Blueprint: CPP’s last-mile push; Heitman’s self-storage ambitions; a PBSA windfall; and more

Investors are racing to gain exposure to specialty real estate sectors, with  experienced operators positioning themselves to benefit. Topping the headlines this week is Canadian pension giant CPP Investments, which broke from tradition with the purchase of a partial stake in a French logistics platform. Elsewhere, Blackstone charts a new course in digital infrastructure, Heitman is off and running with a debut self-storage vehicle, Core Spaces raises $1.6bn to develop student housing, and more in this week’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.