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GCM Grosvenor backs UK student housing venture with affordability angle

Focused on HMOs, the venture with Tokoro Capital marks GCM Grosvenor’s first investment in the UK student accommodation space.

Patrizia appoints ex-government IR lead as UK product specialist

Gus Wiseman will support the German manager’s strategic UK expansion through investor relations and engagement with policy and regulation.

29-33 Avenue des Champs-Élysées: Private equity pair reels in former Parisian cinema in historic location

The former cinema is to be converted into three retail units and an office space by Bain Capital and Revcap.

Newcore holds close for social infrastructure core-plus fund

The UK-focused manager has secured a commitment from an institutional pension scheme for its needs-based real estate income strategy.

Lazard: Investor optimism underpins fundraising recovery

With investor sentiment improving last year, the picture for capital flows in 2026 looks brighter, writes James Jacobs, head of real assets for Lazard’s private capital advisory group.

BC Partners offloads real estate business to L&G’s Proprium

BC Partners will retain some economic interest in its $1bn inaugural real estate fund, with a 17-strong team joining Proprium, affiliate title PEI understands.

Perspectives 2026: Investors rekindle their ambitions for private real estate

Real estate has underperformed for most investors, yet high levels of under-allocation together with an improved outlook are prompting a return to fresh commitments.

Dream Industrial on powering industrial real estate’s next demand cycle

Trade, defense and energy spending are reshaping industrial demand as supply remains tight, explain Dream Industrial’s Alexander Sannikov, Bruce Traversy and Sjoerd Barmentloo.

IPUT: Dublin’s warehouse supply crunch is under way

With demand far outstripping supply, a structural shortage is fueling rental growth well above the European average, according to IPUT’s Niall Gaffney.

Macquarie on logistics real estate’s transition as global markets reset

Vacancy shifts, land scarcity and automation pressures are reshaping markets around the world, say Macquarie Asset Management’s Julia Huang, James Bechely-Crundall and James Besson.