Sectors

How real estate investors are achieving the ‘S’ of ESG

Communities take center stage as investors engage with local stakeholders and act on occupant wellbeing, data from the Fitwel benchmark shows.

Manulife: Social inclusion makes economic sense

Sustainable real estate strategies that work with stakeholder communities are well-positioned to mitigate risks and can also create long-term asset value, argue Manulife’s Erin Patterson, Onay Payne and Regan Smith.

BlackRock creates dedicated co-investment role in Europe

The firm has promoted Thorsten Slytå to the new position, which was established in response to growing demand for more direct investment.

Border to Coast’s Smith: This is the right time to buy

With its partner funds around £850m underweight to UK real estate, the LGPS pool is poised to begin deploying from its latest vehicle, says head of real estate Alistair Smith.

Future Fund to consider housing investments under new mandate

For the first time, the Australian government has directed the superannuation fund to target specific asset classes when making investments.

NY state pension hits $3bn in real estate commitments this year

NYSCRF’s recent pledges include $400m to a new partner targeting cold storage.

Octopus appoints Spain lead to support European expansion

The UK manager aims to bring all of its real estate equity and debt strategies into Spain and elsewhere in Europe over the next three years.

Temerity Strategic Partners closes inaugural fund in ‘extraordinarily difficult’ cycle

The emerging manager received a $100m anchor commitment from Texas TRS.

Greystar eyes another close for its essential housing fund

The fund has $350m in the pipeline across 10 US markets.

Berkshire Global Advisors: Rate cuts should help stimulate M&A

The right sector exposure is important for buyers, but sellers will be predominantly those looking to scale up with larger firms, writes Berkshire Global Advisors’ Drew Murphy.