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Greystar eyes another close for its essential housing fund

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

Institutional exposure to real estate expected to drop in 2025  

Half of institutional investors are under-allocated to real estate amid stronger performance in public equities, finds Hodes Weill and Cornell University’s latest Allocations Monitor.

Oaktree to grow credit business in Japan with new hire

The US firm’s real estate credit business has previously focused on the US, Europe and Australia.

NBIM sees fresh opportunities in US offices

Five years after shifting away from the sector, the investor has partnered with manager DivcoWest to take advantage of ‘current dislocation.’

Aware Super’s UK platform to capture ‘window of opportunity’ in offices

The investor’s newly formed international team has partnered with Delancey to invest £1bn in the UK, with London offices as the initial focus.

Keppel’s third data center fund to drive global growth ambitions

Alongside the APAC-focused main fund, the firm is working with Aermont Capital to develop a separate sleeve for European data centers.

Ares closes sixth and largest European opportunity fund

The fund, which raised €2.24bn, is also the largest Europe-only real estate fund to close so far this year.

Blackstone reports improving market, ‘pent-up demand’ for performance

Executives at the world’s largest real estate manager are less optimistic about a fundraising recovery.

Blackstone’s LePatner: ‘We’ll be the largest owner of data centers globally’

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

GCM Grosvenor expands European resi partnership with Matter

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