Europe

Repurposing older commercial real estate assets to suit housing needs will present investment opportunities globally.

Attracted by long-term income returns, investors are increasingly looking at growing markets for purpose-built rental housing.

The French manager will add high-yield lending to its repertoire as it aims to double the holdings of the newly combined platform.

Real estate investors are increasingly turning to the affordable housing sector in an attempt to marry social and economic returns.

The CEO of the investment division at the UK charity says performance targets will need to change as real estate becomes more operationally intensive.

The pandemic reinforced the need for managers to strike closer partnerships with their tenants, according to the firm’s global head of real estate.

Participants in PERE’s UK roundtable describe a market emerging from the shadow of Brexit and covid. But the pandemic debt hangover portends a painful recovery.

The ex-Tristan Capital executive believes the $5.5bn raised by the managers of PERE’s Proptech 20 ranking could eventually grow to 10 times that size.

The constituents of PERE’s signature ranking of private real estate managers saw their capital markets activities impacted last year, but not knocked off course.

The 2021 ranking reflects more muted fundraising activity during the covid pandemic.