Endowments

Japanese real estate investors raise return targets amid rising rates

The country’s institutions are recalibrating their core-heavy strategies to focus more on value-add opportunities.

Trinity Church, one of New York’s biggest landowners, is bullish on RE credit

The endowment is also optimistic about resilient office assets and a market rebound amid renewed leasing momentum.

Making the financial case for impact investing

New research from the Multifamily Impact Council and NYU finds multifamily resident services, engagement and sustainability initiatives positively influence NOI, writes Bob Simpson, founder and CEO of the Multifamily Impact Council.

Five forces are reshaping global living-sector investment

Institutional capital is redrawing residential strategies as structural shortages, operational intensity and demographic demand reshape the global living sector.

Sale-leasebacks gain ground as capital pressures mount

Rising refinancing needs, M&A activity and a cost-of-capital advantage are driving demand from both corporates and investors.

NorthPoint Development closes its largest fund to date

The Kansas City-based industrial specialist sees a ‘generational buying opportunity’ from forced sellers for its seventh vehicle.

What makes a strong investor-manager relationship?

Exclusive PERE research finds reporting transparency, value creation and true partnership are the leading attributes. By Evie Rusman and Helen Lewer

Perspectives 2026: Investors rekindle their ambitions for private real estate

Real estate has underperformed for most investors, yet high levels of under-allocation together with an improved outlook are prompting a return to fresh commitments.

DOWNLOAD: 45% of investors to deploy more real estate capital in 2026

Two-thirds of institutions are now underallocated to the asset class, and most plan to either maintain or increase their capital investment this year.

UK’s Church Commissioners outlines plans to deliver 30,000 homes

The £11bn endowment fund sets out integrated plans for housing and related renewable energy generation to support government ambitions.