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Gaw enters the Middle East with a $150m investment

On the back of growing expatriate demand and foreign investment, the firm has acquired a residential development in Abu Dhabi.

Hillhouse’s Rava debuts in Gulf with a school platform

Companies backed by Rava Partners are considering setting up teams in the region to support their platform expansion plans.

Blackstone changed the way it creates platforms for a key reason

Amid a shifting geopolitical landscape, the mega manager is taking a different approach to how it sets up its logistics businesses.

NW1 holds final close on first Dutch IOS vehicle

The manager raised capital from US investors including CBRE Investment Management’s indirect strategies arm.

Oregon State Treasury earmarks up to $750m for real estate amid tariff uncertainty

The pension’s 2025 pacing plan ‘assumes we’re essentially at the bottom,’ said real estate investment officer Chris Ebersole.

Patron expands into real estate debt with strategic hire

The firm is aiming to raise as much as €700m in the next two years for its first dedicated credit strategy.

DOWNLOAD: Q1 2025 fundraising showed early signs of recovery

Bolstered by two Blackstone funds, capital raising volume for the quarter marked the first year-on-year increase for a Q1 total since 2022.

Invesco nears final close for European value-add fund

The real estate vehicle is the first to have a ‘value-add-plus’ strategy after the Dallas-based manager combined two of its fund series.

GLP returns with first data center fund in China

The vehicle also is the firm’s first fund raised since the sale of GCP’s international business to Ares Management.

CalSTRS backs emerging data center firm amid $1.2bn allocation spree

The teachers pension’s biggest real estate commitment last year was to a new relationship with hyperscale developer BlackChamber Group.