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WAREHOUSE PARTY: Investcorp buys diversified US industrial portfolio spanning 35 buildings for about $400M. Read more here.
STORAGE WARS: Brookfield and GIC set to offer $4B for National Storage, one of Australia’s and New Zealand’s biggest storage operators. Read more here.
BECAUSE AI: SoftBank considers acquisition of Digital Bridge Group, stock pops 45%. Read more here.
GAME CHANGER: Riot Games terminates lease, buys longtime Los Angeles headquarters from Hudson Pacific for combined $231M. Read more here.
IOS: Alterra buys portfolio of 12 Class A IOS properties in key US markets. PLAYER: Mark Gannon. Read more here.
IOS: Corepoint sells 5 AC industrial outdoor storage facility in Middlesex, NJ, for $13.61M. PLAYERS: Joshua Shmuel, Marc Smouha. Read more here.
SMALL BAY: Catalyst and SIII buy Sacramento small bay portfolio for $51M. PLAYERS: Ari Blum, Alex Snegg, Marc Snegg. Read more here.
SMALL BAY: CenterSquare buys small bay portfolio in Dallas metro area. PLAYERS: Jeff Reder, Victoria Bocanegra, Peter Banfe. Read more here.
COLD STORAGE: Trader Joe’s receives $48M permit for cold storage expansion in Rancho Cordova, CA. Read more here.
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BTR: NexMetro expands Austin footprint with Avilla Rio Oaks, 260-home luxury BTR community. PLAYER: Jason Flory. Read more here.
BTR: Build-to-rent communities are on the rise in the South. Read more here.
STUDENT HOUSING: Stonepeak and Capital Group acquire 2,300-bed student housing portfolio. Read more here.
STUDENT HOUSING: Landmark and Manulife buy 3.29 AC Auburn, AL, site for 825-bed student housing project. Read more here.
MANUFACTURED: Senate Democrat probes private equity practices at mobile home parks. Read more here.
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DATA CENTER: Google, NextEra plan gigawatt-scale data centers with on-site power generation. Read more here.
DATA CENTER: KKR to invest billions in Brookfield-backed Compass Datacenters portfolio. Read more here.
DATA CENTER: CoreWeave secures $555M loan for $1.8B, 250MW New Jersey data center project. Read more here.
DATA CENTER: Atlas Agro North America plans 350MW campus on 275 AC in Richland, WA. Read more here.
DATA CENTER: Google reopens Duane Arnold nuclear plant in Iowa to power its expanding data centers. Read more here.
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