Deals

Oxford Properties moves into US shopping centers in $250m deal

The Toronto-based investor’s head of US investments Ankit Bhatt calls the transaction ‘a foundation for growth in a new sector.’

Blackstone, DivcoWest ink $2.3bn deal for Hawaii’s Alexander & Baldwin

The managers seek to take private one of the Aloha State’s largest and oldest landowners, with a portfolio of four million square feet across various sectors.

Tishman Speyer forms separately managed account for German investor

The US manager seeded the vehicle with the purchase of an office building in Paris.

Mavik cites US tariffs as key to Plymouth REIT investment

Post-tariff volatility is changing the way the New York-based manager is allocating opportunistic capital.

‘Rise of the stakers’: Why Japanese firms are buying up US and European managers

The PERE Podcast spotlights a slew of M&A deals involving some of the country’s biggest corporations staking their claims, featuring Patron Capital founder Keith Breslauer.

Blue Vista, UBS and Extra Space form US self-storage venture

With an initial $600m capitalization, the partnership aims to assemble the country’s largest privately owned self-storage platform.

Fifth Wall’s Wallace predicts Proptech 20 rebound

However, the founder of the New York-based manager warns the thawing of the capital markets will concentrate at the bigger end of the market.

The rise and rise of take-privates

Short-term and increasingly passive public markets aren’t always the right fit for major transformations, particularly those being driven by trends such as decarbonisation and AI.

Modelling public-private exposure

Do customisable models incorporating both public and private markets exposure represent the next step in the democratisation of alternatives?