Retail

Starwood, the next generation

Barry Sternlicht and his successor, Jonathan Pollack, discuss the wide-ranging implications of the firm’s new leadership structure.

China’s markets remain depressed, but pockets of opportunity emerge

The office sector is stricken by oversupply, but retail is becoming an emerging investment theme and multifamily is drawing interest.

India has global capital pursuing opportunities across asset classes

Foreign investors are looking at data center space as corporates migrate to the cloud and developers focus on industrial and logistics assets.

Australia and New Zealand have foreign investors gravitating to lower pricing

Investor activity remains mostly concentrated in the industrial and living sectors, with Sydney and Brisbane drawing attention.

Florida SBA commits $1.57bn to real estate in Q2 

Including $625m to funds and $880m to JVs, it is the pension investor’s highest quarterly allocation to the asset class in at least 10 years.

Colonial First State considers overseas real estate deployment

The Australian wealth manager and superfund provider sees potential opportunities to expand its all-Australian property book in markets such as European industrial.

L&G and Federated Hermes’ fund merger reflects ‘evolved’ market

The combination of two UK property funds will create a £4.7bn platform amid shifting preferences from domestic pension schemes.

Charter Hall secures Challenger Life mandate, raises retail fund

The Australian firm now manages the annuities provider’s direct property portfolio, previously overseen by Elanor Investors Group.

AIMCo’s $16bn property portfolio in four charts

The Alberta-based pension investor, in the middle of a leadership shakeup and portfolio rebalancing, saw real estate drag on its returns last year.

AEW raises largest property fund yet, but falls short of $2bn target

The Boston-based manager closed its 10th diversified North American opportunistic vehicle on $1.77bn in commitments.