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Blueprint: The ECB’s rate cut, BGO’s data center investment, Blackstone’s residential push

Private real estate executives expect the impact of the European Central Bank’s rate cut last week to be felt in different ways across the continent; BGO returns for a third investment in the Nordic data center developer Bulk Infrastructure after realizing its original ambitions needed to be bigger; the private real estate industry mulls the impact of the upcoming UK election; mega-manager Blackstone signals it is doubling down on the UK housing sector with a blockbuster single-family rental deal; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: PERE 100 and 200 manager rankings, Town Lane’s $1.25bn raise, NPS’s dedicated real estate platform investment plans

PERE’s definitive manager ranking for 2024 is here, with a different set of firms impacting the top level; Tyler Henritze’s Town Lane closed its first fund at $1.25 billion, with the former Blackstone real estate veteran doing it all in just nine months; National Pension Service of Korea is getting into platform level investing with a dedicated strategy; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: Starwood’s redemption limits, CPP’s real estate exposure shift, Stoneweg’s Cromwell acquisition

Starwood Capital takes limiting redemption requests at its Starwood Real Estate Income Trust to the next level; Swiss manager Stoneweg puts itself on the map via the acquisition of Cromwell Property Group’s European business; how the Canada Pension Plan’s exposure to real estate keeps reducing; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: Goldman’s $3.6bn close, Tishman Speyer’s data center buy, prices slide in Asia

Goldman Sachs Alternatives’ final close for West Street Real Estate Credit Partners IV brings it a $7 billion lending capacity; Real estate prices in developed markets in Asia are down 10 percent from their peak in 2022, creating a entry point for investors; Tishman Speyer makes its first industrial acquisition in Europe which doubles as the firm’s first data center project; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: Brookfield’s $8bn close for BSREP V, Starwood’s takeover bid for ESR, PGIM’s $2bn data center fund

Brookfield Asset Management reaches over $8 billion in commitments for Brookfield Strategic Real Estate Partners V, bringing the vehicle over halfway to its final target; Starwood forms a consortium of investors, including TPG-spinout credit platform Sixth Street Partners and New York investment firm SSW Partners, to propose a buyout of the Asian industrial giant ESR Group; PGIM Real Estate is targeting $2 billion for a global data center fund; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: Stoneshield’s €750m Opportunity Fund III closing, a look inside today’s limited partner advisory committees, KKR’s focus on core real estate

PERE lifts the veil on the issues investors are discussing with their managers in this month’s cover story, “Inside the LPAC”; KKR is becoming more active in the core and core-plus space thanks to a lack of competition; Southern Europe-focused manager Stoneshield Capital closes its third opportunity fund ahead of target – in just five months; all in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: Greystar’s $1.9bn Fund XI closing, KKR’s $1.6bn student housing outlay, Tishman Speyer’s continued investment in China

Greystar Equity Partners XI has closed at $1.9 billion, smaller in size than its predecessor by $100 million; Coima SGR’s latest investment in Italy’s office market is part of a bank’s strategy to downsize its real estate exposure; and Generali Real Estate’s promotion of its chief executive Alberto Agazzi to a new international position is part of growth plans in the UK, US and Asia-Pacific; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: Blackstone’s latest European mega-fund; EQT Exeter’s APAC logistics fund launch; ACORE’s $1.4bn capital raise for real estate credit

Blackstone reaches mega-fund status – and eyes another fundraising record – with Blackstone Real Estate Partners Europe VII, raising $7.6 billion to date; EQT Exeter focuses its closed-end fundraising efforts on Asia-Pacific with its latest logistics offering; ACORE closes on the largest real estate debt fund so far this year at $1.4 billion; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: PIMCO’s Trausch warns of looming ‘tsunami’ of debt, AXA’s Scemama takes on the ESG critics, the ECB strikes note of calm on banks’ CRE exposure

PIMCO’s Francois Trausch warns of a funding gap if rates do not come down amid a looming tsunami of refinancing; AXA IM Alts’ Isabelle Scemama speaks out against the ESG pushback as the firm prioritizes returns amid efforts to decarbonize its global property portfolio; the ECB offers a note of calm on banks’ exposure to real estate; and more in today’s special edition briefing from the PERE Network Decarb Forum and PERE Network Europe Forum, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: Blackstone’s blockbuster multifamily deal, Bain’s open-air retail bet, senior capital raiser hires at GID, CBRE IM and Affinius

Blackstone is making a splash in the multifamily market by acquiring all outstanding common shares in Apartment Income REIT in a $10 billion deal for BREP X; Bain Capital Real Estate looks to re-enter open-air retail space with a new North American joint venture; GID Investment Advisers, Affinius Capital and CBRE Investment Management all hire senior capital raisers; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.