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To grasp opportunities in a reset European lending market, lenders need to look beyond their traditional roles, argue Deutsche Pfandbriefbank’s Duncan Pearson and Charles Balch in this episode of The PERE Podcast.

The region’s relative stability in an era of turmoil could draw in capital as the property market recovers. Participants in PERE’s Europe roundtable consider whether it can seize the moment.

The investment will support Alterra’s growing IOS portfolio in a further sign of the institutionalization of the asset class.

The manager is looking to bring in third-party capital to help grow its Green Storage platform, which is currently owned outright by parent company TIAA.

Blackstone’s reported bid for local developer New World signals the market is back on global institutions’ radar.

The New York-based manager said investor demand for its latest industrial outdoor storage fund ‘substantially’ exceeded its $400m hard-cap.

The PERE Podcast highlights growing institutional appetite for exposure to outdoor storage portfolios, with insights from Realterm CIO Price Booker.

Focused on HMOs, the venture with Tokoro Capital marks GCM Grosvenor’s first investment in the UK student accommodation space.

The UK-focused manager has secured a commitment from an institutional pension scheme for its needs-based real estate income strategy.

The manager has secured 40% of its capital target within two months of launching the Southern Europe-focused fund.