Regions

What a pullback on Saudi mega-projects means for GCC real estate

The PERE Podcast highlights the Middle East’s rise as a destination for global real estate capital and the region’s shifting market dynamics, with insights from Sousou Partners’ Ghada Sousou.

Hillhouse-backed Logicap’s new fund draws Japanese investors

Following its latest JV with Hulic, the firm is seeing more interest from Japanese capital for its upcoming opportunistic vehicle in India.

‘A more discerning market’: What’s driving real estate’s fundraising upswing

The PERE Podcast breaks down a budding recovery in real estate capital formation, with insights from Bain Capital’s Ryan Cotton.

Gaw Capital to wind down US, Europe institutional businesses

The Hong Kong-based manager is ‘going back to our roots’ by emphasizing its pan-Asia strategies for institutional investors.

Real estate target allocations fall for first time in over a decade

Hodes Weill and Cornell University’s annual report finds institutions lowered targets 10bps on average in 2025, the first decline in the survey’s 13-year history.

Advisory firm Sousou Connect launches Saudi venture

The London-based real assets consulting firm is responding to an increase in global managers seeking to raise and deploy capital in the region.

Blackstone forms $5bn Gulf logistics venture

The firm is expanding its warehouse footprint in partnership with Lunate, the Abu Dhabi-based firm that teamed with Brookfield on a Middle East residential strategy in May.

The GI 100 grapples with shrinking allocations to real estate

PERE’s investor ranking sees its first-ever aggregate decline in property exposure as macroeconomic factors continue to weigh on values and sentiment.

For the Global Investor 100, the pain has yet to pass

For the first time on record, PERE’s global investor ranking contends with a decline in aggregate allocation to private real estate.