LONDON—Knight Frank's Andrew Sim sees a myriad of opportunities in Europe as the annual property gathering in Cannes draws near, he writes in this <b>EXCLUSIVE</b> commentary.

JACKSONVILLE, FL—The combination of Regency Centers and Equity One creates the largest REIT by equity value in the shopping center index.

LONDON—With concerns about the rate of return they can achieve this year, some institutional investors are limiting their short-term real estate exposure, says Preqin.

IRVINE, CA—More interest rate increases and the prospect of “wholesale changes” to tax and trade policies are creating uncertainty not seen in years, says Peter Muoio at Ten-X.

NEW YORK CITY—The acquisition more than doubles Jonathan Rose Cos.' unit count to more than 15,000 apartments across 15 states and the District of Columbia.

LOS ANGELES—“We realized that the retailer so often has to do more with less,” says CBRE's Todd Caruso about the Retailing University course that the University of Arizona designed for the firm.

RICHARDSON, TX—"Price optimization creates real opportunity to increase asset values and yields from the nearly $3 trillion of apartment stock in the US," says RealPage chairman and CEO Steve Winn.

NEW YORK CITY—The REIT's reported depreciated book value is “a conservative representation” of its actual value, says Related Cos. CEO Jeff Blau.