North America

The California-based manager has raised both its largest fund and co-investment vehicle with Whitman Peterson Partners V.

The $218m vehicle beat its target size and attracted significantly more capital than its predecessor.

Investors demand substantially more compensation for taking liquidity risk in office markets than they do in industrial, writes Tom Leahy, head of EMEA real assets research at MSCI.

The platform bypasses managers such as Blackstone and Brookfield in favor of smaller, specialized firms for wealthy client portfolios.

Analysis of PERE’s first Core 100 manager ranking demonstrates how an asset specificity now matters less than the resilience of its performance.

As growing investor appetite coincides with a unique buying opportunity, medical outpatient buildings are emerging as an increasingly viable institutional property investment.

Investor appetite for prime assets is intensifying, but a stubborn bid-ask gap is challenging the notion that scarcity alone will command a premium, writes JC Russell.

Boosting returns and scale at the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund is no easy feat. But the property boss is up to the task.

Core real estate has become more challenging in a higher-rate environment, but today’s market offers one of the strongest buying opportunities for selective investors, say Manulife Investment Management’s Marc Feliciano and Maggie Coleman.

Core real estate investors are looking beyond the traditional sector menu to new asset types capable of delivering resilient, long-term income.