Asia-Pacific

Oaktree to grow credit business in Japan with new hire

The US firm’s real estate credit business has previously focused on the US, Europe and Australia.

PGIM Real Estate’s Amabile: ‘We’re seeing potential activity in office’

The New Jersey-based manager’s co-CEO said pricing has dropped low enough in certain markets to consider alternative use.

Deep Dive: The investors to watch in the new cycle

With one eye on the new market cycle, emerging and evolving capital sources are mobilizing to make the most out of an allocation to private real estate.

The future is bright for life sciences property

In 2024, market vacancies increased with new construction delivered vacant, but this trend should reverse as demand and supply return to more manageable levels.

Keppel’s third data center fund to drive global growth ambitions

Alongside the APAC-focused main fund, the firm is working with Aermont Capital to develop a separate sleeve for European data centers.

Nuveen’s Asia core fund buys first Korean office

The firm has acquired three offices under the core strategy in Singapore, Sydney and Seoul since it was launched in 2018.

Hines takes customer service to the next level

In opening an office next door to Korea’s largest investor, Hines’ bold move emphasizes the importance of strategic relationship management in today’s private real estate market.

MSCI: Distress pressure is building across global real estate

Property-level distress is not just a US office problem, says Tom Leahy, MSCI’s head of EMEA real assets research.

Blackstone’s LePatner: ‘We’ll be the largest owner of data centers globally’

The New York-based firm says it now has a $70bn data center portfolio, and significantly more in the pipeline.

Oxford makes North America, Europe leadership changes

The Toronto-based pension giant promoted Randy Hoffman to head of US and Tyler Seaman to head of Canada, among several other moves.