Blueprint: NBIM’s big bets on US office and logistics, MetLife’s $1.2bn PineBridge deal and more

Blueprint is back for the new year, and some of the industry's biggest players are already gripping the headlines. If 2025 is meant to see an uptick in dealmaking, Norway's NBIM is setting the pace, spending nearly $2 billion on US logistics and office assets in the past two weeks alone. Elsewhere in the industry, MetLife Investment Management pursues a billion-dollar merger with PineBridge Investments, industry executives share bold predictions for private real estate's year ahead and more in this week's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.