Managers

Look Ahead 2025: Macquarie sees real estate getting macro uplift

The firm’s head of real estate strategy expects the sector – previously hard hit by rate hikes – recovering faster than other asset classes.

Look Ahead 2025: Trump’s immigration policy will have ‘nuanced’ effect on resi sector

Bell Partners CIO Nickolay Bochilo predicts both supply and demand of US multifamily housing could come under pressure.

Macquarie fund takes stake in credit specialist IDA

MAM’s head of real estate APAC James Kemp sees the potential for the Australian real estate credit market to double in the next decade.

What’s in a name? Brookfield’s Centersquare sued by mid-sized manager CenterSquare

Two data center businesses are facing off in a legal battle over a shared name and target sector.

Australia’s IFM targets ‘blurring boundaries’ between real estate and infra

With its new merger, the Melbourne-based infrastructure firm hopes to grow and globalize property fund manager IFM’s unlisted platform.

CapitaLand’s Tham: ‘We would really love to grow in Australia’

The Singaporean firm, which is buying Australian credit manager Wingate, aims to triple its FUM in the country over the next few years.

Blackstone pays $2.6bn for Tokyo towers, its largest deal in Japan to date

The manager reportedly outbid KKR and BGO for the mixed-use Garden Terrace Kioicho and its 1.2 million square feet of fully occupied offices.

Why one ex-Credit Suisse real estate executive decided to launch a SPAC

Robert Rackind sees an opportunity to take a real estate investment manager public amid pressures in the ‘squeezed middle’ segment.

CBRE uses AI-tool to estimate real estate secondaries is $23bn market

The firm defines RE deals as any transaction where private equity is exchanged in the capital stack and where the operator maintains control over the asset.

Stonepeak holds final close on debut real estate fund

The milestone comes four years after the New York-based infrastructure giant formally launched a dedicated platform in the asset class.