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
UK student housing group Fusion secures £500m Maslow Capital loan
Facility will finance five UK projects
GIC-backed NTT DC REIT set for SGX listing after $864m book build
Other investors include AM Squared, Hazelview Securities, Pinpoint AM and Viridian
KSL Capital and Rodina acquire $2bn hotel assets
Hyatt sells real estate profolio gained from Playa Hotels & Resorts acquisition
Ardian expands in Italy with purchase of solar plant portfolio
Ardian Clean Energy Evergreen Fund buys 116MW portfolio from E2E
UK student housing group Fusion secures £500m Maslow Capital loan
Facility will finance five UK projects
International Campus expands Dutch student housing portfolio
Groep Caenen Capital Fund, White House Development and ROM sell Project Fascinatio
GIC-backed NTT DC REIT set for SGX listing after $864m book build
Other investors include AM Squared, Hazelview Securities, Pinpoint AM and Viridian
Takanock secures $500m from ArcLight and DigitalBridge
Capital will help Takanock ‘operationalise digital power solutions’ in US data centre markets
RLAM brings healthcare property manager in-house to drive £1bn investment
The team of Shoreline Partners has been absorbed into the firm
MPT and Praemia REIM secure €702m refinancing for German hospital portfolio
Consortium of global institutional, insurance and pension investors provide financing
KSL Capital and Rodina acquire $2bn hotel assets
Hyatt sells real estate profolio gained from Playa Hotels & Resorts acquisition
Coima and Abu Dhabi developer to invest €200m in iconic Venice hotel
Italian pension funds and Eagle Hills to restore Grand Hôtel des Bains after deal with lenders
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
Harrison Street enters European self-storage via £150m UK joint venture
Joint venture with Pacific Investments seeded with 138,000sqft portfolio
Hesta to invest in European real estate via Heitman
Australian super fund to target assets such as self-storage, student housing, residential and healthcare
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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