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Blueprint: Starwood's $6bn fundraise, capital flows in the tariff era, PERE Europe forum and moreA pair of PERE exclusives lead the headlines this week: first, an update on Starwood Capital Group’s progress with its latest opportunistic fund, set for a final close in the next year with a $10 billion target. Second, a major new hire at Crow Holdings, which brings on an AIMCo, BGO and CalPERS veteran to run its core/core-plus business. Elsewhere, investors offer differing views on capital flows, student housing continues to draw attention in the UK and more in this week’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Coastal Ridge holds first close for debut student housing fundThe Ohio-based manager’s inaugural closed-end institutional vehicle has scored early pledges from Partners Group and iA Financial.
Seeking higher returns, GPIF looks to increase real estate exposureThe Japanese pension is shifting from “cautiously“ to “steadily“ developing its real estate allocation, director Yoshitaka Todoroki said at the PERE Tokyo Forum.
Residential offers steady ground in uncertain marketsIn today’s volatile market environment, private real estate’s most-favored sector also provides the most stability.
Blueprint: PERE 100 revealed, NBIM's Japan reversal, Grosvenor's new CEO and moreThis week marks the hotly anticipated release of PERE’s annual comprehensive ranking of private real estate’s largest capital raisers. The 2025 edition of the PERE 100 and PERE 200 includes some significant changes from last year, and the volatility says a lot about the state of real estate fundraising. Elsewhere, NBIM and EQT make high-profile exits in Tokyo; Nuveen leans into private wealth; Grosvenor and AEW make senior appointments and more in this week’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Fundraising flux reshuffles PERE’s manager rankingsOutsized equity targets, and more time spent trying to reach them, contributed to a shakeup in the top echelons of PERE’s annual rankings.
Appetite for single-family BTR remains strongBuild-to-rent homes are one of the fastest-growing segments, especially in the US.
Private real estate steps in as student housing crisis continuesSupply of PBSA continues to wane as demand grows across the largest universities in the US and Europe.
BGO’s Asia fundraising appeal is not as surprising as one may thinkThere are multiple reasons why the Miami-based firm’s biggest capital raise to date has been outside of its home region.
Blueprint: NBIM's big Blackstone commitment, Cohen & Steers and IDR join forces, Hines loses another executiveScandimania dominates this week’s headlines: NBIM kicks things off with a blockbuster commitment; meanwhile, Hines, the firm from which NBIM recently poached its head of real estate, loses another top executive. Two US-based managers copy NBIM’s approach of targeting public and private real estate, Greystar enters the Nordic market, and more in this week’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.