Climate

Laura Dunn has joined CBRE Investment Management (CBRE IM) as Head of the Commercial Operator Division for Americas Direct Real Estate. Colin Rosenbaum has been promoted to Head of Americas Direct Commercial Transactions.

CBRE Investment Management announced that, on behalf of a client of its Private Infrastructure division, it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire a 10% equity stake in Porterbrook, one of the UK’s three major passenger rolling stock leasing companies.

CBRE Investment Management has announced the close of its Asia Pacific value-add real estate fund, Asia Value Partners 7 (AVP 7). The fund closed with equity commitments of $1.865 billion, exceeding its fundraising target of $1.5 billion. An additional $250 million was secured in co-investment capital, taking total equity raised to $2.115 billion. The fund is expected to have total purchasing power of more than $5 billion to be deployed over a 36-month investment period.

Nature is the thread that connects climate action, physical and value chain resilience, social value, and long-term asset outperformance.

Brownfield development is becoming crucial for real estate in Europe due to net-land-take targets aimed at preserving biodiversity and reducing greenfield land take.

Social impact investing has made significant strides over the last five years, generating measurable social and environmental benefits alongside risk-adjusted financial returns.