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In 2022, the global economy is facing many challenges and threats: the continuing global health crisis, interrupted supply chains, rising inflation, and armed conflict in Eastern Europe.

Throughout the pandemic, the office sector has become increasingly adept at quickly finding new ways (in addition to reinforcing existing protocols) to maintain people’s safety and wellness in the workplace.

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, institutional investors have been called to re-evaluate their exposure to Russian assets. Some of the largest U.S. pension funds have pulled the plug on their Russian holdings, but the act of making these liquidations poses challenges.

The full impact of flexible working on long-term investment allocations to offices is hard to assess, says INREV's Iryna Pylypchuk.

Despite heightened uncertainty, cross-border investors are deploying capital in Europe, writes James Wallace.

Retail has been at the epicentre of cyclical and structural change. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, the sector was grappling with rapid ecommerce growth and changing consumer habits.

When looking at Germany, national and international investors are increasingly focusing on real estate in the healthcare sector.

Ongoing lumber and building material supply side constraints, rising construction costs and expectations of higher interest rates continue to negatively affect builder sentiment even as buyer demand remains relatively solid.

Multifamily asking rents defied expectations by ticking up yet another $10 in February to hit a national average of $1,628.

Alterra Property Group and Park Madison Partners have closed their Alterra IOS Venture II fund.

Catella Residential Investment Management (CRIM) has launched the world’s first “energy positive” residential impact fund, Catella Elithis Energy Positive Fund (CEEPF), which will invest €500 million ($553 million) in Elithis Towers across France.

After 10 consecutive months of traffic gains over steep pandemic-related declines, the U.S. restaurant industry’s recovery stalled in January.

Tritax EuroBox has entered into a conditional agreement with a subsidiary of Dietz AG for the speculative forward-funding acquisition of a €76.4 million ($84.41 million) logistics asset in the Dusseldorf region of Germany.

A joint venture between Danish institutional investor PFA Pension and Spear Street Capital has sold an office building in Jersey City for $300 million.

Expect challenging macroeconomics across all investment types, with real estate seen as a favorable option in light of market headwinds and increasing inflation, with central bank interventions uncertain in first quarter 2022.

Henderson Park has acquired, as part of a value-add strategy, the historic Mosse-Zentrum office building in central Berlin from Real I.S. AG, the real estate investment management arm of the Bavarian Landesbank.

Interstate Equities Corp. has completed the final close of its fifth institutional fund, IEC Institutional Fund V.

Tristan Capital Partners’ EPISO 5 Fund has strengthened its position in the Belgium office market.

Allianz Real Estate has acquired a portfolio of nine prime residential buildings in the Chamartín district of Madrid for €185 million ($205 million).

M&G Real Estate has purchased a portfolio of 30 residential assets in Japan’s gateway cities of Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya for ¥49.2 billion ($414.5 million).