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CBRE Investment Management has announced the close of its Asia Pacific value-added real estate fund, Asia Value Partners 7 (AVP 7). 

Nuveen Real Estate has raised $330 million for its U.S. Cities Retail Fund (USCRF) from three Australian superannuation funds, marking the largest allocation into the strategy from the region to date. The Retail Employees Superannuation Trust (Rest), the Australian profit-to-member superannuation fund, anchored the capital raising with a $250 million commitment.

AWH Partners, a privately held national hotel real estate investment, management and development firm, has announced its first of a series of closings for its $100 million Strategic Income Fund.

Starlight Investments has held a close for its Starlight Canadian Residential Growth Fund IV.

Fusion Hotel Group, a wellness-inspired hospitality brand and management company based in Ho Chi Minh City, has been acquired by Suchad Chiaranussati, founder and chairman of SC Capital Partners, as well as the owner of Hotel Management Japan (HMJ), one of Japan’s largest hotel operators, and Indonesian hotel operator Topotels Hotels & Resorts. 

Room00 Next Gen Hospitality has plans to accelerate its European expansion with a new investment plan of between €330 million and €420 million ($379 million and $482 million) to be executed throughout 2026 across Spain, Portugal, Italy and the United Kingdom.

Europe’s office market is defined by intensifying demand for best in class space and a growing imbalance between supply and occupier demands, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s latest EMEA Offices Update.

A joint venture between Stoneweg and Bain Capital is nearing practical completion of its 45,000 square-meter (484,376-square-foot) logistics development in Agliana, Italy, and has appointed Dils and WCG-World Capital Group as agents to support the leasing program.

Burstone Group, the fully integrated international real estate business, and Hines, a leading global real estate investment manager, on behalf of Hines European Real Estate Partners III (HEREP III), have formed a joint venture to aggregate a Pan-European portfolio of light industrial assets.

The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) has released a statement expressing deep concern regarding two executive orders issued by the Trump Administration last week that claim to promote access to mortgage credit and remove regulatory barriers to spur the development of affordable homes. These orders will remove critical mortgage protections responsible for fairness and do little to nothing to boost the supply of affordable housing.  

Deborah Considene, managing director, capital markets at CenterSquare Investment Management, recently participated in a special feature highlighting accomplished women in the real estate sector for Institutional Real Estate Americas. She shared her perspectives on leadership, investing and career evolution. While an excerpt of that interview appeared in the print magazine, the entire conversation, lightly edited, appears below.

Fortress Investment Group has launched Fortress Real Estate Exchange, a new 1031 exchange platform designed to provide advisors and their clients with access to institutional quality real estate investments through Delaware Statutory Trusts (DSTs).

U.S. equity REITs experienced a significant surge in capital-raising activities in February 2026, reaching their highest level in five months, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. The total capital raised amounted to $7.11 billion, marking a 209 percent increase from January and a 259.3 percent rise from the previous year. This growth was primarily driven by debt offerings. \ Key highlights from the analysis include:

Healthpeak Properties and Janus Living Inc. announced that Janus Living has launched an initial public offering of 37 million shares of Class A-1 common stock.

Public Storage will acquire National Storage Affiliates in an all-stock transaction valued at an enterprise value of approximately $10.5 billion.

The oldest Americans held 26 percent of America’s $48 trillion in real estate wealth as of third quarter 2025, the most recent period for which data is available, according to Redfin.

Redwood West and Panattoni, in partnership with Prime Finance and Prism Places, have acquired Victoria Gardens, a 1.2 million-square-foot lifestyle retail center in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., according to media outlets.

CBRE has appointed Nikhil Shah as senior executive director, hotels and hospitality, capital markets, India.

M&G Real Estate has entered into Australia’s senior living sector through a partnership with Stockland.

Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven data center investment is scaling rapidly, but how that growth translates into durable revenue remains uncertain. Dan Dreher, solutions strategist at L&G – Asset Management, America, in an interview with IREI, examines how demand, capital and risk may evolve as the sector moves through a full cycle. He also outlines where pressures could emerge across financing structures and what will ultimately determine whether today’s expansion proves sustainable.