UPDATE: In the summer of 2026, AEWU considered an offer for Alternative Income REIT (AIRE); however, it decided not to proceed after Glenstone REIT, AIRE's major shareholder, made its own offer.

AEW UK REIT (AEWU) joined the London market in 2015 and has been the best-performing trust in the rapidly dwindling UK commercial property sector since then, with an annualised NAV return of around 9%. It owns a sectorally diversified portfolio of around 30 to 35 properties, which it actively manages, historically completing an average of two acquisitions and two disposals a year. AEWU adopts a value-...