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Blueprint: Inside the PERE America Forum; Texas Teachers anchors another debut fund; a global hotel comeback and more

Private real estate executives share their strongest convictions and boldest predictions for the next market cycle at the PERE Network America Forum; emerging manager Temerity Strategic Partners achieves its first fund close with help from a major investor; UK manager Octopus sets its sights on Europe; Hong Kong developers fortify their investment management positions and much more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: Investors to watch in the next cycle; Hines, Blackstone, PGIM and NBIM size up offices; UK budget fallout and more

Private real estate gears up for the next market cycle this week as PERE’s November issue highlights emerging investors to watch; Hines leads managers’ charge into real estate credit; Blackstone, PGIM and NBIM each eye offices for different reasons; the UK budget brings unwelcome surprises for property investors; TPG makes a blockbuster Tokyo hotel buy and more in this week’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

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.