Alternatives
In-depth analysis and the latest news on retail estate alternatives: data centres, healthcare, hotels, leisure, life sciences, self-storage and student housing
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
Monthly market insights: Where next for real estate?
Real estate AUM returns to growth, but the future of the asset class is far from clear
What is the role of real estate in a multi-asset landscape?
The onus is on real estate to reassert itself as a key component in the increasingly competitive alternatives mix
Reshoring is sparking fresh life into US life sciences real estate
Reshoring is creating new markets for US biomanufacturing. Virna Asara reports
Aviva Investors and Amro Partners acquire German PBSA development scheme
Amro Partners will act as development and operating partner for the 454-bed project
Brookfield joins coalition to develop $100bn US data centre
The campus will serve to repurpose the land at a former enrichment site into a hub for innovation and energy generation
Meta selects BlackRock to help build its $14bn El Paso data centre
BlackRock to invest $4.3bn to own 80% stake in Texas project
Orange and Morrison to build French data centres and support digital sovereignty
Platform to include €3bn investment programme, combining Orange’s existing assets with new equity
Aviva Investors and Amro Partners acquire German PBSA development scheme
Amro Partners will act as development and operating partner for the 454-bed project
Aviva Investors completes green financing for two Spanish student housing schemes
Projects in Valencia are being developed as part of a joint venture between Amro Partners and Invesco
Brookfield joins coalition to develop $100bn US data centre
The campus will serve to repurpose the land at a former enrichment site into a hub for innovation and energy generation
Meta selects BlackRock to help build its $14bn El Paso data centre
BlackRock to invest $4.3bn to own 80% stake in Texas project
European property weekly data sheet – 24 July 2026
Healthcare Activos launches one of Europe’s first dedicated hospital real estate funds
Brookfield pays $1bn for stake in Healthpeak outpatient portfolio
Brookfield buys 49% stake in newly formed 86-property portfolio
Redcape sets Australian record with A$500m hotel portfolio acquisitions
MA Financial’s hospitality subsidiary buys Sydney and Hunter region pub and hotel portfolio from Iris Capital
Extendam acquires Eurazeo’s stake in Spanish hotel portfolio
Hospitality private equity firm buys acquired in FST Hotels
Charter Hall acquires Brisbane life sciences hub for A$445m
Asset acquired on behalf of a newly established institutional partnership and funds
BGO acquires fully leased 41,810sqft Florida medical office property
Deal reflects strategy of targeting healthcare assets in markets with strong demographics
SmartStop-sponsored self-storage trusts merge in $1.2bn deal
Scale and operational efficiencies drive merger of Strategic Storage VI and Strategic Storage Growth III
Sirius Real Estate recycles capital into UK self-storage expansion
Firm sells Sheffield business parks to help fund three-site UK self-storage project
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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