Blueprint: Brookfield’s second office default, Goldman Sachs’ affordable housing venture, Ascent’s family office partnership

Brookfield defaults on 12-property office portfolio in Washington DC and other locations after extending debt three times; Goldman Sachs forms a $1.15bn affordable housing venture at a time when the sector has ‘never been more important’; Ascent Real Estate, formerly of Carlyle China, partners with a family office to expand its specialty real estate investment strategy; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.