockstep with this evolving view.

The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) is implementing a new engagement strategy for the 2022 proxy season, focused on opposing the election of directors in companies that have failed to achieve greater board diversity or significantly address climate change.

Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) and its residential subsidiary, High Street Residential (HSR), along with Georgia Advanced Technology Ventures (GATV), a cooperative organization of the Georgia Institute of Technology, have closed on ground leases and are ready to begin construction on the first phase of redevelopment at Science Square, formerly known as Technology Enterprise Park, a mixed-use innovation community offering premier commercial lab/R&D and residential real estate in Atlanta.

Principal Global Investors and Atream have jointly acquired the Urban Garden office building in Lyon, France, for more than €150 million ($167 million) from HIG Capital.

The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) has issued an RFP for real estate investment consulting services.

The Howard Hughes Corp. (HHC) has sold its equity interest in 110 N. Wacker Drive, a 55-story, 1.5 million-square-foot class A office tower in Chicago, to Callahan Capital Partners and Oak Hill Advisors.

Oak View Group, a global venue development, advisory and investment company for the sports and live entertainment industry, has acquired 25 acres for a newly planned entertainment district including an arena in Las Vegas.