Sectors

CPP Investments further reduced real estate holdings in FY 2024

The Canadian pension plan posted a 5% loss in the asset class, blaming the poor performance partly on rising interest rates.

Hines: Developed Asian real estate prices have fallen 10%

But aggregate repricing in the region has been more limited than that of North America and Europe, according to a new report.

DOWNLOAD: Q1 2024 fundraising remains at a 12-year low

With only $19.8bn raised, the first quarter of 2024 recorded the lowest Q1 fundraising amount since 2011 when $15.2bn was corralled.

Retail net lease could enter rough waters

The sector is getting used to higher interest rates and cap rates, but uncertainty remains.

CIM Group on driving returns beyond market trends

Charting a new path for returns means getting back to basics, says Jolly Singh, a principal of portfolio oversight at CIM Group.

Mounting distress will invigorate the real estate transaction market

The impact of rising rates on borrowers has yet to catalyze a wave of distressed sales. But there are signs they are coming.

Blackstone reaches $7.6bn in equity for BREP Europe VII

The New York-based mega-manager is now approaching its target for the vehicle, bolstered by a pickup in European real estate opportunities.

Investors decide it is time to discuss trophies again

Amid a stalled private real estate marketplace, institutional investors at the PERE Network Europe Forum contemplated how now could be a good time to buy large office and retail properties.

Real estate owners expect future pricing to reflect embodied carbon

Industry practitioners anticipate embodied carbon will become a greater focus for prospective buyers in the future.

Blackstone pockets €1.3bn for Milan luxury retail asset

The mega-manager’s sale of trophy asset Via Montenapoleone 8 marks Italy’s largest-ever single-asset transaction.