Middle East

Investor appetite shrinks for the largest warehouses

Amid a new cycle, selective positioning is needed as industrial and logistics real estate investors reassess big-box demand.

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.

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.

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.