A change atop Ares Management’s global real estate business leads the headlines this week, followed by an exclusive on a US industrial fundraise by BGO with a data center angle. Meanwhile, Hodes Weill finds a dip in investors’ target real estate allocations, Prologis eyes capitalization strategies for its own data center expansion, AustralianSuper expands its UK push, and more in this week’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
6 min read · 21 October 2025
StepStone and Greykite top the private real estate headlines this week with a blockbuster €1.5 billion recap in Spain, and we have all the details below. Elsewhere, New York’s Pantzer Properties reports a $1 billion fundraise; PERE reveals the latest private real estate fundraising data; the PERE global awards reopen; and more in this week’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
5 min read · 16 October 2025
This week marks the release of the fifth annual Women of Influence in Private Markets list – meet this year’s class below. Meanwhile, our latest cover story takes a deep dive into property fund distributions (or the relative lack thereof); European real estate leaders head to Munich for Expo Real, where PERE is on the ground and the stage; Blackstone, SC Capital and CapitaLand stake their claims in the Gulf region; and more in this week’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
7 min read · 07 October 2025
This week kicks off with the PERE Seoul Forum, where the spotlight was on Korea’s two investment giants, NPS and KIC, and their differing approaches to a shifting global real estate market. Meanwhile, Australia’s Aware Super makes good on a pledge to boost its US exposure; Principal opens a pipeline to French retail investors; family offices warm to US equity; LaSalle sizes up Europe’s potential NATO lift; Sixth Street hires a real estate fundraiser and more in this week’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
7 min read · 30 September 2025
Aware Super takes a bullish – and contrarian – stance as it looks to scale its investment activity in US real estate. Meanwhile, Blackstone names a successor to Wesley LePatner as CEO of BREIT, Brookfield charts a major expansion in Asia, QuadReal and Kennedy Wilson strike residential platform deals, a US pension dials up its risk appetite and more in this week’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
6 min read · 24 September 2025
The PERE team has a trove of exclusives packed into this week’s briefing, including the latest move by Korea’s National Pension Service and its quest to grow its direct real estate exposure, as well as a $1 billion debut fundraise for real assets specialist Greenpoint Partners. Elsewhere, Singapore’s GIC eyes a massive US real estate exit, REIT manager RMR Group launches its first private fund, a pair of veteran talent advisers launch a new firm and more in this week’s briefing, specially curated for our valued subscribers.
7 min read · 16 September 2025
Those hoping for a fundraising recovery can find an encouraging sign this week from rookie manager Greykite, which in 15 months on the road has amassed $1.4bn and counting for its debut property vehicle, PERE can reveal. Elsewhere in private real estate, allocators CalSTRS and Aware Super signal their intent to ramp up in the asset class; Blackstone gets its UK warehouse prize; KKR resumes its student-housing push; and more in this week’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
6 min read · 09 September 2025
September has arrived and so has PERE’s latest can’t-miss cover story: a conversation with Starwood Capital Group co-founder Barry Sternlicht and his anointed successor atop the firm, president Jonathan Pollack. Catch up on the details below. Elsewhere in private real estate, GLP gets a big investment from Abu Dhabi’s largest sovereign wealth fund; PERE examines the role of power in the real estate-infrastructure convergence; NBIM jumps back into Manhattan’s office market and more in this week’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
5 min read · 03 September 2025
Leadership changes top the headlines this week as Schroders names its next Asia-Pacific real estate head, Swedish manager Areim replaces its head of investor relations and Australia’s sovereign wealth fund taps a private real estate veteran to run its growing property business. Meanwhile, one of the UK’s largest pension investors charts a real estate expansion, US managers tweak their strategies for the tariff era and more in this week’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
6 min read · 27 August 2025
Korea’s National Pension Service tops the private real estate headlines this week, with the behemoth investor disclosing it has significantly accelerated its allocations to the asset class. Elsewhere, emerging female-led manager EOS Residential closes its debut fund above target; family offices indicate a growing appetite for real assets; a $1.4 billion investment mandate is awarded in Australia; and more in this week’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
6 min read · 19 August 2025