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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.

After a significant repricing cycle, LaSalle Investment Management’s Matthew Sgrizzi and Jim Garvey say core equity is offering income yields that institutional investors have not seen in a decade, though risks remain.

The president and CEO of OMERS’ property business expects appetite for private real estate’s lowest risk and return profile to come back as another cycle forms.

The cost of waiting to future-proof real estate assets is rising as core and core-plus investors weigh energy-efficient retrofits against the risk of future obsolescence, writes Elisabeth Jeffries.

Alternative sectors have moved from niche allocations to mainstream portfolios as investors emphasize demand resilience and long-term demographics, say Christopher Merrill and Joey Lansing of Harrison Street Asset Management.