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Carlyle’s Lee: ‘We are focused on scale and thinking bigger’

The Washington, DC firm expects to hold an $8bn final close this fall for Carlyle Realty Partners IX, which would be 45% larger than its predecessor.

Pantheon joins growing list of asset managers entering real estate

The $65.9bn AUM manager will kick-start its investments in the asset class with the secondaries space as initial area of focus.

The privatization of data centers has begun

Blackstone’s $10bn bid for QTS Realty Trust is the first privatization bid for a data center operator. It will not be the last.

Why Brookfield wants to bring scale to residential lot banking

With the acquisition of Newland, the Toronto-based manager now has a nationwide platform for residential land and control over 80,000 lots.

Deep Dive: The changing ownership of Las Vegas

The past three years have seen a major uptick in real estate splurges on the world-famous Strip, led by private, institutional capital. PERE explores why.

Niche sectors attract Chinese investors

Investors in China real estate are turning to non-core sectors, where they can build scale and boost returns.

Post-covid worries take center stage at PERE Global

Ending government forbearance, inflation fears and heated marketplaces were top discussions items during PERE’s first all-virtual Global Summit.

Big Debate: Who can best manage data centers?

InfraVia’s Athanasios Zoulovits and Harrison Street’s Michael Hochanadel discuss whether infra or real estate are better suited to these assets.

APG makes second data center investment in Asia

The Dutch pension fund manager has committed close to $700m in the region’s data center platforms since the second quarter of 2020.

Is the future of real estate investment virtual?

Janine Yorio, head of real estate at the crowdfunding platform Republic, tells PERE how NFTs have led to a rise in virtual real estate investment.