Data Center Debt Reaches $17 Billion in CMBS as Spreads Widen Past Office
AAA-rated data center securities now trade 1.65 percentage points above floating benchmarks, wider than office, retail and industrial properties.
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Lone Star Funds Acquires Silicon Valley R&D Portfolio With TMG Partners and Grove
The transaction marks what the buyers describe as the largest institutional aggregation of Class A, single-story research-and-development assets in the region.
JVP Development Bets $37M of Equity on Spec Office in Frisco
The Dallas-based developer is moving forward without a tenant, wagering that the northern suburb's growth can support new office supply.
Wheelock Street Capital Secures $62.5 Million Loan for Bedford Manufacturing Campus
The 23.4-acre property includes a 148,000-square-foot facility leased to an MIT-backed energy storage firm and a site entitled for a second building of the same size.
Battery storage moves from optional to essential as AI data centers collide with grid constraints
BESS is becoming core infrastructure for power-hungry facilities racing to secure capacity while utilities work through interconnection backlogs.
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Edge-Cloud Startup Launches Distributed AI Inference Grid in Closed Beta
Zero Latency opens its Zerogrid platform to Fortune 1000 firms and telcos, routing inference workloads across US edge facilities modeled on virtual power plant architecture.
Industrial and Development Sites Lift South Florida Investment Sales 30% as Multifamily Retreats
First-quarter deal volume reached $4.3 billion across 244 transactions, driven by warehouse trades and entitled land parcels, while apartment sales cooled after a five-year run.
Mixed-Use Phase Breaks Ground in Blue Springs as Grocery-Anchored Retail Returns
The 123-unit second phase of MajorLux Luxury Apartments will include nearly 12,000 square feet of retail space anchored by Costenio's Price Chopper, with delivery slated for summer 2027.
Ireland Bets €3.4 Billion on Workforce Training to Anchor Green Energy and Chip Investments
As offshore wind and semiconductor capital flows into the country, Dublin is tying foreign direct investment to skills infrastructure rather than tax incentives alone.
Deloitte Survey Shows Real Estate Executives Remain Bullish Despite Economic Headwinds
Seventy-five percent of C-suite leaders plan to increase investment, with digital infrastructure and logistics leading sector preferences.
Senior Housing Re-Emerges as a Defensive Family-Office Allocation
Demographic tailwinds and post-pandemic occupancy recovery are putting senior housing back on multi-asset office watch lists.
Data Center Demand Pulls Capital Out of Traditional Commercial Property
Hyperscale and colocation demand is rerouting institutional and family-office capital toward power-constrained metros.
Hotel Recovery Diverges as Luxury Outpaces Limited-Service
Upscale and luxury hotels are posting record ADR figures while limited-service product struggles with cost inflation.
Medical Office Buildings Find a Steady Bid From Multi-Generational Families
Stable cash flows, long-tenured tenants and recession resilience are pushing medical office onto family-office watch lists.
Baron Real Estate Income Fund Returns 12.18% in Second Quarter
The fund outperformed the MSCI US REIT Index as Baron flagged early signs of a multi-year real estate recovery.
Data Center Bonds Claim 8% of New CMBS Market as Underwriting Shifts
Issuance reached $17 billion since the start of 2025, more than triple the prior two years, as investors develop new stress tests for power capacity and technology obsolescence.
Blue Owl Considers $6.5 Billion Data Center REIT Seeded With Own Assets
The vehicle would raise additional capital through an IPO and later share sales to fund data center acquisitions as AI infrastructure spending accelerates.
Single Data-Center Deal Accounts for Half of July's Commercial Property Volume
The $74.4 billion monthly total marks the highest July on record since 2005, but concentration in one transaction clouds the signal on market recovery.
Keppel DC REIT and Sponsor Acquire Tokyo Data Centres for $1.2 Billion
The transaction marks one of the largest data-centre acquisitions in Japan this year and will be funded in part through a private placement targeting at least S$600 million.
Commercial Real Estate Reclaims Top Spot in SitusAMC Investor Survey
Preference to buy and sell converged in the second quarter for the first time in several years, signaling potential alignment on pricing.
Data Center Deals Push Commercial Real Estate Sales to Two-Decade High
July volume of $74.4 billion was driven by $33.8 billion in data center transactions, while hotel and office sales also accelerated.
CoStar Forecasts Industrial Absorption to Overtake Supply by Late 2027
The research firm expects slowing construction and firming rent growth to rebalance the market as delivery pipelines thin.
NSF commits $100m to regional AI infrastructure hubs as tech giants signal support
Federal science agency targets uneven access to compute resources with state-level consortia backed by Nvidia, AMD and Intel.
PLDT files for Philippines' first data center REIT in P24.2-billion offering
VITRO REIT will list with eight operating facilities and 24 MW of capacity as regulators open digital infrastructure to public markets.
Space Solar and Lonestar Agree to Host Data Storage on Orbital Power Stations
UK space-based solar power startup and US space data storage firm sign letter of intent for 2028 demonstrator spacecraft.
SSC Space, NorthBase Forge Nordic Ground Station Alliance Amid European Sovereignty Push
Swedish state-owned operator partners with Finnish ground station firm to expand coverage at 68°N, deepening Nordic space capabilities as defense and resilience needs reshape the sector.
