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An ecosystem of research universities clustered with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies and support services create the “cluster effect” investors should look for when investing in life sciences real estate, according to a report titled, “Selecting cities for life sciences real estate in Europe,” by Olafur Margeirsson, head of Real Estate Research & Strategy – Europe ex-DACH with UBS Asset Management, Global Real Assets, which was published in the September issue of Institutional Real Estate Europe.

Shifts in policy from the current administration, geopolitical tensions, tariff announcements and negotiations have raised volatility in financial markets.

Keeping up with the exponential demand for data centers from digitization — the move of functions to the cloud, increasing connected devices and use of artificial intelligence — is a challenge in both the U.S. and European data center sectors, explain Principal Asset Management’s Matt Hackman, portfolio manager, and Sebastian Dooley, senior fund manager, in an interview about the current trends within the data center investment market, which was published in the September issues of Institutional Real Estate Americas and Institutional Real Estate Asia Pacific.

As 2025 progresses, the global investment landscape continues to evolve in profound ways. While uncertainty remains a defining feature of the current environment, it is precisely within this complexity that new opportunities are emerging. This moment calls for clarity, discipline and a long-term perspective — qualities that are essential for identifying value in a world reshaped by structural shifts.

The 14-year era of low interest rates and depressed bond yields is over. Cheap debt and the wide spread between property and government bond yields that was a boon for real estate has given way to significantly higher global government bond yields and volatility. Rates are unlikely to drop back to where they were any time soon, if ever.

The Montana Board of Investments has committed up to $215 million to real estate funds, including Sterling United Properties Fund I and Blue Owl Real Estate Fund VII, according to meeting materials from Aug. 20.

Asia Pacific employees are intensifying enforcement of return-to-office protocols, while prioritizing employee experience and workplace optimization to drive performance and efficiency, according to CBRE’s 2025 Asia Pacific Office Occupier Survey.

A wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) will invest up to $1.5 billion in GLP Pte Ltd to support its next phase of growth.

JLL Capital Markets has arranged $500 million in financing for the Westchester Industrial Portfolio, a collection of 42 properties totaling approximately 2.4 million square feet across three strategically located industrial parks in Westchester County, N.Y.

Schroders Capital has appointed Junnosuke “Jun” Ando as head of real estate for the Asia Pacific region.

CapitaLand Commercial C-REIT (CLCR) has received approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission to register for its listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Harrison Street Asset Management has sold five class A senior housing communities throughout central Long Island and New York, in a transaction valued at more than $600 million.

The U.S. commercial real estate investable market has reached an estimated $26.8 trillion, while the institutional portion of that universe is an estimated $11.7 trillion, according to a report, “The U.S. CRE investable universe,” by Indraneel Karlekar, managing director, global head of investment research with Clarion Partners, and David Bank, partner and director of research with Rosen Consulting Group, which was published in the September issue of Institutional Real Estate Americas.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and related property technologies have already influenced much in the world of institutional real estate management and investing, but a lot more disruptions — or advances — are still pending, say experts.

Walking has always been important to Parisians — the French even have a verb for strolling through a city with no destination in mind (flâner) — so it is perhaps not surprising that as one of her last initiatives before leaving office in 2026, Mayor Anne Hidalgo has made plans to make flânerie even better in the City of Light, by banning cars from 500 streets.

Affinius Capital has closed a $92 million construction loan to finance the development of Aston Residences, a premier multifamily development in Los Angeles.

CapitaLand Ascott Trust (CLAS) has acquired three freehold rental housing properties in Japan for a total of JPY4 billion ($27 million). 

JLL has released new analysis that reveals how hybrid work, shifting family dynamics and commuting culture are converging to reshape the U.S. workplace, commuting and corporate real estate strategies.

S3 Capital has originated a $67 million construction loan for the development of La Baia North, a 57-unit luxury condominium development located at 9481 E. Bay Harbor Drive, Bay Harbor Islands, Fla.

PGIM’s real estate business has provided $619 million in fixed-rate financing on behalf of its agency lending platform to HHHunt Corporation for a 15-asset multifamily portfolio across the Southeast United States.