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BKM Capital Partners on the rise of small-bay industrialA value-add approach to small-bay industrial properties can harness secular changes in the US economy, say BKM Capital Partners’ Brian Malliet and Brett Turner.
DOWNLOAD: Investor appetite for real estate wanes as allocations dipSix in 10 institutions are now underweight in the asset class, but just 34% plan to up their investment in 2025.
DeepSeek has changed the data center raceThe disruption caused by the Chinese AI startup is a mixed blessing for a property sector that was becoming increasingly frothy.
Blackstone raised $8bn for its closed-end real estate funds last year‘We see that we're firmly on this recovery path for real estate,’ said the manager's president and COO, Jon Gray.
Blueprint: KKR's $157bn mash-up, EQT Exeter's shake-up, US investment outlook and moreKKR's monumental merger of its real estate and infrastructure businesses dominates the industry headlines this week, and PERE has the details. Elsewhere, Sweden's EQT has a new name and a refined strategy for its real estate investment arm; NBIM buys into a prized London portfolio; US investors forecast increased deployments; and more in this week's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Harrison Street raises $600m for first data center fundThe Chicago-based manager closed the US-focused vehicle after just 12 months on the road.
PIMCO boosts European data center fund target to €1bnCanadian pension investor Ivanhoé Cambridge is understood to be among the investors behind the fund’s latest round of commitments.
The top 10 real estate funds no longer contain the market outliers of oldThe industry’s largest funds used to consistently buck industry trends. That is increasingly not the case.
Look Ahead 2025: CapitaLand to seek M&A outside of AsiaCLI looks to grow its exposure in the US and Europe from the current 3% to 10-15% of its overall portfolio by 2028.
- Blueprint: Blackstone's Tokyo mega-deal, Stonepeak's final close for debut property fund, PGIM's and Ardian's French self-storage bets and more
The holiday season is upon us, and real estate managers are busy with last-minute shopping – most notably Blackstone, which spent a combined $3 billion last week on properties in Japan and Central Europe; meanwhile, PGIM and Ardian each unboxed self-storage assets in France; infrastructure giant Stonepeak wrapped up its debut real estate fund; pension manager Alecta put one of its partners on the naughty list and more in this week's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.