Blueprint: Why bad retail refuses to go away; Brookfield’s $17bn fund launch; CapitaLand’s data center buy in China; A record-setting US hotel sale

Why bad retail refuses to go away; what Brookfield's $17 billion fundraise target means for private real estate post-covid; CapitaLand's latest splash in the data center space; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.