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Urban Partners appoints North American investor relations lead

Ex-Niam executive Jennifer Andersson will look to deepen the Northern Europe-focused manager’s capital relationships in the US and Canada.

Aware Super makes debut commitment to student housing

The Australian super fund has pledged €426m to a venture that will also provide its first exposure to German real estate.

Starwood eyes ‘attractive entry point’ after $10.2bn close for Fund XIII

Launched in a ‘different environment’ for real estate in 2023, the firm’s latest flagship fund gathered enough momentum over the past year to top its $10bn fundraising goal.

Centuria secures Japanese investor backing for single-asset Sydney office fund

The ASX-listed firm has raised approximately A$268m in equity to acquire a 50% stake in two properties in the city’s World Square precinct.

Introducing PERE’s inaugural placement agent ranking

The biggest real estate capital advisory firms are ranked by both new and aggregate equity raised over the past year.

Greystar’s head of capital formation joins Hawkeye Partners to grow fund platform

Jennifer Ciullo, a nine-year veteran of the resi giant, comes to Hawkeye as the firm expands from seeding emerging managers to launching its own real estate funds.

Matter Real Estate appoints ex-Ares exec to lead Europe push

The London-based residential manager has hired its first head of Europe as it looks to scale its platform on the continent.

Download the July/August 2026 issue of PERE

Inside: Public REITs’ balancing act – can they serve two disparate investor groups?; Introducing PERE’s inaugural ranking of commercial real estate’s top placement agents; How energy costs are bringing renewables into focus; And much more…

Public REITs’ balancing act

The new entrants have closed some of the largest private real estate funds this year, but can they serve two disparate investor groups?

Mississippi PERS sees early recovery from core managers’ rebalancing

Although the firms all leaned more heavily into niche strategies, they diverged on how to recalibrate their office exposures going forward.