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A slowdown in real estate investment probably won't be visible in second-quarter deal figures, but volumes for 2025 are unlikely to be as high as they might have been due to economic uncertainty caused by U.S. trade and fiscal policy.  “The Q2 number is very healthy — we expected to see a slowing down of activities, but actually it's not,” CBRE Global Head of Research Henry Chin said at the annual National Association of Real Estate Editors conference in New Orleans on Tuesday.  Looking further out, however, the impact of uncertainty is likely to be...

Oregon is charting a course for a more sustainable future, thanks to a new piece of legislation aimed at greening the state's financial interests. The Oregon State Treasury is set to refocus its investment strategies following the passage of House Bill (HB) 2081A, the Climate Resilience Investment Act. As reported in a statement from Oregon State Treasurer Elizabeth Steiner, MD, this act will prod the Treasury towards clean energy investments, steering the Oregon Public Employee Retirement Fund (OPERF) toward a cleaner energy future. Aligning with global market trends transitioning away...

Anderson Real Estate Opportunistic Debt II will target "strong, risk-adjusted returns" across its debt and equity strategies throughout CRE. The company brings experience in various asset classes, including multifamily, student housing, senior housing and medical office, according to a statement from Kayne's private equity unit. "KAROD II will capitalize on market dislocation while providing critical liquidity solutions for borrowers in our sectors of focus. We look forward to leveraging our deep experience and relationships to source and structure attractive investments in this capital constrained market." Source link...

PSP was first an investor in The Wharf back in 2014 when it poured $225 million into the development. Phase one was completed in 2017, with the second and final portion of the site finalized in 2022, costing a total of $3.6 billion. Then, earlier this year, PSP bought the more than 3.5 million square feet property for reportedly $1.8 billion from Madison Marquette and Hoffman & Associates.According to the CO, the office portion of the site was 93.4 percent leased to 18 tenants in February. The largest renter was...

Stephen Song, CEO of Diald AI, makes it clear that the massive advantage of using artificial intelligence to evaluate real estate deals is to help uncover key data that otherwise might have gone unseen.SEE ALSO: Deploy or Die: Pressure to Fund Proptech Varies During Uncertain Times “We’ve all had deals that made perfect sense on paper, where everybody agreed it would work — until it didn’t,” Song said during “Winning the Next Deal: How AI Is Reshaping Investment Strategies in CRE,” a virtual event hosted by Commercial Observer Partner Insights...

Published Tue, Jun 17, 2025 · 06:53 PM Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday (Jun 17) that Shell has committed to increasing its investments in Malaysia by RM9 billion (S$2.7 billion) over the next two to three years.The boost in Shell’s investments will create high-skilled job opportunities for Malaysians, Anwar said in a Facebook post following a meeting with Shell CEO Wael Sawan. He did not provide further details. “This decision stands as a resounding vote of confidence from a world-class investor in our sound economic policies, clarity in...

SRM Entertainment, listed on Nasdaq, announced plans to build a $210 million Tron (TRX) treasury and rebrand as Tron Inc. The firm secured a $100 million equity investment through a securities purchase agreement with a private investor to fund this strategy. Tron founder Justin Sun will serve as an adviser to the newly rebranded company.As part of the deal, SRM will issue 100,000 shares of Series B convertible preferred stock. These shares can be converted into 200 million common shares at $0.50 per share, along with 220 million warrants that...

Key Takeaways Purpose Investments will launch the Purpose XRP ETF on the Toronto Stock Exchange on June 18, providing spot XRP exposure. The ETF, trading under ticker XRPP, will offer CAD-hedged, CAD non-hedged, and US dollar units for investors. Share this article Purpose Investments, the firm behind the world’s first spot Bitcoin ETF, is launching the Purpose XRP ETF on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Wednesday, June 18, offering investors direct exposure to spot XRP, the native token of the XRP Ledger, according to a June 16 press release.The fund...

Chinese tech giants Huawei Technologies and ByteDance are planning major investments in Brazil’s cloud infrastructure and artificial intelligence sectors, moves likely to deepen US concerns over Beijing’s expanding digital reach in Latin America.The Brazilian newspaper Folha de S. Paulo reported on Monday that Huawei is set to announce a deal with Dataprev – a state-run technology company that manages the country’s social data systems – to use its data centres. Huawei is also in talks with Edge UOL, a cloud services arm of Grupo UOL PagSeguro, which also owns Folha.Executives...

The Canadian pension investment fund that in April acquired majority ownership of Washington, D.C.’s The Wharf has landed a $1 billion loan to refinance the development’s debt. Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) secured the five-year, $1.03 billion loan in the wake of its $1.8 billion deal to take over The Wharf from Hoffman & Associates and Madison Marquette. Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley originated the loan according to Fitch Ratings, and the trio plan to sell the debt as a commercial mortgage-backed securities trust, expected to...