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Last updated: April 23, 2026, 5:30 AM ET

Real Estate & Infrastructure Investment

The global real estate sector saw significant strategic shifts as Chatham Financial agreed to acquire Hodes Weill, planning to expand its footprint into infrastructure management, while concurrently, KingSett Capital moved to privatize First Capital REIT, absorbing C$4.4 billion of retail assets. In the institutional allocation space, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority's pension fund issued an RFP seeking external managers for a substantial $450 million mandate focused on non-core real estate strategies. Meanwhile, the persistent macroeconomic environment suggests that infrastructure assets are increasingly viewed as a hedge, as investors see resilience as the new inflation passthrough, capitalizing on ongoing volatility across various economic cycles.