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Archer Aviation is paying $126 million in cash to acquire Hawthorne Municipal Airport in Los Angeles, marking one of the largest real estate moves in the emerging air taxi industry. The 80-acre site will serve as a takeoff, landing, and testing hub for Archer’s eVTOL aircraft, supporting its planned Los Angeles air taxi network and helping transport passengers during the 2028 Olympics. “The era of advanced aviation has arrived — not as a distant vision, but as a tangible reality,” said a statement from Adam Goldstein, Archer’s founder and chief executive. “The time to seize this transformative opportunity is now.” Read more: https://bit.ly/3LTu6po

Blackstone’s global co-head of real estate, Kathleen McCarthy Baldwin, is stepping down after a 15-year stint to pursue new opportunities, with co-head Nadeem Meghji set to become the sole leader of the firm’s $320 billion real estate business. Jon Gray, president and COO of Blackstone, said in a statement: “Kathleen has been an exceptional partner and friend to me and so many others the past 15 years. Her leadership and relentless focus on our investors have been integral to the growth of our global real estate business." Read more: https://bit.ly/4hZKzok

TPG exceeded expectations by raising $2.1 billion for its first opportunistic real estate credit fund, putting the firm in what CEO Jon Winkelried described as a strong position to “play offense” amid market dislocation. With $12 billion in dry powder and rising portfolio values, the firm plans to step up real estate deployment and expand fundraising heading into 2026. At the close of the third quarter, TPG's real estate portfolio, including data centers, residential and industrial investments, appreciated 3.5% with a nearly 16% jump in the past 12 months. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4hKv6Z7

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As rents soar and homeownership slips out of reach for millions, CIM Group is the latest real estate investment firm making a major push into affordable housing. The firm has partnered with Bryant Group Ventures on a new fund that’s raised more than $250 million and is targeting $1 billion within the next year. The fund, backed by Flagstar Bank and Truist Bank, plans to target markets where affordability has eroded and where CIM already has a footprint, including Southern California, Georgia, Washington D.C., New York and Florida. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3JxgW0M