Residential

PERE’s Residential Report 2021 details why the sector is staying strong after an exceptional year.

With the acquisition of Newland, the Toronto-based manager now has a nationwide platform for residential land and control over 80,000 lots.

Covid-19 has brought US multifamily opportunities in secondary markets to the forefront, says David Smith, chief operating officer of Avenue Living Asset Management and chief executive officer of Avenue Living’s US real estate trust

Residential real estate performance has withstood the pandemic. However Macquarie Asset Management’s Dana Gibson and Rod Cornish say the sector will see changes thanks to covid-19 accelerating long-term trends

European residential has proven a robust proposition to fight volatility since the outbreak of the covid-19 crisis, argues PATRIZIA’s Mahdi Mokrane.

Multifamily in the US might have been a wild asset class back in the 1970s, but Fairfield’s Greg Pinkalla has seen it become one of the core holdings of US investors today – while still maintaining the flexibility to ‘roll with the punches’.

There is significant scope to continue funding residential developments in the UK as banks continue to retreat from this space, says Jai Patel, with ample opportunity to prioritize a green agenda.

The pandemic has failed to halt growth in a rapidly institutionalizing segment, argue Brookfield Asset Management’s Zachary Vaughan and Jeannie Wong.

Landlords will have to be increasingly involved in the operation of buildings as covid accelerates changes in multifamily, says John German, managing director – residential investments at Invesco Real Estate.

The Sydney-based real estate fund manager will provide equity for the acquisition of seed assets and bring in co-investment capital from its investors.