Alternatives
In-depth analysis and the latest news on retail estate alternatives: data centres, healthcare, hotels, leisure, life sciences, self-storage and student housing
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
Global student housing: more students, fewer beds
A glaring mismatch between enrolments and available accommodation is driving demand for PBSA globally. Florence Chong reports
Threestones holds first close on new €500m healthcare real estate fund
Eurocare V to deploy €1bn into core-plus care homes and senior housing
Azora acquires Spanish hotel operator Medplaya
Deal gives Azora European Hotel & Lodging fund 1,500-plus hotel rooms
Royal London turns to UK REIT structure to invest £1bn in healthcare
RLAM recently brought Shoreline Partners in-house as part of plan to invest in the sector
KSL Capital acquires 40,000sqft US oceanfront resort
Tactical Opportunities Fund buys Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa
Curlew Trust II sells £230m UK student housing portfolio to KKR
The 2,179-bed portfolio comprises seven purpose-built student accommodation assets
Yugo expands US presence with Campus Advantage acquisition
Campus Advantage to rebrand as Yugo US, with its founder, Mike Peter, becoming CEO of Yugo
Qatar’s QIA funds $3bn data centre platform with Blue Owl Capital
Pair commit to scale digital infrastructure to meet demand
Keppel DC REIT buys Tokyo Data Centre 3 for JPY82bn
SGX-listed data centre REIT to raise S$404.5m to help fund acquisition
Threestones holds first close on new €500m healthcare real estate fund
Eurocare V to deploy €1bn into core-plus care homes and senior housing
Royal London turns to UK REIT structure to invest £1bn in healthcare
RLAM recently brought Shoreline Partners in-house as part of plan to invest in the sector
Weekly Data Sheet - 10 October 2025
Spanish hotel owners seek expansion amid buoyant market
Azora acquires Spanish hotel operator Medplaya
Deal gives Azora European Hotel & Lodging fund 1,500-plus hotel rooms
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
Schroders Capital secures £100m to fund new UK self storage platform
LGPS among backers of The Self Storage Partnership
Ohio BWC plans $50m commitment to self-storage fund
US life company makes first real estate investment of 2025 through SROA Capital vehicle
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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