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• November 2022: The Newmark-owned firm Knotel secured a long-term lease for 23,700 square feet at Ofizzina, a Coral Gables, Florida, office condo project. Knotel intends to finish three complete stories of the 16-story skyscraper at 1200 Ponce De Leon Boulevard. TSG Group and BF Group created Offizina, which comprises 60 office condominiums.
• June 2022: IWG, a Swiss coworking pioneer, intends to add up to 700 more flexible-office sites to its US portfolio, which now comprises offices in 300 cities, mainly under the Regus and Spaces brands. In the next 12 months, IWG plans to open 500 to 700 additional offices in the United States.

April 2023: The principals of Mishawaka-based Cressy Commercial Real Estate are pleased to announce the completion of a merger with Mno-Bmadsen, the nongaming investment arm of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi. The merger will enable Cressy to expand into new markets and implement their strategic goals while continuing to provide world-class service to past and future clients. Mno-Bmadsen will benefit from additional resources to manage the real estate needs of its growing portfolio of investments.

February 2023: Mirabaud Asset Management has structured the acquisition of a two-building office occupied by a non-profit academic foundation and medical center. The transaction was structured by Mirabaud Asset Management as a Luxembourg-based institutional commercial real estate partnership on behalf of its international clientele. This acquisition brings the value of Mirabaud's US real estate portfolio to almost $600 million.

• October 2022: Dye & Durham Limited ("Dye & Durham") and Lone Wolf Technologies ("Lone Wolf") have announced a brand-new integration that was created specifically for CREA WEBForms powered by Transactions (TransactionDesk Edition) to enable access to and communication with legal services.
• September 2022: ApartmentLove Inc., based in Calgary, has recently acquired OwnerDirect.com and finalized a rental listing license agreement with a significant U.S. aggregator as part of its ongoing acquisition and partnership plans. In 30 countries, ApartmentLove (APLV-CN) offers online house, apartment, and vacation rental marketing services.

• June 2022: United Development Company (UDC), the master developer of The Pearl and Gewan Islands, and Corinthia Group, a first-class hospitality management company that will operate Corinthia Yacht Club at The Pearl Island and Corinthia Hotel at Gewan Island, signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Monaco Marina Management (M3) and the Yacht Club de Monaco to develop yachting at The Pearl Island and potentially Qatar.
• February 2022: Ezdan Real Estate Company, the primary real estate developer, unveiled an integrated multi-tiered plan for the comprehensive development of approximately 17 villages and compounds in 2022, including residential villages in Al Wakra and Al Wukair and residential buildings in Doha, entailing construction works, as part of its strategy to continuously improve and develop its services.
• January 2022: Barwa Real Estate Company announced its intention to sell its shares in Al Imtiaz Investment Group Company K.S.C., a Kuwaiti public joint stock company. The total number of these shares is (276,631,657), accounting for 24.40% of the company's issued shares. The sale will take place by the regulatory procedures issued by the Kuwaiti Capital Markets Authority and the regulations set by the Kuwait Stock Exchange.

• March 2023: Honeywell Immobilier recently entered into a partnership with Watershed Organization Trust (WOTR) to focus on soil and water conservation in rural ecosystems. WOTR is involved in restoring rural water bodies, boosting the water table and helping farmers and women with livelihood opportunities.
• January 2022: Engel & Volkers Zurichsee Region Zimmerberg one of the Top Players has announced their expansion over 50 locations in Switzerland. This expansion has led to high presence on the market and the associated local affinity for the company.

• May 2023: CBRE Group, Inc. announced that its property management group has formed a global strategic partnership with Deepki that will bring Deepki Ready, one of the world's most extensive landlord-focused real estate sustainability data intelligence platforms to the commercial properties CBRE manages for investors around the world. CBRE has been using Deepki for properties it manages in the United Kingdom for more than two years; Deepki is now being deployed across CBRE-managed properties throughout Continental Europe, with plans to begin using Deepki in the Americas and the Pacific region as the next step in a global rollout.
• April 2023: Global real estate professional services firm JLL and iO Partners announce that JLL will transfer its existing Leasing, Capital Markets, Valuation Advisory, Consulting, and Project Management delivery businesses to iO Partners in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia. The two companies have formed a preferred partnership enabling them to service clients in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia. The agreement will give iO Partners a strong presence in these four countries with experienced employees, efficient systems and processes, and a strong ongoing partnership with JLL.

• August 2022: Slate Asset Management, a global alternative investment platform that focuses on real assets, stated that it had paid more than NOK 1.5 billion (USD 0.15 billion) for a portfolio of 36 key real estate properties in Norway. Following closely on the heels of the company's initial two portfolio purchases in the area in December 2021 and March 2022, this deal increases Slate's presence in Norway to a total of 63 critical real estate assets.
• January 2022: Instone Real Estate, one of the leading residential developers in Germany, continued its successful cooperation with LEG with the sale of around 330 apartments. The transaction includes 96 privately financed rental apartments on the west side site in Bonn-Endenich. In addition, a further 236 rental apartments in the Literature Quarter in Essen - 52 of which are publicly funded and 184 privately financed - are part of the apartment package that LEG Solution acquired as part of a forward deal for the existing LEG companies.

• August 2023: Aware Super has invested an undisclosed amount to acquire the remaining 30% it does not own in Oak Tree Retirement Villages. This senior housing platform owns 48 complexes along Australia's Eastern seaboard.
• February 2023: Lendlease 'Grove' extension will deliver 45 new two- and three-bedroom independent villas with internal garage access and private covered alfresco entertaining. The project will also include a separate 124-bed residential aged care facility delivered by Arcare Aged Care, offering a continuum of care in high demand in the Ngunnawal region.

• April 2023: China's new private equity real estate pilot programme is designed to boost investment in the property sector and attract increased foreign investment. The pilot programme, announced by the Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) last month, is intended to boost private investment in the Chinese real estate market and open the door to foreign investors. The aim is to improve liquidity and reduce property developers' debt ratios.
• March 2023: Cushman & Wakefield's (NYSE: CWK) Greater China Capital Markets team recently facilitated the acquisition by CapitaLand Investment Private Fund of the Beijing Suning Life Plaza mixed-use development from Suning for approximately US$400 million.

• February 2022: Dar Al-Arkan, a Saudi real estate corporation, announced the creation of an office in Beijing, China. The move is in accordance with Dar Al-strategic Arkan's expansion ambitions and builds on the company's global brand development efforts. The company's Beijing office is expected to serve a variety of tasks, including establishing joint ventures between Dar Al-Arkan and renowned Chinese real estate developers for both the Chinese and Saudi markets, as well as enhancing investment and knowledge-sharing opportunities between the two countries. Dar Al-office Arkan's will serve as a hub for Chinese enterprises and investors looking to expand, start businesses, or invest in the Kingdom.
• February 2022: China Evergrande Group announced that it sold stakes and "right to debt" in four developments to two state-owned trust firms for CNY 2.13 billion (USD 0.35 billion), in a move to ensure their construction goes ahead as well as delivery of its other projects. The world's most indebted property developer is struggling to complete projects and homes - deemed a priority by China's policymakers to ensure social stability - while weighed down by its more than USD 300 billion in liabilities. Evergrande sold its stake and right to debt in a residential development in Chongqing and Dongguan to Everbright Trust for CNY 1.03 billion (USD 0.19 billion), as well as those in a housing project in Foshan and a theme park development in Guangzhou to Minmetals Trust for CNY 1.1 billion (USD 0.16 billion).