Residential

The £500m commitment to a joint venture with Kennedy Wilson represents the Canadian pension plan’s first foray into SFR in Europe and a chance to ‘really go at scale’ in the sector.

The deal includes a separate $200m seed investment by the UK pension investor, which cited growing institutional interest in US multifamily and logistics assets and decarbonization initiatives.

In seeding a first-of-its-kind pan-European student accommodation fund, the manager’s indirect real estate business has shifted its approach to the sector.

Property-level distress is not just a US office problem, says Tom Leahy, MSCI’s head of EMEA real assets research.

The chief executive dishes on the state of the market during PERE’s Global Advisory Board Insights webinar.

The New York-based firm says it now has a $70bn data center portfolio, and significantly more in the pipeline.

The UK pension pool made the first investment for its newly launched UK Residential Indirect Property Partnership earlier this month.

The Chicago-based alternative asset manager is teaming up with the London-based firm to invest in two platforms focused on the sector.

Despite the brighter outlook for attracting capital to private real estate, key metrics point to ongoing challenges for fund managers.

The Munich-based multifamily office has hired Cord Ernst to run the North American division and struck its first deal in the region.