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Last updated: May 11, 2026, 5:30 PM ET

Global Real Estate Capital Deployment

Activity across the global real estate sector shows a bifurcated market, with large institutional players aggressively deploying capital while regulatory shifts seek to unlock domestic investment pools. Brookfield Asset Management anticipates executing approximately $20bn in real estate transactions over the immediate next two months, signaling a "very rapid acceleration" in recovery expectations from the firm’s president. Concurrently, Digital Realty, the dominant data center REIT, is spearheading a major private fundraising initiative, targeting an initial cornerstone raise of up to $3bn for a new U.S. open-end infrastructure fund.

Asia-Pacific Focus & Regulatory Shifts

Asian investors are making strategic moves, with Japan’s Advantage planning to double its assets under management by focusing on corporate-owned real estate following its recent expansion into the asset class last month. In Australia, the focus is turning toward unlocking more residential capital, as reforms under consideration aim to introduce an ‘emerging covered asset class’ to foster more affordable housing investment. Meanwhile, private investors continue repositioning existing assets; for instance, Pro-invest acquired the A$100m Coogee Sands Hotel & Apartments near Sydney as the first step in a strategy to convert hospitality holdings into alternative temporary accommodation types.