Data Snapshot

Lazard: Fundraising momentum is building

Institutional appetite continues its recovery as conviction builds into 2025, writes James Jacobs, head of real assets for Lazard’s private capital advisory group.

Perspectives 2025: What investors want from real estate is changing

Investors’ top risk factors, favored sectors and performance expectations from private real estate are shifting as the industry finds a path to recovery.

Connecticut Retirement earmarks up to $1.35bn for real estate

The pension fund will favor non-core investments and existing managers in its allocation plan for the asset class in 2025.

DOWNLOAD: FY 2024 fundraising volume down 50% from peak

Just $131.1bn was raised last year for private real estate funds, marking a third consecutive year of decline.

There is abundant value embedded in low-carbon transition plans

Repositioning underperforming buildings for sustainability offers investors significant financial and environmental rewards, writes Chris Pyke, GRESB’s chief innovation officer, and Parag Cameron-Rastogi, director – real asset analytics.

How real estate investors are achieving the ‘S’ of ESG

Communities take center stage as investors engage with local stakeholders and act on occupant wellbeing, data from the Fitwel benchmark shows.

NY state pension hits $3bn in real estate commitments this year

NYSCRF’s recent pledges include $400m to a new partner targeting cold storage.

Berkshire Global Advisors: Rate cuts should help stimulate M&A

The right sector exposure is important for buyers, but sellers will be predominantly those looking to scale up with larger firms, writes Berkshire Global Advisors’ Drew Murphy.

MSCI: Distress pressure is building across global real estate

Property-level distress is not just a US office problem, says Tom Leahy, MSCI’s head of EMEA real assets research.

Data center managers have a deployment problem

Power constraints have become the biggest obstacle in moving forward with developing new assets in the sector.