Transactions | Nov 1, 2021 Landsec buys U+I for €224m by Andrea Zander Land Securities Group has agreed to buy developer U&I Group PLC for £190 million (€224 million/$260.1 million) in cash.
Transactions | Nov 1, 2021 IQHQ expands life-science portfolio in the Bay Area by Released IQHQ has completed the acquisition of Elco Yards.
Transactions | Nov 1, 2021 Ascott Residence Trust buys fourth U.S. student accommodation for $83m by Andrea Zander Ascott Residence Trust (ART) will acquire a freehold 548-bed, student-accommodation asset, named Seven07 in Champaign, Ill., for $83.25 million.
NuView Trust’s Jason Debono on the tax changes in the proposed House bill by Denise Moose At the end of September 2021, Jason Debono, president at NuView Trust Co., discussed the new tax changes in the $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill proposed to the House and how those changes would affect those in the alternative asset space, specifically those dealing with retirement accounts investing into alternative assets.
SPONSORED: Considering investing in Mexico’s real estate market? by Jennifer Babcock Mexico’s real estate market is increasingly becoming a “new frontier” for institutional investors.
SPONSORED: U.S. multifamily looks to remain resilient by Jennifer Babcock Buoyed by demographic trends such as millennials remaining renters longer, high single-family home prices and lingering set backs from the pandemic, the U.S. multifamily investor market is on pace to attract more investment activity than it did in 2019.
SPONSORED: Real estate investor adopts investment-management software platform by Jennifer Babcock Real estate investment management and reporting have grown increasingly complex, requiring greater sophistication on the part of the manager.
SPONSORED: Greystar approved to develop Australia’s largest build-to-rent development by Jennifer Babcock Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC, together with Fender Katsalidis, announced last month the planning approval of a new build-to-rent development in the Inner Melbourne suburb of South Yarra.
Transactions | Nov 1, 2021 Harrison Street acquires 286-unit multifamily property in University of Calgary district by Released Harrison Street has acquired a 286-unit multifamily property housing young professionals and students in Calgary, Alberta.
The slow burn: Fears of runaway inflation may be misplaced by Marek Handzel The American economist Milton Friedman once famously proclaimed that inflation was taxation without legislation.
A helping hand: There is more to ESG than the environmental factor by Marek Handzel Keith Breslauer, managing director of Patron Capital, says that we need to remember that there is more to ESG than the environmental factor, important as it may be. Social issues — the “S” of ESG — have also escalated through¬out the pandemic and in the years preceding it.
Nothing to fear: Real estate investors may benefit from moderate inflation by Marek Handzel Real estate investors may well benefit from moderate inflation, says Tomasz Dukala, a board member at EPH European Property Holdings.
Brick by brick: Sustainability is driving the transformation of the real estate sector by Marek Handzel Jochen Schenk, CEO of Real I.S. says that there is much more that the real estate sector can do to contribute towards carbon neutrality.
What industry experts think about current trends in real estate and the economy by Loretta Clodfelter The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about unprecedented changes in the commercial real estate industry.
What the ghost kitchen trend could mean for real estate investors by Matt Bucaro A ghost kitchen — otherwise known as a dark kitchen, cloud kitchen or virtual restaurant — is a restaurant that does not provide dine-in or takeaway services to customers.
Transactions | Oct 29, 2021 Sonae Sierra´s German Food Retail Fund acquires five supermarkets by Released Sonae Sierra has announced the launch of a new open-ended AIF in Germany with the creation of the Sierra German Food Retail Income Fund I.
Research | Oct 29, 2021 German real estate investment market to hit €100b mark by Released Germany’s real estate investment market achieved a transaction volume of around €60.6 billion ($70.34 billion) in the first three quarters of 2021.
People | Oct 29, 2021 CPP Investments appoints chief sustainability officer by Released Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) has appointed Deborah Orida as the organization's first chief sustainability officer (CSO).
Transactions | Oct 29, 2021 Tristan fund grows logistics allocation to more than €700m by Released Curzon Capital Partners 5 Long-Life (CCP 5 LL), the core-plus fund advised by Tristan Capital Partners, has grown its logistics allocation to more than €700 million ($807 million).
Research | Oct 29, 2021 AEW research forecasts 5.1% average prime total return from European residential sector over next five years by Andrea Zander AEW, the global real estate investment manager, has released its latest research on the European residential sector, publishing its internal forecasts on rental growth, yields and total returns across 24 different European residential markets for the first time.