Topping the headlines in this edition is PERE’s latest full-year investor report, with exclusive data on where allocations will be focused in 2026, as well as a rundown of the most active fund backers in 2025. Elsewhere, London’s ActivumSG debuts a fund series, Dallas’s Crow Holdings plans a data center megaproject, Japanese investors set their sights on India and more in this week’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
6 min read · 21 January 2026
Our first edition of 2026 brings welcome news for private real estate managers: PERE’s full-year fundraising data reveals capital allocations to the asset class rose significantly last year, suggesting a long-anticipated market recovery has finally arrived. Meanwhile, Bain Capital reaches a final close on its latest flagship fund, CBRE Investment Management achieves a dramatic jump with its second-ever secondaries vehicle, EQT bolsters its US investor coverage, Lone Star goes office shopping and more in this week’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
5 min read · 13 January 2026
In this final edition of Blueprint for 2025, we send you into the holiday break with a pair of sector-specific fundraising scoops. First, PIMCO sets a new bar for efforts targeting European data centers after closing its debut sector fund on a record €1.8bn. Meanwhile, Bain Capital reaches $1.6bn with its first dedicated real estate fundraise targeting the retail sector. Elsewhere, key details emerge about listed giant Hongkong Land’s private real estate debut, and more in this week’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
7 min read · 16 December 2025
Canada’s Sun Life Financial seizes the spotlight this week, as PERE reveals the insurance giant is embarking on an ambitious expansion of its private markets platform with a familiar face at the helm. Meanwhile, Blackstone unveils its latest take-private target in 155-year-old Hawaiian landlord Alexander & Baldwin; Mubadala and Aldar look to raise a $1bn Gulf-focused fund; KKR loses its European real estate head and taps two to replace him; and more in this week’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
6 min read · 10 December 2025
Sculptor Capital Management tops the headlines this week, as PERE can exclusively report the manager has closed its fifth, and by far its largest, flagship property fund yet, pulling in $5.4 billion for a strategy focused on niche property types. Meanwhile, London’s Grosvenor Group breaks into a new market; Chicago’s LaSalle reveals its next global CEO; Korea’s NPS backs a UK multifamily venture; an Artemis veteran finds a backer for his own senior housing platform; a slew of mega-managers announce big logistics tie-ups; and more in this week’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
7 min read · 03 December 2025
As the US pauses for turkey, football and expressions of gratitude, a handful of managers have something to be thankful for this season, too. Kayne Anderson is defying even its own expectations with its seventh and soon-to-be-largest flagship property fund yet, while Artemis Real Estate has lined up $1.2bn and counting for its third healthcare fund, and its first since its sale to Barings. Meanwhile, self-storage booms, investors mull the Mamdani effect and more in this week’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
6 min read · 25 November 2025
This week’s top story highlights a contrarian effort in one of real estate’s most challenged sectors of recent years: life sciences. Eyeing opportunity in the wake of a broad retreat from the category, Tishman Speyer-backed Breakthrough Properties is back with a second fund with $430 million in initial commitments to show for it. Elsewhere, retrenchment wears on as Ontario Teachers cuts its Asia real estate team, prime offices enjoy a global rent bump, Sixth Street bets on San Francisco and more in this week’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
7 min read · 18 November 2025
As the impacts of deglobalization continue to ripple through international markets, a handful of cross-border maneuvers stand out this week, starting with Japanese insurer Tokio Marine’s purchase of a majority stake in US real estate credit manager ACORE Capital. Elsewhere, Blackstone global co-head of real estate Kathleen McCarthy announces her exit after 15 years with the firm; secondaries specialist Madison International Realty plots a push into Asia; the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority pulls off a large exit in Singapore; Japan’s GPIF backs another American manager in its home market and more in this week’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
6 min read · 11 November 2025
The week leading up to PERE’s 20th annual PERE Network America Forum was one of push and pull: Gaw Capital decided to stop adding to its institutional offerings in Europe and the US in a retrench to Asia; Brookfield pushed into real estate secondaries exits; and EDF Invest thrust its way into the residential sector; and more in this week’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
7 min read · 05 November 2025
The seasons have finally begun to change in many markets this week, but private real estate still finds itself in a similar state of flux. Makarora and Ares Management swoop in as surprise buyers for Plymouth Industrial REIT; AEW ends its Asia fund series; parent PEI Group’s Private Markets 2030 feature demonstrates changing investor landscape driving manager consolidation; Nuveen gets into the private wealth market; and more in this week’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
5 min read · 29 October 2025
