A slowdown in institutional real estate deals (those of $25 million or more) due to inflation and interest-rate volatility has private-equity investors poised to have “rosier expectations” for the second half of the year, according to Green Street, a commercial real estate analytics firm.

Its Mid-Year Broker Rankings report issued this month reported that the first half of the year featured record-breaking sales of smaller properties totaling $44 billion, a 49% year-over-year increase. READ MORE