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The Boston-based firm’s co-founder gave four reasons why ‘this has been the toughest fundraising environment in our 30-year history.’

The German manager has raised around €300m to invest in social and affordable housing across western Europe.

Blackstone’s president said commercial real estate values are bottoming out and expected an uptick in realizations in H2.

Nearly half of the $4.5bn GCP raised across strategies came from RMB vehicles for the 12 months ended November 2023.

A week on from the appointment of Karim Habra, the manager has hired two more executives to bolster its operational real estate expertise.

The Chicago-based industrial specialist has appointed Charles Baigler to grow a continental Europe business.

With General Atlantic as its new owner, the firm will add Japan as a new investment market for real estate.

New global real estate co-head Nadeem Meghji believes the firm has ‘an unparalleled opportunity’ to invest capital amid a dislocated market.

The banking giant’s CFO said the firm ‘made substantial progress’ in selling down its commercial real estate balance sheet portfolio in 2023.

The ex-Blackstone real estate boss has included three strategies in the investing thesis for his new firm’s maiden fund.