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Many groups rushing into the R&D real estate space have little to no experience, Ivanhoé Cambridge’s Jonathan Pearce said during PERE’s Global Summit 2021.

The chief investment and innovation officer at the Canadian investor underlined at PERE’s first Global Summit the importance of setting ESG targets.

Is now the time for private real estate investors to generate returns in retail property and, if so, how should they go about it?

Inflation fears are back but mitigating forces should not be underestimated, says Jose Luis Pellicer, head of investment strategy and research at M&G Real Estate.

The Starwood chairman says New York and other Democrat-controlled areas need a ‘tsunami of change’ if they are to remain attractive to real estate owners.

There are many hurdles in converting assets from one sector to another, but cost is about to become less of one.

The pandemic has helped to facilitate the conversion of troubled assets in the sector. But such activity is not for the faint of heart.

The private equity giant took a different exit route in splitting from its indirect real estate platform than other sub-scale businesses in recent years.

PERE hears from an investor in each major region about what real estate debt means to their respective organization.

Real estate debt managers drew ample investor support for strategies ranging from senior debt to special situations, despite unprecedented uncertainty in the global macroeconomic environment.