Alternatives
In-depth analysis and the latest news on retail estate alternatives: data centres, healthcare, hotels, leisure, life sciences, self-storage and student housing
Data centre investors prepare for fallout from US midterms
Democrat success in the midterm elections gives AI infrastructure investors cause for concern
IPE Real Assets APAC Briefing
Office expansion plans rebound while digital infrastructure races for power
IPE RA Real Estate Americas Briefing
Is self-storage at an inflection point? Heitman weighs in
Why is Prologis offering £14bn for Segro? (Hint: it’s not for the warehouses)
Uncovering the hidden infrastructure asset driving Prologis’s takeover of UK REIT Segro
Apterra, Citibank lead $1.5bn debt facilities for Rowan Digital
The upsize expands a $300m facility Rowan closed with Apterra in September 2025 to $900m
Principal Asset Management adds Dutch asset to data centre fund
Principal European Data Centre Fund I acquires the Switch Datacenters AMS2 facility
Downing Renewable Developments enters data centre market
Firm targets Sweden and Finland with 500MW-plus data centre pipeline ahead of 2030
NextDC labels Goodman and Digital Realty share raid ‘opportunistic’
Goodman and Digital Realty buy 9.9% stake in NextDC in aftermarket raid
Invesco Real Estate launches South Korea student housing platform
Platform launched with developer PCP Standard via initial five-asset portfolio
Orka expands UK student housing platform with 226-bed Exeter asset
Deal expands Orka’s institutional joint venture portfolio to 1,512 beds across four UK cities
Apterra, Citibank lead $1.5bn debt facilities for Rowan Digital
The upsize expands a $300m facility Rowan closed with Apterra in September 2025 to $900m
Data centre investors prepare for fallout from US midterms
Democrat success in the midterm elections gives AI infrastructure investors cause for concern
Primary Health Properties and GIC form £700m private hospital joint venture
Primary Health Properties to generate £500m in proceeds to reduce borrowings
AEW buys Berlin educational healthcare facility for French investors
The firm bought the Berlin property from Pantera, part of the French Nexity Groupe
Gencom expands European footprint with 308-key Rosewood London acquisition
Acquisition backed by a £225m debt from HSBC and Santander, with White Bridge co-investing
CPP Investments backs Prestige’s Indian hospitality platform with INR30bn
Canadian pension giant’s 27% stake in PHVL marks its first direct foray into India’s hospitality sector
KKR pays $475m for stake in San Diego life science megacampus
KKR has formed a partnership with Alexandria Real Estate Equities
Charter Hall acquires Brisbane life sciences hub for A$445m
Asset acquired on behalf of a newly established institutional partnership and funds
Schroders: Merger with Nuveen to bring scale and geographic coverage
The $2.6trn combined group is positioning itself as a global real estate powerhouse, pairing Nuveen’s dominant Americas platform with Schroders’ established European and hospitality expertise.
PGIM Real Estate lends €125m to Irish self-storage platform U Store It
Loan refinances a 793,000sqft, nine-asset portfolio spanning Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Galway and Waterford
RoundShield exits German and Swiss campsites investment
Sale of Lodgyslife delivered a 32.5% gross internal rate of return
Greenridge buys One Tower Bridge retail and leisure property asset in London
Redevco sells asset in London’s Southbank for unspecified sum
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