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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...

WINNIPEG, MB, June 16, 2025 /CNW/ - Artis Real Estate Investment Trust ("Artis" or the "REIT") (TSX: AX.PR.E) announced that its trustees have declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.449875 per Series E preferred unit ("Series E Unit") of Artis for the quarter ending June 30, 2025. The cash distributions will be made on June 30, 2025, to Series E Unitholders of record on June 30, 2025. Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Logo (CNW Group/Artis Real Estate Investment Trust) As at the date hereof, there are an aggregate of 2,887,409...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Allison Mais has been appointed the chief operating officer (COO) of VM Investments Limited (VMIL) and VM Wealth Management Limited (VMWM), just over a year after joining the organisations in early 2024. “Allison’s impact has been impressive with great promise of much more to come,” said Rezworth Burchenson, chief executive officer (CEO) of VMIL and VMWM. “She’s brought added discipline, clarity and energy to our operations. This promotion is a strategic step to strengthen our core and prepare for accelerated growth.” Mais will now oversee the full...

The weeks when earnings reports are announced can often be quite volatile, as Wall Street tends to react strongly to earnings beats or misses. What could be worse than waking up to find your largest portfolio position down 5% because it missed the consensus estimate on earnings and/or revenue? Conversely, a strong earnings report can boost a stock price higher for several days.This week marks the beginning of first-quarter earnings for real estate investment trusts (REITs), and there are key stocks that will be tested and perhaps act as a...

Bridge Investment Group is about to undergo a seismic change, but its real estate subsidiary is closing business as usual. Bridge Logistics Properties, the alternative asset manager’s real estate investment arm, secured a $354.6 million loan to refinance a 24-asset industrial portfolio, the Commercial Observer reported. Invesco Commercial Real Estate Finance Trust — the private credit real estate investment trust of Invesco Real Estate — provided the financing.The loan-to-value ratio of the debt is below 70 percent. The 2.4 million-square-foot portfolio, which stretches across six states including California, Texas, New York...