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Real estate · Industry brief

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Real estate · Industry brief

Summer lull persists; compliance costs accelerate, office bifurcates

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Compliance costs spike across jurisdictions

Deal teams face a mounting regulatory tax this fall.

Vietnam's draft competition law, published in June, lowered M&A notification thresholds and expanded "control" definitions to capture PE consortium structures [Quelle: Global Law Experts]. Switzerland's revised Anti-Money Laundering Act, effective October 1, now requires advisors—including brokers and family offices—to verify beneficial ownership on all transactions above CHF 5 million, down from CHF 100,000. Both regimes now impose individual officer liability for breaches.

Smaller advisory shops will consolidate or exit; buyers will demand earlier landlord engagement before close.

Office quality divide widens

Premium office is consolidating capital; secondary stock stalls.

Continuing the structural shift flagged yesterday, European office values grew just 0.8% annually in Q2 while residential and retail outpaced it by multiples [Quelle: Altus Group]. Sustainability-certified, amenity-rich buildings are consolidating capital while commodity space languishes. Tenants are abandoning sprawl for credential-heavy addresses, making retrofits table stakes.

Expect cap-rate compression in trophy assets and distress sales in secondary markets through fall.

Hyperscaler real estate reshapes entire markets

Microsoft and AWS are remaking Australia's property landscape entirely.

The country now ranks second globally for data centre investment, with over A$155 billion in forward pipeline commitments from the two hyperscalers alone [Quelle: Morgan Business Sales]. Australia's cloud communications market is forecast to grow from A$2.16 billion in 2024 to A$6.27 billion by 2030, pricing structural demand into connectivity multiples above twenty times EBITDA. Capital is betting on digital infrastructure, not cyclical consolidation.

Watch whether Cushman and peers translate data-center positioning into acquisition announcements by month-end.

Sources

Mergers & Acquisitions - Singapore - Allen & Gledhill

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Summer lull persists; compliance costs accelerate, office bifurcates