Alternatives
In-depth analysis and the latest news on retail estate alternatives: data centres, healthcare, hotels, leisure, life sciences, self-storage and student housing
MIPIM 2025: How everything is connected to data centres
Talk in Cannes was about digital infrastructure, operational risk, AI and office retrofits
Global student housing: more students, fewer beds
A glaring mismatch between enrolments and available accommodation is driving demand for PBSA globally. Florence Chong reports
Greystar prepares for the next phase of global student housing expansion
With its global infrastructure now in place, the US firm is ready for the next phase of expansion. Florence Chong speaks to CIO Wes Fuller and Asia-Pacific director Adam Pillay
The Dot Group: joining the dots as 1m students beckon
From early mover to a multi-part business spanning the globe, The Dot Group is seeking further growth and has the capital to achieve it
AXA IM Alts secures €660m for European student accommodation strategy
Third-party capital helps student housing strategy to double commitments to €1.3bn
London leads NBIM’s €900m-plus Europe real estate investment push
SWF secures 25% stake in a £2.7bn mixed-use portfolio in London’s Covent Garden
BGO invests in UK student housing via recapitalisation deal with Orka
Pair create UK student housing venture targeting a portfolio of more than £100m
CalSTRS commits $1.2bn to real estate in second half of 2024
Two commitments targeted underrepresented sectors: data centres and self-storage
AXA IM Alts secures €660m for European student accommodation strategy
Third-party capital helps student housing strategy to double commitments to €1.3bn
London leads NBIM’s €900m-plus Europe real estate investment push
SWF secures 25% stake in a £2.7bn mixed-use portfolio in London’s Covent Garden
CalSTRS commits $1.2bn to real estate in second half of 2024
Two commitments targeted underrepresented sectors: data centres and self-storage
MIPIM 2025: How everything is connected to data centres
Talk in Cannes was about digital infrastructure, operational risk, AI and office retrofits
NYSE-listed CareTrust makes UK debut with £448m CARE REIT acquisition
CRT shareholders to receive 32.8% premium to last closing share price of 81.3p
KKR and Stonepeak’s £1.6bn cash offer set to win UK healthcare investor Assura
Assura favours higher cash offer from consortium over PHP’s all-share merger proposal
Lone Star secures €41m Cheyne loan for Brussels hotel revamp
Cheyne loan will help transform Hotel Metropole Brussels into upscale lifestyle hotel
Ares invests in Excel Group’s US hotel portfolio
Ares real estate secondaries funds buy stake in eight hotels owned by Excel
MIPIM 2025 preview: Look both ways
The international real estate industry faces a crossroads as it convenes in Cannes
Florida SBA deploys $651m across US speciality property sectors
Pension fund invests in data centres, student housing, life science and medical centre assets
CalSTRS commits $1.2bn to real estate in second half of 2024
Two commitments targeted underrepresented sectors: data centres and self-storage
PGIM and Pithos partner to revamp self-storage assets in France
Partnership has so far secured six assets and has a ‘strong pipeline of identified acquisitions’
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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