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Blueprint: Blackstone’s $38bn week, Brookfield’s $4.7bn student housing offering, Ares revs up net lease exposure

Blackstone’s McCarthy discusses the firm’s flurry of real estate activity; Brookfield looks to move a massive student housing portfolio; Ares gets in the driver seat for net lease; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: Blackstone’s pair of blockbuster deals, Manulife’s APAC M&A transaction, CalPERS’ grocery store buy

Blackstone recaps Mileway for €21 billion and lands Australian gaming company for $6 billion; Manulife expands Asia reach with ARCH Capital acquisition; CalPERS makes a big bet on grocery-anchored retail; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: Heitman’s European close, Carlyle’s net lease wager, Tishman Speyer’s UK life sciences play

Heitman shifts European strategy to alts; Carlyle places a big bet on net leases; Tishman Speyer-owned Breakthrough Properties finds its way into UK life sciences; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: Oaktree’s biggest real estate debt fund yet, Blackstone’s record-setting raise, regulators target private funds

Oaktree’s shifting deployment strategy for third debt fund; a banner year for Blackstone’s core-plus platform; US regulators put private funds back in the crosshairs; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: Centerbridge hits it big with second fund, Blackstone flexes its perpetual muscles, Ivanhoé Cambridge joins Greystar in South America

How Centerbridge Partners surpassed its Fund II target by $800m; Blackstone’s latest BREIT acquisition; Greystar and Ivanhoé Cambridge bring global institutional capital to Chile; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: Hines puts obsolescence in crosshairs, BC Partners focuses on decarbonization, Griffin and Immobel’s management platform launches

Tackling obsolescence takes center stage in Hines’ new tactical fund; how BC Partners is folding decarbonization into its €900 million European value-add debut; why Griffin and Immobel are launching management platforms; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: Harrison Street’s $1bn data center commitment, CBRE’s statement in global logistics, the latest on GLP’s IPO

Harrison Street continues its expansion into digital assets; CBRE makes a statement in global logistics; what you need to know about GLP’s IPO aspirations; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: Blackstone and Brookfield’s office deal, KKR’s self-storage ambitions, AXA’s $2bn US expansion

AXA continues its global industrial expansion with a $2 billion acquisition in the US; KKR puts self-storage under the microscope with $300 million platform; Kayne Anderson backs $1 billion European student lending platform; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: Carlyle’s big bet on niche properties; PERE’s Global Awards launch; AXA’s Nordic expansion

Carlyle focuses on niche properties for its largest-ever fund; the PERE Global Awards go live; AXA expands logistics portfolio into Nordics; Schroders launches its own impact benchmark; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Blueprint: Blackstone’s Berlin buy, Cabot’s $2.8bn exits, Heitman’s self-storage expansion, Meta’s big commitment to physical office

Blackstone goes long on Berlin; Cabot exits entire fund with a single $2.8 billion sale; Heitman expands its self-storage business; the biggest takeaways from the 2021 PERE America Forum; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.