The London-based asset management firm is raising $200 million to target already-built properties associated with public universities with a minimum of 15,000 students.
2 min read · 28 August 2013
The $260 billion pension plan has selected the firm as a new manager for its multifamily real estate program. Meanwhile, another public institution has terminated its relationship with Invesco as one of its core real estate managers.
2 min read · 28 August 2013
Ken Whitney, who joined Blackstone in 1988, has long led the firm’s investor relations function, but he also played a key role in helping create various business lines like real estate and corporate debt.
2 min read · 27 August 2013
The $88.9 billion pension plan also expects to transfer four real estate operating companies that it currently manages internally to the newly formed intermediary.
2 min read · 27 August 2013
Peter Larsen, who previously was co-head of real estate investments at Hamilton Lane, now will serve as principal at the Greenwich, Connecticut-based placement agent and advisory firm.
2 min read · 27 August 2013
The Greensboro, North Carolina-based firm has raised $200 million for Bell Apartment Fund IV, which will invest in US multifamily properties.
1 min read · 27 August 2013
Pramerica Real Estate Capital III includes a commitment from Dutch pension fund manager APG.
2 min read · 27 August 2013
Two transactions mean the Hong Kong- and Singapore-focused private equity real estate firm is close to having committed 70 percent of the equity of its $209 million Pamfleet Real Estate Fund – but it should be able to recycle some capital from early exits.
2 min read · 27 August 2013
Foreign institutional investors are beginning to return to Asian real estate with renewed interest, but are more cautious of taking inordinate risks, delegates heard at the APREA Property Leaders Forum heard today.
2 min read · 27 August 2013
Industry veteran Sam Zell warned the APREA Property Leaders Forum 2013 today that a lack of natural resources in Asia could undermine the region’s real estate markets.
2 min read · 27 August 2013