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As the office market continues to adjust to changing workplace demands, investors are increasingly distinguishing between properties facing structural challenges and those supported by durable, long-term tenant demand. Tenant credit, lease duration and the function a building serves are becoming important considerations in evaluating office investment risk. In an interview with IREI, Darrell Crate, CEO of Easterly Government Properties, discusses how institutional investors should define durable office income, why mission-critical, government-leased properties offer a different risk profile from traditional office assets and how investors can distinguish between cyclical and structural challenges when evaluating office investments.

Read this week’s Signal vs. Noise analysis for perspective on what the previous week’s news means for your organization and its investment activity.

A partnership of LAMB Properties, Harbert South Bay Partners and their capital partners has sold The Carrington at Lincolnwood, a 383-unit class A full-continuum senior living community in Lincolnwood, Ill., for $212.5 million.

The CRE Finance Council (CREFC) has announced the release of the second edition of its “Data Center Primer,” providing an updated examination of the rapidly evolving financing market for data centers and the opportunities and risks facing commercial real estate lenders and investors.

U.S. multifamily construction continued to decline during third quarter 2026, with approximately 550,000 units under way, the lowest level in more than a decade, according to Marcus & Millichap’s November 2026 housing research brief.

U.S. commercial real estate returns are expected to improve in 2027 as declining construction activity supports occupancy and income growth, according to MetLife Investment Management’s “U.S. Commercial Real Estate Chartbook — H2 2026.”

The Teacher Retirement System (TRS) of Texas has committed $1 billion to real estate funds in October, according to official investment correspondence.

CalPERS has announced that its investments in climate solutions had grown to $71 billion as of June 30, 2026. The new figure represents an increase of $11 billion since 2025 and $24 billion since the strategy initially launched in November 2023.

Lee Kyu-hong has been appointed CIO of South Korea’s KRW 1,848 trillion ($1.4 billion) National Pension Service (NPS), according to InvestIQ Asia. 

Commercial real estate firms developing their own AI applications face challenges integrating financial data, maintaining security and connecting systems across departments, according to a PLOT Daily article.

CP Group, a value-add owner-operator of office properties across the Sun Belt; The Georgetown Co., a privately held diversified real estate company; and ACRE, an institutional residential fund manager, together with investment partner StepStone, have announced the acquisition of Mizner Park in downtown Boca Raton, Fla.

Sitex Group has named Ed Lerum, formerly head of global logistics real estate at Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), as managing director to lead the national expansion of its institutional investment management platform.

Ask most investors what drives returns on a regulated apartment community, and they will likely point to rents, occupancy and expenses. The documents behind those numbers get far less attention, yet they carry real weight. A lease with one wrong figure, a batch of overdue recertifications or a poor audit can hurt an asset’s performance well before a shift in market rents does.

Aegis Living, the family-operated assisted living and memory care company founded in 1997, and Harrison Street Asset Management have announced a strategic joint venture partnership focused on investing in and developing high-quality assisted living and memory care communities.

Prime Finance, a leading commercial real estate credit platform, has announced its acquisition of a portfolio of eight performing commercial real estate loans with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of approximately $760 million from Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (BREDS).

AI is improving predictive capabilities in commercial real estate, but there is limited evidence that these advances are translating into better market outcomes, according to a study by Cayman Seagraves of the University of Tulsa, Michael J. Seiler of William & Mary and C. Stace Sirmans of Auburn University, published in the Journal of Real Estate Research.

It’s almost impossible to spot trends reading the news as it unfolds. Sometimes it helps to look back a decade or more to place today’s events in the proper perspective. That’s what these weekly “Blasts from the past” posts are all about.

Investors in AI data centers face growing financial risks as delays in securing electricity connections threaten project timelines, valuations and investment returns, according to a new study by IQ-EQ and the Sustainable Real Estate Forum (SREF).

Affinius Capital has originated a $226 million loan to refinance 55 Willoughby (marketed as House 55), a class A, 295-unit, 43-story multifamily property with 3,200 square feet of ground-floor retail space located in downtown Brooklyn, N.Y.

The National Association of REALTORS (NAR) has released its third quarter 2026 Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Demand Index, revealing that industrial employment growth emerged as a key driver of commercial real estate demand in select markets.