REIT Countries Now Represent 85% of Global GDP, Up from 9% in 1990
Expansion of the listed real estate model into Asia has driven population coverage to 63% of the world, with research showing global allocations improve diversified portfolio returns.
REIT Structure Primer: Tax Rules, Classifications and Global Reach
A comprehensive look at the regulatory framework governing real estate investment trusts, from IRS qualifications to international adoption across more than 35 countries.
Overseas Capital Retreats From UK Commercial Property as Volumes Fall 40% in Q1
Foreign investors pulled back sharply from British real estate amid geopolitical uncertainty, though healthcare and build-to-rent continued to draw defensive capital.
Industrial Glut Meets Office Recovery as Retail Space Tightens Across U.S. Markets
Lee & Associates Q1 2026 data reveals diverging trajectories: logistics oversupply lingers, premium office space finds takers, and retail vacancy hovers near historic lows.
J.P. Morgan Forecasts Strong 2026 for Commercial Real Estate Amid Political Headwinds
Multifamily and industrial sectors lead optimism as transaction volume rebounds, though federal shutdown risks cloud outlook for community development projects.
CapRock Partners Breaks Ground on 250,000 SF Industrial Campus North of Dallas
The California-based developer is building a two-building shallow-bay project adjacent to McKinney National Airport with completion targeted for early 2027.
Water Scarcity Forces Data Centers to Rethink UPS Battery Architecture
As AI workloads strain cooling systems and grid instability rises during heat waves, the uninterruptible power supply battery layer faces unprecedented operational stress.
Build-to-Rent Pipelines Swell as Single-Family Inventory Stays Tight
Purpose-built single-family rental communities are attracting institutional and family-office capital seeking yield with operational leverage.
CRE CLO Distress Rate Jumps to 28% in August as Bridge Loans Sour
The increase marks the sharpest one-month move of any commercial mortgage category this year, driven by 2021 and 2022 vintage collateral.
Mesirow Raises $1.2B for U.S. Multifamily Fund
The Chicago-based firm hit its target ceiling for a new real estate vehicle focused on apartment investments across the United States.
Invesco Buys 814,320-Square-Foot Spartanburg Logistics Park at Full Occupancy
The three-building property leased its final suite during marketing and reached 100% stabilization, reflecting strength in the Greenville-Spartanburg industrial market.
BlackRock Pays $1.63 Billion for 3,620 Southern California Apartments
The deal is the largest U.S. multifamily sale since June 2024 and covers 11 properties at 96 percent occupancy across four counties.
Asturias Plans €1.2bn Data Center Campus in Spain's Industrial North
Digital Valley Asturias project will span 154,000 square meters, employ 3,000 during construction, and deliver 120MW of computing capacity by 2030.
Meta Lifts AI Data Centre Capex to $145bn as Free Cash Flow Collapses
The social media giant's aggressive infrastructure spend pushed quarterly free cash flow to a five-year low, triggering a sharp sell-off despite revenue growth.
CapitaLand Ascendas REIT Acquires Japan's Largest Single Data Center for $1 Billion
Singapore-based REIT purchases 40.5 MW Osaka hyperscale facility as institutional capital floods Japan's digital infrastructure sector.
STT GDC opens 6MW data centre in Jaipur as India build-out accelerates
Singaporean operator now commands more than 400MW of critical IT load across 30 facilities in India following February takeover by KKR and Singtel.
STT GDC Opens 30MW Seoul Data Center in Joint Venture with Hyosung Heavy Industries
The Gasan-dong facility marks the APAC operator's first entry into South Korea, targeting hyperscale and AI workload demand in Northeast Asia.
Equinix commits $124m to sixth Hong Kong data center targeting AI workloads
The colocation giant's 18-storey HK6 facility in Tsuen Wan represents its largest single Hong Kong investment in a decade, equipped with liquid cooling for high-density compute.
Geopolitical Risk Forces Rethink of Data Center Resilience and Cloud Strategy
Attack on UAE facility exposes vulnerabilities in hyperscale infrastructure as enterprise reliance on cloud services deepens.
Iowa Plans $525 Million Cloud Migration, Shuttering Dozens of State Data Centers
Governor Kim Reynolds announces partnership with AWS and Cognizant to move state IT infrastructure off physical servers by decade's end.
JPMorgan Shutters $1.4 Billion Real Estate Fund After Years of Losses
The asset manager is liquidating a 24-year-old core-plus vehicle hit by office exposure and falling valuations, with the wind-down expected to take up to three years.
Commercial Real Estate Transaction Volume Falls 10% in November Amid Rate Uncertainty
Dealmaking activity dropped below pandemic-era levels as investors retreat to larger acquisitions and higher-quality assets, with only 1,800 transactions recorded across core property sectors.
Allied Properties Plans 10-Story AI Data Center in Downtown Vancouver
Canadian REIT secures up to 100MW power commitment from BC Hydro as partner Westbank pursues separate office-to-data-center conversion nearby.
Transwestern Investments Exits 393,000-SF Inland Empire Warehouse in San Bernardino
The vertically integrated firm sold the Class A industrial facility it developed through a joint venture in 2019.