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Core real estate’s scarcity premium comes under scrutiny

Investor appetite for prime assets is intensifying, but a stubborn bid-ask gap is challenging the notion that scarcity alone will command a premium, writes JC Russell.

The public-private divide is getting more nuanced

Core investors are looking beyond a simple public vs private choice, selecting structures based on the role vehicles need to play in the real estate portfolio.

Redefining core real estate

Core real estate investors are looking beyond the traditional sector menu to new asset types capable of delivering resilient, long-term income.

On the minds of core real estate investing professionals

As core strategies adjust to a new market cycle, managers and investors emphasize resilient cashflows, operational execution and structural demand as the foundations of outperformance.

Five forces reshape core real estate investing

From income durability to active management to broadening sector definitions, these shifts are reshaping what qualifies as core and core-plus real estate in 2026.

Domestic capital, asset repricing and new demand reshape APAC real estate in 2026

PEI Group found APAC-focused private real estate fundraising attracted $20.5bn at the end of 2025, a $6bn increase on 2024.

Core investors confront the green transition

The cost of waiting to future-proof real estate assets is rising as core and core-plus investors weigh energy-efficient retrofits against the risk of future obsolescence, writes Elisabeth Jeffries.

APAC Fund Manager Guide 2026

PERE’s annual ranking of private real estate fund managers active throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

Open-end core real estate funds face a liquidity test

Redemption queues have reset investor expectations around real estate’s liquidity illusion, but managers say the case for open-end core remains intact, writes Giovanni Legorano.

Core real estate’s geography of safety is evolving

Investors are redefining risk and rethinking what belongs in a core portfolio across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific.