Managers

JEN Partners closes oversubscribed Fund 9 on record amount

The New York-based firm hit the $900m hard-cap of its JEN 9 fund, thanks to strong repeat investor support.

Blackstone’s Schwarzman talks up real estate’s resiliency amid AI, private credit fears

The firm’s chairman and CEO said physical assets and asset-based credit are better protected from technological disruption than corporate credit.

Australia’s Qualitas expands direct real estate capabilities

Jesse Curtis will lead a platform designed to bring asset management in-house and focus on products offering stable, income-producing investments.

Niam holds first close for ninth Nordic opportunistic fund

The Nordics specialist is already halfway toward its €1bn target for the fund after around six months on the road.

Invesco Real Estate buys majority stake in a $2bn senior housing portfolio

The assets were assembled by Kayne Anderson, which will stay on as a minority investor.

Prologis’s Arndt: ‘We’re getting ahead of what we see as growing deployment volumes’

The world’s largest REIT raised over $2.6bn of third-party equity in Q1 2026 amid a ‘fantastic quarter’ for investing capital.

GPIF taps Hong Kong’s Phoenix for domestic push

This marks the first time the world’s largest pension fund has invested in an Asia-based real estate manager.

Borrowing costs move to forefront as Iran conflict persists

While credit spreads have widened modestly, real estate managers are facing the potential for elevated debt costs as base rate projections change.

MARK holds first close for third Crossbay logistics fund

The London-based manager is targeting its largest-ever fundraise, with CBRE IM’s Indirect business among the first investors in the fund.

CBRE IM creates role to target growth in European value-add

Former Hines executive Paul White will head up CBRE IM’s Europe Value Partners series, for which the manager has not raised a fund since 2018.