Middle East

The Emirati wealth fund is taking an initial $500m stake in GLP months after the data center and logistics manager sold its international business to Ares.

Bigger firms, bigger deals and the ubiquity of data characterized the evolution of dealmaking in private real estate over the past decade.

Allocations in aggregate may have withstood the turbulence of the era, but investors have had to adapt their approach.

The Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund hired Daniel Fletcher, an investment professional from Toronto-based DREAM, to lead its North American property business.

Sovereign wealth funds’ total allocation to real estate has declined for the third year running, Invesco’s latest research finds.

Institutional appetite is gaining pace to allocate to sectors that have infrastructure characteristics, writes James Jacobs, head of real assets for Lazard’s private capital advisory group.

From Brexit and wars to a US-China divide and the rise of India, these themes dominated the geopolitical landscape of the last 10 years in real estate.

The start of war between Israel and Iran gives investors cause to re-stress test the region’s commercial real estate thesis.

Christina Gaw is determined to make Gaw Capital Partners’ relationship with Gulf markets about more than fundraising.

North American investors accounted for more than half of the capital raised, while the remainder came from Asia and the Middle East.