The two commercial real estate firms will have a combined AUM of approximately $7.5 billion.

The Fort Worth, TX-based real estate investment firm purchased the garden-style property, along with an adjoining 6.5-acre parcel of land. No financial terms of the transaction were released.

As part of the deal the San Francisco-based retail tech lab OneMarket will spin off as a separate entity to be listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.

Respondents said that monetary policy would be the likely reason for the economy to tip into recession -- a shift from the last survey when geopolitical tensions were cited.