Middle East

DOWNLOAD: Fundraising hit an 11-year low in 2023

The total of $138.93bn raised in 2023 represented a 41% drop from the $236.04bn raised in the 2021 fundraising peak.

The impact of geopolitics on real estate returns

In this podcast, Abby Rosenbaum of Oxford Economics discusses how two key global conflicts will be a drag on performance in differing ways.

Prologis’s Letter: Shipping disruptions will be ‘tailwind for demand’

The demand for warehouse space globally will be higher over the next few quarters due to ‘escalating issues’ in the Suez and Panama canals.

Look Ahead 2024: Middle Eastern investors shake up US strategies

Following a trip to the Middle East, Berkadia’s Noam Franklin expects investors in the region to be interested but highly selective on US real estate opportunities this year.

Mubadala makes major push in European property credit investment

The sovereign wealth investor has joined forces with Aldar Properties and Ares Management for a $1bn investment drive.

DOWNLOAD: 2023 fundraising slump continues with anemic Q3

If fundraising continues at its current place, the year is on track to end with the lowest amount raised since 2012.

Veteran capital-raiser returns to private real estate in Patrizia role

Well-known capital advisory specialist JC Klein has joined the Augsburg-based manager to spearhead its activities in the Middle East.

Mubadala commits $300m to CBC HIP’s China life science venture

The APG-backed healthcare platform is also in talks with other institutions from Asia and the Middle East as it eyes a $1.5bn final close.

Prologis’s CEO: ‘We are really being picky about what we buy’

Hamid Moghadam says the logistics real estate giant is now focusing on acquiring assets with higher-return potential.

The PERE GI 100 edges up

PERE’s 2023 ranking of institutional investors by equity invested in private real estate has grown, but more slowly, in another sign of the times.