Value-Add

JEN Partners closes oversubscribed Fund 9 on record amount

The New York-based firm hit the $900m hard-cap of its JEN 9 fund, thanks to strong repeat investor support.

Australia’s Qualitas expands direct real estate capabilities

Jesse Curtis will lead a platform designed to bring asset management in-house and focus on products offering stable, income-producing investments.

Invesco Real Estate buys majority stake in a $2bn senior housing portfolio

The assets were assembled by Kayne Anderson, which will stay on as a minority investor.

Prologis’s Arndt: ‘We’re getting ahead of what we see as growing deployment volumes’

The world’s largest REIT raised over $2.6bn of third-party equity in Q1 2026 amid a ‘fantastic quarter’ for investing capital.

GPIF taps Hong Kong’s Phoenix for domestic push

This marks the first time the world’s largest pension fund has invested in an Asia-based real estate manager.

MARK holds first close for third Crossbay logistics fund

The London-based manager is targeting its largest-ever fundraise, with CBRE IM’s Indirect business among the first investors in the fund.

DOWNLOAD: Real estate fundraising loses ground in Q1 2026

While fundraising volume fell 50% year-on-year in Q1 2026, more funds hit or exceeded their targets and took less time to reach final close.

CBRE IM creates role to target growth in European value-add

Former Hines executive Paul White will head up CBRE IM’s Europe Value Partners series, for which the manager has not raised a fund since 2018.

Hines appoints fund manager for European value-add series

Longstanding HEREP series fund manager Paul White is leaving the business after 18 years.

BGO seeks ‘deep operating expertise’ with Bell Partners acquisition

Having previously relied on joint ventures with operating partners to drive performance in residential, BGO will leverage these capabilities in-house with Bell, says co-president Amy Price.