Data Centers

GRESB: Data centers need their own sustainability benchmark

As data centers grow in scale and strategic importance, investors face rising pressure to evaluate their environmental and social impacts through sector-specific, comparable metrics, according to Chris Pyke, chief innovation officer, GRESB.

Harrison Street’s 10th flagship fund hits $1bn within one month

The fund’s target sectors include data centers and student housing.

USS backs £10bn Blackstone UK data center, eyes European expansion

The UK’s largest pension scheme says the risk-adjusted return opportunity from data center developments is currently more appealing than stabilized assets.

StepStone raises largest-ever real estate secondaries fund with $4.5bn haul

The record fundraise bests a previous mark set by Goldman Sachs as the manager aims to take advantage of tariff turmoil.

DOWNLOAD: Q1 2025 fundraising showed early signs of recovery

Bolstered by two Blackstone funds, capital raising volume for the quarter marked the first year-on-year increase for a Q1 total since 2022.

BGO makes senior leadership changes

Five executives have been elevated to key global or regional roles as part of the Miami-based manager’s long-term succession planning.

Prologis’s public-private juggling act

Being a public REIT with a private capital business will require adeptly managing potential conflicts between the two.

Prologis doubles down on private capital

The world’s largest REIT faces a daunting fundraising market, but the top executives in its strategic capital business are up for the challenge.

StepStone Group on finding opportunities in market turmoil

Illiquid markets and overleveraged assets have opened a slew of GP-led secondaries deals, says Jeff Giller of StepStone.

Secondaries provides inroads to in-demand sectors

As high interest rates, depressed values and fluctuating markets continue to squeeze investors, real estate secondaries is flourishing.