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Blueprint: Ares’ European war chest, and a flurry of cross-border real estate bets by CPP, Aware Super and Legal & General

Capital is flying across the global real estate markets this week as US manager Ares closes the year’s biggest Europe-focused fundraise; UK pension and insurance giant Legal & General makes a big bet in the US with the acquisition of a stake in Taurus Investment Holdings; Canadian pension giant CPP Investments and Australian superannuation fund Aware Super announce major joint ventures targeting the UK; and much more in this week’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: Inside Ares’ GLP carveout, Blackstone counsels patience, PIMCO shuffles leadership and more

PERE’s Asia-Pacific reporter Christie Ou explores the fallout from Ares Management’s mega-deal for logistics manager GLP Capital’s ex-China business; Blackstone predicts better days – and bigger returns – ahead for real estate, CBRE Investment Management gets creative in student housing; PIMCO sees another leadership shakeup; Goldman Sachs sizes up a “new normal” for interest rates; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: Introducing PERE Deals, another dismal fundraising quarter, Brookfield’s logistics mega-deal

The waiting is over: PERE Deals, our exclusive news and data service, is officially live – as is PERE’s latest fundraising report, which paints a less-than-rosy picture of the capital raising environment through the first nine months of the year. Elsewhere among this week’s headlines, Brookfield and Panattoni fortify their positions in the red-hot logistics sector; UBS navigates another wave of redemption requests; PERE salutes private real estate’s most influential women and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: Ares buys GCP’s ex-China business for $3.7bn, Blue Owl’s $1bn data-center deal, Blackstone tackles headline risk

A mega-merger between two of the top 10 PERE 100 managers dominates real estate headlines this week as Ares Management agrees to acquire GLP Capital Management’s non-China business for $3.7 billion; fellow top 10 firm Blue Owl strikes its own $1 billion M&A deal to buy IPI Partners; Blackstone faces questions about reputational risk; PERE checks in from Expo Real; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: CPP, Schroders name new real estate chiefs, CalSTRS’ $1.7bn writedown, and PERE reveals the latest Global Investor 100

New real estate chiefs take over at Canadian pension giant CPP and London-based manager Schroders; CalSTRS takes a hit to its real estate portfolio as a result of “industry-wide valuation markdowns;” Ares takes aim at Mexico’s industrial market with the acquisition of Walton Street Mexico; UK pension Nest and US manager Invesco lean into development; investors take a big slide on the 2024 PERE Global Investor 100 ranking; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: Fed rate-cut reactions, Generali ramps up third-party capital, managers set sights on private wealth

Private real estate market participants weigh in on the ramifications of the US Federal Reserve’s long-awaited interest-rate cut; Generali Real Estate recruits a senior executive from Morgan Stanley to help pursue its lofty ambitions in third-party capital management; Invesco Real Estate and Hines are the latest managers to feel the allure of private wealth, forming partnerships and making key hires in the space; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: Headline-grabbing fundraises at Ares, BGO and Lone Star; Aviva changes its strategic rules; Korean and Japanese investors look to ramp up their property exposures

Record fundraises by Ares and BGO and a target-missing capital haul by Lone Star dominate the private real estate capital markets headlines; Aviva Investors adopts a progressive approach to real estate investing with less reliance on benchmarks; Korean and Japanese investors at PERE’s live events last week talk of boosting their real estate exposures, and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: EQT Exeter’s new leader, Starwood’s latest take-private bid, the launch of the 2025 Investor Perspectives Survey

EQT Exeter names 15-year company veteran Henry Steinberg as the successor to departing founder Ward Fitzgerald; Starwood makes a takeover bid with an offer to privatize Columbia Threadneedle’s Balanced Commercial Property Trust; PERE and its affiliate titles are calling all investors to participate in the 2025 Investor Perspectives Survey; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: Industry waves goodbye to Léon Bressler, Henderson Park’s US expansion, Canadian investors’ negative returns

Aermont founder Bressler leaves behind a well-planned-for business; Henderson Park’s US expansion is explored in an exclusive interview with PERE; Canadian investors continue to report negative real estate returns; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: ESR’s delayed C-REIT launch, BREIT’s incoming chief, Warburg Pincus and Lendlease in $1.2bn life sciences deal

ESR postpones the launch of its C-REIT until later in the year, citing the low share prices of existing C-REITs in the market; Blackstone’s Wesley LePatner follows in Frank Cohen’s footsteps as BREIT’s new CEO, after previously replacing him as head of the firm’s global core-plus real estate business; Warburg Pincus and Lendlease make headway on building an Asia-Pacific life sciences platform with a $1.2 billion debut deal; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.