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Last updated: May 12, 2026, 8:30 AM ET

Global Real Estate Strategy Shifts

Investment managers are actively re-calibrating mandates and seeking growth beyond traditional core strategies across global markets. AEW Europe, under new CEO Vanessa Roux-Collet, is actively planning to diversify its product range away from core/core-plus mandates across the continent. Simultaneously, in the UK, Newcore Capital Partners secured roughly £100m in equity commitments for the first close of its sixth social infrastructure fund, signaling continued private capital interest in defensive sectors. Furthermore, Japanese buyout specialist Advantage Partners is planning to double its assets under management by expanding its focus into corporate-owned real estate assets following its recent entry into the asset class last month.

Digital Infrastructure & Hospitality Repositioning

The push for specialized digital assets continues, with Digital Realty, the world's largest data center REIT by footprint, initiating a major private fundraising effort targeting up to $3bn for a cornerstone raise in a new US open-end fund series. This focus on specialized real assets contrasts with repositioning plays in hospitality, where Pro-invest Group acquired the Coogee Sands Hotel & Apartments near Sydney for A$100m. This acquisition is intended to serve as the foundation for a strategy aimed at repositioning temporary accommodation assets into alternative lodging formats.

Market Recovery & Capital Unlocks

Expectations for a swift market rebound are driving transaction pipelines, as Brookfield Asset Management President Eddy Teskey projected the firm anticipates executing on $20bn of transactions in the real estate sector over the immediate next two months. This potential transaction volume is supported by regulatory changes being considered in Australia, where an overhaul of performance testing for superannuation funds could unlock more capital for affordable housing investments by introducing an ‘emerging covered asset class’ classification.