Sectors

KWAP’s Hamid: ‘You cannot miss a vintage’

The Malaysian pension fund’s head of investments and acquisitions for real estate sees supportive conditions in Europe for non-core deployment.

Kansas City school pension looks to restart real estate investing

The $683m system hit pause on new investments during the pandemic, but now is considering five fund commitments to boost its allocation.

Sculptor closes Fund V, beats $3bn target by over 50%

With co-investment capital, the New York-based manager’s latest opportunistic vehicle is more than double the size of its predecessor.

Boom or bust, AI has cleaved the real estate industry in two

The gulf between data center proponents and dissenters is only growing wider as Nvidia’s star continues to rise.

CPP’s van Oosterom on taking ‘the broadest view’ in real estate

The Canadian pension plan’s head of real estate says avoiding a real estate versus infrastructure approach can bring ‘better alpha.’

Blackstone’s real estate co-head departure raises myriad questions 

The firm’s decision to have only a sole global head leaves a leadership vacuum – and contradicts its earlier position on oversight of the business.

Private real estate grapples with increasing ambiguity

PERE America Forum participants discuss how the convergence of property and other asset classes has created new opportunities – and new problems.

LŌ-GOI Group expands into Europe with French developer

The Singaporean firm is raising capital to deploy in France, with plans to expand in Asia once founder Trent Iliffe’s non-compete with ESR concludes.

Blackstone real estate chief Kathleen McCarthy to step down

The mega-manager’s global co-head of real estate is leaving after 15 years, placing Nadeem Meghji into sole leadership of its $320 billion property business.

TA Realty’s Strope: ‘So much of data centers is so little understood’

One of private real estate’s hottest sectors is also one of the most opaque, according to speakers at the PERE America Forum.