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Merritt Properties has announced a $750 million strategic investment led by global investment firm Centerbridge Partners. This includes dedicated growth capital to support the continued expansion of the company’s shallow-bay industrial portfolio across existing markets and into select new markets.

Sabey Corp. and National Real Estate Advisors have announced that Ares Secondaries funds have made a minority equity investment in Sabey Data Center Properties, an owner, developer and operator of data centers across the United States.

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has plans to invest $1.75 billion to support EQT’s strategy to build artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, led by global data center developer and operator EdgeConneX.

Asana Partners has closed a partnership with Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) to form Asana Partners Strategic Partners I (APSP I).

Broadstone Net Lease has added a new development project to its pipeline of build-to-suit (BTS) commitments, entering into a joint venture to develop an advanced technology facility in Colorado.

Senior housing affordability measures often don’t account for key factors that influence immediate and long-term affordability for older adults. To address this gap, the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) launched the NIC Senior Housing Affordability Calculator, an interactive tool designed to expand how senior housing affordability is evaluated, initially focused on assisted living affordability.

The U.S. housing market remains structurally constrained by elevated home prices, elevated mortgage rates and limited supply, creating continued support for multifamily housing demand, according to a May 2026 report from New York Life Investment Management.

While many organizations are accelerating adoption, the real differentiator is not the tools themselves, but how people think about and organize information. The biggest hurdle is not access to artificial intelligence (AI); it is mindset.

Park Madison Partners has released its midyear review, providing a shorter-form update on how events during the first half of 2026 have affected the firm’s house view and expectations for the second half of the year.

Newmark Group has arranged $515 million in fixed-rate financing on behalf of Rithm Capital for 31 West 52nd St., a 785,000-square-foot class A office tower in Midtown Manhattan’s Plaza District.

American workers expect to retire with just $515,000, roughly half of the million-plus figure financial experts recommend, according to a new report from Clever Real Estate, a St. Louis-based real estate company.

Agentic Assets, an AI technology company founded by two finance professors, has announced the launch of Corbis.

The office sector is showing improving demand, but buyers and lenders remain selective. In an exclusive interview with IREI, Michael Lee, principal and partner at HKS Real Estate Advisors, discusses where office fits in today’s market and how lenders are evaluating deals today.

I read a piece on leadership recently that named a trap I have watched derail capable people for the better part of 40 years. The author called it a landmine — one of those internal habits of mind that quietly stop us from getting where we mean to go — and the most destructive one on the list was certainty: the unwavering belief that you are right and the people who see it differently are wrong.

Skanska has divested the second building of the Studio office project in Warsaw, Poland, for €159 million ($186.9 million).

Walker & Dunlop has arranged $232.35 million in financing for a portfolio of five multifamily properties totaling 1,585 units across Arkansas and Florida.

Summit Hotel Properties has successfully completed the refinancing and upsizing of its senior unsecured credit facility.

Harvest Capital, through its exclusive partnership with TPG Credit, has closed a $600 million recapitalization and expansion facility for Metro Development.

Core Spaces has broken ground on Hub College Station, a multibuilding student housing community located in the heart of the Northgate District just steps from Texas A&M University.

Sovereign investors managing approximately $29 trillion are undertaking a broad reassessment of portfolio construction, according to the 14th annual Invesco Global Sovereign Asset Management Study.