Office

Brookfield’s Baron: The pressure on investors has eased

After Brookfield held an institutional close on what is set to be its largest-ever real estate fund, the firm’s CIO for real estate sees investors growing in confidence as transactions tick up.

CIM Group: Turning NOI into tailwinds at the asset level

There are very important real estate management strategies behind actively creating value at the asset level, explains CIM Group’s Jolly Singh.

The repurposing opportunity has been vastly underestimated

Contrary to popular belief, a significant majority of commercial real estate buildings have a future life, says Jacob Loftus, founder and CEO of General Projects.

Nuveen nixes London office sale to Blackstone, pulls listing

Had the £322m deal for the Can of Ham building proceeded, it would have been one of London’s largest office transactions in years.

165 Mercer Street, New York: Will a parking-garage-turned-office finally turn its luck around?

Spear Street Capital purchased the 31,000-square foot mixed-use property for $40m in March, with a $24m loan from a Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies fund.

Deep Dive: Rana Ghorayeb takes on CDPQ’s real estate reboot

Tasked with navigating the pension’s C$75bn property portfolio through a turbulent environment and the organization’s own unprecedented restructuring, Rana Ghorayeb is undaunted.

Invesco nears final close for European value-add fund

The real estate vehicle is the first to have a ‘value-add-plus’ strategy after the Dallas-based manager combined two of its fund series.

Family offices do not fear office deals 

Private wealth investors are bargain hunting for devalued assets and willing to take on recourse debt to get them.

M&G Real Estate to tap third-party capital for value-add strategy

This move comes as the firm approaches full deployment of capital from its first $900m international value-add strategy.

CalSTRS backs emerging data center firm amid $1.2bn allocation spree

The teachers pension’s biggest real estate commitment last year was to a new relationship with hyperscale developer BlackChamber Group.