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White papers2025 Global Public Real Estate Outlook Report
In last year’s outlook report, we anticipated that REITs were on the verge of takeoff in 2024. By summer, REITs hit the inflection point we were anticipating, and investor sentiment improved significantly towards the asset class. However, more cautious commentary during the Federal Reserve’s December meeting around future rate cuts led to a sharp market pullback in the final weeks of 2024. Despite this, global REITs ended the year with a mid-single-digit positive return.
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Asset Manager NewsHazelview’s Entire Canadian Portfolio Achieves 100% Green Building Certification for Second Consecutive Year
[Toronto, March 19, 2025] – Hazelview Properties, one of Canada’s leading multi-residential builders and managers, proudly announces that it has achieved 100% green building certification across its entire 200+ building portfolio for the second year in a row. This certification was awarded through the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) BEST program and the Certified Rental Building Program (CRBP).
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White papersHazelview Properties Makes History with Canada’s First Rainbow Registered Residential Rental Building
Hazelview Properties is proud to announce it has opened Canada’s first Rainbow Registered residential rental building. The Rainbow Registered accreditation is given to businesses and organizations that meet stringent standards to ensure that 2SLGBTQI+ customers feel welcome. While numerous businesses across the country hold the accreditation, the Story of Midtown Toronto® rental property at 73/75 Broadway Ave is the first residential rental building to receive the honour. The initiative is part of the organization’s larger commitment to create inclusive environments where diversity is not only acknowledged but celebrated.
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Asset Manager NewsHazelview Celebrates Major Affordable Housing Milestone for Bloor & Dufferin Development
Toronto (ON), July 22, 2024 — Hazelview Celebrates Major Affordable Housing Milestone for Bloor & Dufferin Development.
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White papersHazelview Investments Secures One of the Largest CMHC Loans to Deliver 856 Purpose-Built Rental Homes in Toronto’s West End
Hazelview Investments has secured one of the largest CMHC-insured loans ever issued under the MLI Select program. The funding will advance the development of 856 new purpose-built rental homes in one of Toronto’s most ambitious and community-oriented master-planned sites, located at the intersection of Bloor St. West and Dufferin Ave. Financing for this construction loan was provided by First National Financial LP.
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White papersAffordable housing: Where there’s need, there’s opportunity
The UK’s need for an increased supply of affordable housing also creates an opportunity for institutional investors seeking to produce tangible real-world social outcomes.
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White papers2025 Europe Senior Housing Sector Update
The senior housing sector is benefitting from record levels of occupancy and strong income growth, which is beginning to attract a greater array of capital to the sector.
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White papersEuropean Residential Returns to Focus on Current Income and Rental Growth
Despite lower mortgage rates and a recovery in lending volumes over the last year, affordability for homeowners is projected to remain challenging as 2025-29 house prices are forecast to increase by 3.5% p.a. in both the Eurozone and the UK.
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White papersThe future of investment in seniors housing
As financial markets grow increasingly complex and data-driven, alternative asset managers must continuously innovate to maintain a competitive edge. This evolution is particularly important in the Seniors Housing sector, where demographic trends, operational challenges, and regulatory requirements require sophisticated investment strategies.
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White papersHazelview’s Entire Canadian Portfolio Achieves 100% Green Building Certification for Second Consecutive Year
[Toronto, March 19, 2025] – Hazelview Properties, one of Canada’s leading multi-residential builders and managers, proudly announces that it has achieved 100% green building certification across its entire 200+ building portfolio for the second year in a row. This certification was awarded through the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) BEST program and the Certified Rental Building Program (CRBP).
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Asset Manager NewsCharter Hall and Brookfield Properties secure 10-year lease agreement with EY at East End Place in Melbourne
Charter Hall Group (Charter Hall or the Group), on behalf of one of its managed funds, together with its co-owner Brookfield, is pleased to announce that they have secured a 10-year lease with leading multinational professional services firm EY at 111 Bourke Street in Melbourne, known as East End Place.
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White papersAffordable housing: how modular construction is changing the game - Interview with Stefanie Lütteke and Simon Dietzfelbinger
The housing market is under immense pressure with skyrocketing rents, rising property prices, and a particularly tight situation in metropolitan areas and for low-income earners. How can we overcome this crisis and achieve affordable housing? Is it a matter of politics, or do technical solutions also hold the key?
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White papersThe strategic advantages of investing in the seniors housing industry
The U.S. Seniors Housing sector is at the forefront of an unprecedented growth trajectory, driven by powerful demographic trends, evolving healthcare needs, and a shifting economic landscape. As the U.S. population ages, the demand for quality senior care will grow exponentially, creating a resilient, needs-based asset class that offers compelling opportunities for institutional investors. Unlike traditional real estate sectors that are often cyclical in nature, we believe that Seniors Housing demonstrates secular trends and stability due to its essential nature and the non-discretionary demand for its services.
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Asset Manager NewsInvestment Update: Real estate investors redefine their course
The recovery in the real estate market continues cautiously, writes Peter Koppers of Achmea Real Estate in the new Investment Update. INREV research shows that investors are again allocating new capital to real estate, with a strong focus on core strategies and sectors with stable fundamentals. Residential real estate remains the absolute favorite, particularly affordable rental housing and senior housing, a domain where impact, sustainability, and returns go hand in hand.
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Asset Manager NewsHines And Aubrey Corporation Unveil Industrial Park And Master-Planned Community In Atlanta Suburbs
Project includes over 1,200 acres zoned for manufacturing, data center, and logistics use and a 600-acre mixed-use village planned to integrate residential and retail elements
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White papers2025 Real Estate Outlook: Tipping Point
The post-COVID years have been characterized by dramatic shifts in economic conditions, capital markets and the geopolitical landscape. No two years have been quite the same, and uncertainty in the outlook for the economy in general, and commercial real estate in particular, has been historically elevated.
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White papersTurning the Corner? Commercial Real Estate Themes for 2025
As major central banks lower interest rates, is the prolonged and painful downturn in commercial real estate (CRE) finally coming to an end? Yes, at least in some sectors, according to senior investors from PIMCO’s commercial real estate platform. In a recent roundtable discussion, they emphasized that recovery will likely be slow and uneven, requiring a strategic focus on specific geographies and sectors, along with a considered choice between debt and equity investments.
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White papers2025 Global Real Estate Outlook: Is property at a turning point?
As we look towards what 2025 holds and the opportunities it will afford in real estate, it is worth first reflecting on the past 12 months. We have seen elections in major economies around the world and changes in human behaviour in response to evolving structural thematics, all of which have and will continue to impact in a plethora of ways. We saw inflation spiral, and the heightened cost of debt held back investment activity as ‘bid:ask’ spreads widened and real estate prices fell.
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White papersEuropean Real Estate: Prime’s Time?
A cooling economic backdrop in Europe and prospects for further monetary policy easing favor core property—given its bond-like investment attributes—over secondary assets.
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White papersEurope Real Estate Outlook – Edition December 2024: Who dares wins
Around six months ago, in our last publication, we wrote about the start of a new investment cycle in Europe. We highlighted the improvement in inflation and interest rates, in resilient purchasing manager indices (PMIs), especially for services, and how investors should act as athletes before the race begins: “train hard, win easy.” Prepare and get outsized returns.
