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Affiliated Development has launched its second impact investment fund, Affiliated Housing Impact Fund II.

Investcorp has secured a $1 billion loan led by Morgan Stanley to refinance four U.S. industrial portfolios. The new capital leverages attractive debt market conditions while capitalizing on the strong performance of the underlying assets to enhance returns.

Automation has long been considered an enemy of human labor, or even a replacement. In the warehouse sector today, however, the story looks dramatically different. Rather than replacing people, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are emerging as labor multipliers that can reduce physical strain, improve safety, boost accuracy and create new categories of work, rather than taking away human jobs. 

Dealpath has released findings from a new survey of institutional real estate investors on their readiness for AI deployment in commercial real estate.

Knight Frank has published its latest EMEA Data Centers Report.

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has hired June Kim as its new deputy chief investment officer for public markets.

The U.S. life sciences real estate market has reached an inflection point, creating new opportunities and challenges across the industry.

Foundry Commercial and an Ares Real Estate fund have sold Midpoint Miami Logistics Park, two fully leased class A buildings totaling 312,834 square feet located at 10901-02 NW 148th St. in northwest Miami-Dade County.

Office real estate remains one of the more complex and misunderstood areas of CRE due to the structural shifts following the pandemic, wrote Ryan Severino, BGO’s chief economist, in his recent post.

Amid current macroeconomic headwinds, commercial real estate has entered a new valuation upcycle distinct from previous recoveries, wrote Mike Acton, head of research and strategy – North America at AEW.

The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) has committed $175 million to real estate funds in recent months, according to investment correspondence.

The Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System (SERS) has committed up to $100 million to Blue Owl Real Estate Fund VII, according to recent board news.

Red Mountain Group has sold Algonquin Commons, a 548,000-square-foot premier power, neighborhood and lifestyle shopping center in Algonquin, Ill.

Lincoln Property Co. has acquired two class A office buildings in San Francisco under a joint venture partnership with New York Life Real Estate Investors (NYLREI).

Weill Cornell Medicine has purchased 1334 York Avenue, an approximately 500,000-square-foot, class A commercial building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

Realterm in a joint venture partnership with institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management, has announced the acquisition of a seven-property, national industrial outdoor storage (IOS) portfolio strategically located across key U.S. transportation markets. The portfolio includes six highly functional and well-located truck terminals and one truck fleet maintenance facility.

The value of global private assets funds has surged to a record $14.05 trillion this year, a rise of 77 percent since 2020, and 205 percent since 2015, and is forecast to climb 70 percent over the next five years to hit $23.9 trillion.  Year-to-date it has risen 9.6 percent, according to the latest Global Asset Monitor from Ocorian.

Amid global economic and geopolitical uncertainty, hotel operators across Asia Pacific expect profitability to remain stable, trending upward at a moderate level in 2026. According to JLL’s APAC Hotel Operators’ Sentiment Survey 2025-2026, respondents have revealed a cautiously optimistic outlook, aggregately predicting gross operating profits to increase between 2 and 6 percent year-on-year in 2026.

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. has arranged $356.4 million in financing for the acquisition of four properties, all located within prominent New England Metropolitan Statistical Areas.

EQT Real Estate Industrial Value Fund V (EQT Real Estate), a fund managed by EQT, has completed the sale of a seven-asset truck terminal portfolio across the United States.