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STUDENT SPREE: Scion Group buys Student Quarters portfolio for $1.5B. Read more here.
TREE TRADE: BTG Pactual TIG buys Jamestown’s timberland assets. Read more here.
FUND FRAUD: Dallas hotel fund manager lied about portfolio to raise $86M from retail investors. Read more here.
REIT GONE WRONG: Silver Star files for Chapter 11 after self-storage pivot. Read more here.
DATA CENTER: Google commits $15B to Missouri data denter campus. Read more here.
DATA CENTER: Phoenix Investors affiliate sells Memphis data center for $185M. Read more here.
DATA CENTER: Blue Owl provides $975M recap of NoVa data center. Read more here.
DATA CENTER: Crusoe halts development of 1.8GW campus in Cheyenne, WY. Read more here.
DATA CENTER: Monterey City, CA, becomes firs US city to permanently ban data centers. Read more here.
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SOLAR: Qualitas Energy buys Illinois photovoltaic solar project. Read more here.
SOLAR: Revolve subsidiary acquires 125MW solar development portfolio. Read more here.
SOLAR: QE Solar buys Vanguard Energy Partners operations and maintenance unit. Read more here.
EV CHARGING: Optimus Energy buys fast-charging EV network in South Carolina. Read more here.
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