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The “upweighting” of real estate over the years caused yield compression. Previously strong equity markets also had the added denominator effect of requiring further allocations to real estate simply to match the expansion in size of an institution’s stock portfolio.

After more than a decade of stimulus induced by the global financial crisis, the world is now contending with an even-larger wave of central-bank and government interventions.

Deutsche Investment KVG has begun marketing its first investment fund in the grocery retail asset class.

Meketa Investment Group has been selected to provide consulting services for the Oregon Investment Council’s (OIC) real estate portfolio, according to a board meeting document from April 22.

March retail sales highlight the resilience and outperformance of logistics, said Prologis Research in its fourth installment of its special report on COVID-19 and its implications for logistics real estate.

The State Board of Administration (SBA) of Florida has closed two opportunistic real estate fund investments worth $375 million in first quarter 2020.

The hotel industry had severe reductions in demand and occupancy in March, and that weakened performance is expected to continue through third quarter 2020.

IREI has learned that Nuveen Real Estate has raised $1.1 billion for its NPCCT U.S. Core-Plus Real Estate Debt Fund.

April saw a large increase in the CMBS delinquency rate, according to Trepp, and the firm has newly updated fields to include loans categorized as “in grace period” or  “beyond grace period.”

World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) and GRESB have announced a collaboration that will recognize companies who commit to making their portfolios “Paris Proof” by signing WorldGBC’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment.

Tokyu Land US Corp. (TLUS), the U.S. subsidiary of the fully integrated Japanese real estate investment and development company Tokyu Land Corp., has made three acquisitions in the multifamily space, totaling $214 million in sales price.

Piedmont Office Realty Trust has agreed to sell the 801,000-square-foot office building at 1901 Market St. in Philadelphia for $360 million.

Although we are in early days, one certainty remains: Massive and direct fiscal and monetary stimulus will occur at a level and speed previously unseen.

It is common knowledge that UK retail was already in bad shape before the COVID-19 pandemic. Years of over expansion, rising business rates, growing e-commerce adoption and stagnant wage growth have decimated many once flourishing household brands.

Brookfield Asset Management has poured $500 million into a new net-lease platform launched by Fundamental Income, known as Fundamental Income Properties.