Sectors

Brighter Super seeks new real estate managers as it eyes growth

The A$33.5bn Queensland-based superfund handed a mandate to Barings this year and is open to further new relationships.

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.

Blackstone creates two senior real estate roles in Japan

The firm is understood to have executed $8.2bn of real estate transactions in the country over the past 15 months.

Hillhouse’s Rava Partners to launch $2bn-plus second fund

Co-led by Warburg Pincus’s former partner Joe Gagnon, the firm deployed approximately 40% of Fund I’s capital in 2024.

Private real estate looks to diversify in the face of volatility

As global economies descend into a trade war, investors and managers are prioritizing a greater mix of strategies to navigate through uncertainty.

Zodiac House: London Repurposed brutalism rises to the occasion

Well-known Zodiac House has been through some changes over the decades, from a WWII hospital to the prime location of a TV show, but is now in for a 2025 overhaul by Croydon City Council.

PGIM Real Estate secures 60% of its target for Asia Fund V

The firm is also in the market with its Australia debt vehicle, which is expected to reach a final close at the end of 2025.

Inside Toronto Transit’s real estate portfolio overhaul

The Canadian pension’s chief investment officer, Andrew Greene, tells PERE why it plans to transition its real estate portfolio from mostly direct holdings to majority fund commitments.

UBS real estate veteran teams up with Aboria Capital

Eric Byrne, who co-founded UBS Asset Management’s real estate and private markets multi-manager business, will support the emerging UK firm as senior adviser.

Australian Retirement Trust’s Lee: Managers will need ‘to have courage’

The Australian super fund’s head of real estate says his team will be asking their partners ‘challenging’ questions amid protracted market difficulties.