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Starwood eyes ‘attractive entry point’ after $10.2bn close for Fund XIII

Launched in a ‘different environment’ for real estate in 2023, the firm’s latest flagship fund gathered enough momentum over the past year to top its $10bn fundraising goal.

Introducing PERE’s inaugural placement agent ranking

The biggest real estate capital advisory firms are ranked by both new and aggregate equity raised over the past year.

Greystar’s head of capital formation joins Hawkeye Partners to grow fund platform

Jennifer Ciullo, a nine-year veteran of the resi giant, comes to Hawkeye as the firm expands from seeding emerging managers to launching its own real estate funds.

Newport Capital Partners on the resurgence of everyday essential retail

Capital is once again returning to the retail sector in a big way, say Newport Capital Partners’ Derrick McGavic and Josh Kagan.

Rising confidence fuels secondaries dealflow

A growing cohort of institutional investors are turning to real estate secondaries as global buyers look for exposure to in-demand asset classes.

Northwood Investors on open-air retail gaining momentum

Specialty open-air retail centers are providing a notable investment opportunity in the current retail landscape, say Northwood’s Ward Kampf and Sam Payette.

Partners Group on navigating the ‘complex middle’ of bespoke mid-market secondaries

Real estate secondaries has come of age in a higher-rate world, but investors need to do more than price illiquidity to gain an edge, say Henrik Orrbeck and Stefan Lempen at Partners Group.

Public REITs’ balancing act

The new entrants have closed some of the largest private real estate funds this year, but can they serve two disparate investor groups?

Private real estate managers rewrite the playbook

The strong growth of continuation vehicles signals that the real estate secondaries market has shed its reputation as a last resort for distress-driven strategies.

CBRE Investment Management: Secondaries comes of age

The strategy has moved beyond its opportunistic roots to become a key portfolio management tool, say CBRE IM’s Achal Gandhi, Kilian Toms and Chris Dickson.