Alternatives
In-depth analysis and the latest news on retail estate alternatives: data centres, healthcare, hotels, leisure, life sciences, self-storage and student housing
IPE RA Europe Briefing
Italian student housing heats up as Nido Living launches €1bn push
Japan draws record real estate inflows amid global uncertainty
Global capital is flocking to the Land of the Rising Sun in search of market stability and liquidity as local companies move to shed assets
Why European REIT M&A is back on the table
Public-to-public transactions are on the rise as listed companies seek to gain scale and relevance in the eyes of global investors. Virna Asara reports
MIPIM 2025: How everything is connected to data centres
Talk in Cannes was about digital infrastructure, operational risk, AI and office retrofits
Texas Permanent commits to Harrison Street’s core US property fund
Pension fund also backs a real estate debt vehicle managed by Affinius Capital
Aviva and Amro Partners launch €500m German student housing platform
Joint venture aiming for 3,000 beds, kicks off with a €60m project
BGO raises $800m for US data centre and industrial investment plan
Capital for US industrial strategies includes a $260m data centre co-investment vehicle
EIF and ISIF among backers of Cordiant’s digital infrastructure fund
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Equity Fund raises over €200m in first close
Texas Permanent commits to Harrison Street’s core US property fund
Pension fund also backs a real estate debt vehicle managed by Affinius Capital
Aviva and Amro Partners launch €500m German student housing platform
Joint venture aiming for 3,000 beds, kicks off with a €60m project
BGO raises $800m for US data centre and industrial investment plan
Capital for US industrial strategies includes a $260m data centre co-investment vehicle
EIF and ISIF among backers of Cordiant’s digital infrastructure fund
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Equity Fund raises over €200m in first close
StepStone and Greykite inject over €500m into Vitalia for expansion
Pair to buy a majority stake in Spanish senior care provider in a €1.5bn recapitalisation deal
Threestones holds first close on new €500m healthcare real estate fund
Eurocare V to deploy €1bn into core-plus care homes and senior housing
Maslow Capital backs Definition Capital with £122m UK development loan
Facility will support a South-East London mixed-use regeneration project
Cohort, King Street partner with Apollo for £348m London hotel loan
Trio refinance existing debt for the 271-key Park Tower Hotel
Life science real estate evolves from labs to urban innovation clusters
European life science real estate is evolving from the provision of high-spec lab facilities to the creation of urban innovation clusters. Virna Asara reports
What rising vacancies mean for US life science real estate market
Rising vacancy rates across the main US life science hubs do not tell the full story of an increasingly polarised market. Virna Asara reports
Texas Permanent commits to Harrison Street’s core US property fund
Pension fund also backs a real estate debt vehicle managed by Affinius Capital
Weekly Data Sheet - 17 October 2025
Italian asset manager launches debut debt fund
Blackstone-owned Crown Resorts sells Aspinall Club casino in London
Las Vegas-based Wynn Resorts purchased the asset for an undisclosed price
Stoneweg and Teras pick Birmingham for UK’s largest wave park project
Stoneweg InfraSport buys Emerge Surf site from IM Properties for £50m project
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