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FCERA commits to opportunistic fundsFresno County Employees’ Retirement Association committed $50m to Ares US Real Estate Opportunity Fund IV.
Blueprint: Ares buys GCP's ex-China business for $3.7bn, Blue Owl's $1bn data-center deal, Blackstone tackles headline riskA mega-merger between two of the top 10 PERE 100 managers dominates real estate headlines this week as Ares Management agrees to acquire GLP Capital Management's non-China business for $3.7 billion; fellow top 10 firm Blue Owl strikes its own $1 billion M&A deal to buy IPI Partners; Blackstone faces questions about reputational risk; PERE checks in from Expo Real; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Nuveen Real Estate expands senior team in EuropeThe firm has hired two former Ares executives to lead its strategic transactions team in the region and oversee the value-add fund series.
The GI 100 investors turning to disposalsCertain investors on PERE’s ranking have attributed their shrinking real estate allocations to sales.
Managers targeting capital distress will be tested by rate cutsDeployment strategies formed now to capitalize on a down market risk being too late.
Ares closes fourth US real estate fund with record $3.3bn haulAll told, the Los Angeles-based manager now has $5.5bn to target distress real estate opportunities in the US and Europe.
Blueprint: EQT Exeter’s new leader, Starwood’s latest take-private bid, the launch of the 2025 Investor Perspectives SurveyEQT Exeter names 15-year company veteran Henry Steinberg as the successor to departing founder Ward Fitzgerald; Starwood makes a takeover bid with an offer to privatize Columbia Threadneedle’s Balanced Commercial Property Trust; PERE and its affiliate titles are calling all investors to participate in the 2025 Investor Perspectives Survey; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Japan's tourism, low interest rates entice foreign investmentMarket participants report renewed interest from foreign capital and several managers have recently set up shop or made senior hires in Japanese real estate. Read more in PERE's 2024 APAC Fund Manager Guide.
European hotel transactions pick up significantly in H1Institutional capital was a major contributor to investment volumes in the asset class nearly doubling in the second quarter of 2024 from the same period last year, Cushman & Wakefield reported.
Ares JV capitalizes on Hyatt exit plan with $1.07bn Orlando buyThe transaction for the Hyatt Regency Orlando, the largest for a US hospitality asset so far this year, is a result of a disposition strategy set in 2021.