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When data center development meets community and government backlash

With more projects getting blocked or delayed by legislative action, managers consider the ramifications for investment strategies.

Goldman to buy sale-leaseback specialist LCN Capital for up to $410m

The bank’s asset management arm predicts strong demand for inflation-protected assets from institutions, insurance and private wealth clients, says real estate chief Jim Garman.

Barclays, Goldman Sachs launch $375m data center CMBS deal

The financing will be used to complete a $730m acquisition of a 30MW data center property.

Delayed distributions strengthen real estate debt’s role in Pitcairn’s family office portfolio

Wealthy investors increasingly value the asset class’s stability as private markets distributions remain slow.

Takeaways from H1 2026’s biggest vehicle-led deals

Take-privates and non-US transactions drove the half’s largest deals to a decade high, while billion-dollar deals more than doubled compared with the same period last year.

Clarion’s Josh Pristaw: ‘2027 will be the year of shopping centers’

Retail investment activity accelerated in H1 with volume reaching $33bn, up 14 percent year-on-year.