All REIM articles – Page 15
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White papersPrivate Markets Investment Outlook Q3 2025: How to navigate uncertainty
Amid persistent uncertainty related to ongoing trade and geopolitical tensions, the return and resilience potential of private markets, driven by a combination of structural and cyclical factors, has arguably never been more valuable for investors – but selectivity and diversification remain key.
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White papersCRE total returns rise in 2Q25
Commercial real estate total returns rose 1.03% in Q2 2025, marking a fourth straight quarterly gain driven by stable income returns and signaling the market’s strongest position in three years.
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White papersThe “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” and implications for commercial real estate
The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBA), which was signed into law on July 4, 2025, preserves and, in many cases, strengthens the tax advantages of owning U.S. commercial real estate (CRE), both equity and debt. These provisions have the combined impact of lowering taxable income while increasing cash on cash returns and net operating cash flow. Additionally, section 899 (which was expected to have negative implications for foreign investment in the U.S., given its retaliatory tax measures) was removed from the final bill. Bottom line, the final bill is widely viewed to have net positive implications for the U.S. commercial real estate market.
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White papersChicago Multifamily: Fundamentals Outpacing Perceptions
Nationally, commercial real estate total returns declined by an average of 3.4% annually from the 2022 peak through 1Q 2025 (Exhibit 1), primarily due to the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes. While these macro headwinds have affected all markets, our attention is now shifting to local supply-and-demand fundamentals, which will increasingly determine performance. In this context, Chicago’s multifamily sector stands out: After years of underperformance, it now appears poised to close — and potentially reverse — its valuation gap relative to peers.
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White papersGlobal Real Estate Outlook Mid-Year 2025: Opportunity amidst uncertainty
We are living through a period of unprecedented change, where accepted norms are challenged and new opportunities (and risks) continue to arise. A key question for investors is how to distinguish between cyclical signals, structural trends and short-term noise. Our mid-year Global Real Estate Outlook 2025, featuring top sector and market picks, is designed to support this balance, helping investors to walk the fine line between caution and opportunity.
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White papersInvesting in the nature and climate transition: Creating value beyond traditional sustainable timberland management
There’s a growing consensus that the inexorable nature and climate transition taking place across the globe will have profound implications for the world economy. From where we sit as a global asset manager, this ongoing, multifaceted transition also implies a vast and rich spectrum of possibilities—many of them still emerging— for discerning asset allocators.
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White papersScaling for success: creating value in mid-market infrastructure
In the mid-market infrastructure market, scaling a business into a fully functional institutional platform and capturing the associated scale premium are powerful drivers of value at exit. Among value-add approaches, buy-and-build can unlock significant growth. Over the past decade, InfraVia has consistently scaled platforms through a balanced combination of organic growth (CAPEX) and acquisition-led expansion (M&A).
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White papersTimber’s tipping point: why global demand is set to outpace supply by 2050 according to Gresham House analysis
The ongoing increase in Greenhouse Gas emissions from human activities since the industrial revolution is a major contributor to climate change and rising global temperatures; average global temperatures have risen by 1.2°C according to The National Centre for Atmospheric Science, 2025. There is a strong global consensus that urgent and extensive action is needed, both to limit future warming and to adapt to a changing world to reduce the impact of climate change.
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White papersThe evolution of Real Assets and the key to overcoming growing complexity
Real assets fund managers are pursuing ambitious growth targets the coming years to stay ahead of competitors in today’s market, however, they are also facing increasing complexity in their operations and reporting requirements to support such growth ambitions.
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White papersThe case for growth markets infrastructure
We firmly believe that the global investment landscape is being shaped by three mega-trends: decarbonisation, digitalisation and deglobalisation. These trends are generating what we think are strong opportunities to invest in critical, essential service sustainable infrastructure.
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White papersThe WHO’s WHO of Swiss real estate 2025
UBS managers continue to be recognized as leading figures in Swiss real estate
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White papersOn the rise? Exploring potential returns within the UK commercial real estate market
Annual capital growth in the UK commercial real estate (CRE) market turned positive for the first time since 3Q22 by the end of last year. In 1Q25, capital growth accelerated, hitting 1.4% on an annual basis. That may sound small, but income return boosted the annual total return to 6.3% on a non-levered basis during the same period.
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Asset Manager Newsa.s.r. and PFZW reposition Amvest’s real estate activities
PFZW and a.s.r. have today agreed to divide the real estate activities of Amvest. As from 1 January 2026, PFZW will acquire a.s.r.’s shares in the management and development organisation, becoming the sole shareholder of Amvest Vastgoed B.V. The current development portfolio of Amvest will be split between PFZW and a.s.r. Management of a.s.r.’s separate account, comprising 7,500 residential units, will be transferred to a.s.r. real estate. No changes will be made to the funds managed by Amvest. By dividing the activities, both shareholders enhance their effectiveness and will be able to pursue their own strategic direction going forward. The transaction is subject to approval by the AFM and ACM.
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White papersTargeted investment: Untangling the building and the grid
Integrating the right metrics into the investment process can help to effectively promote sustainability and boost returns.
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White papersEuropean Real Estate: So, We Survived Til ’25?
Global geopolitical uncertainty has postponed the hoped-for European real estate recovery this year. However, while macro risk is high, property market risk is low—and the pause in recovery arguably extends the opportunity to invest near the start of a new property cycle.
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White papersKeep calm and carry on? The ISA Outlook 2025, six months in
In a recent conversation, Dominic Silman and Brian Klinksiek revisited LaSalle’s ISA Outlook themes amid 2025’s rapidly developing and unpredictable geopolitical and macroeconomic climate.
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White papersQ&A with Global CEO Mark Gabbay
Real estate: The world’s simplest, most complicated asset class
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VideoGlobal REITs Update – Q1 2025
In our video update for the 1st quarter of the 2025 calendar year, Portfolio Manager, Marco Colantonio covers key developments in the Global REIT sector and market insights
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White papersUnexpect the Expected – The World According to Trump
The dramatic changes to U.S. tariffs settings challenges the financial market’s Trump pro-growth market narrative which heralded the start of 2025. Instead, investors now face conditions which look likely to invoke a global economic slowdown, if not recession, with significant pressure on corporate earnings from higher costs together with unsettled consumer demand and production patterns.
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White papersAPAC Research Perspective - Q2 2025
Q2 2025 was a turbulent period for financial markets, driven by tariff threats, protracted negotiations, geopolitical tensions, and heightened bond volatility. In equity markets, US exceptionalism was challenged, prompting investors to reallocate in search for more attractive valuations, eventually resulting in Asia Pacific benefiting.
