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Former Blackstone exec finishes debut fundraise in nine monthsTown Lane, founded by Tyler Henritze, closed the fund at its hard-cap without the help of an IR team or placement agent.
Starwood private REIT gating will lead others to 'consider it'Starwood CEO Barry Sternlicht said the redemption limits for the firm's SREIT are temporary. But similar limits could be also imposed on other private REITs.
Cromwell to refocus on the Australian market after Europe unit saleThe firm will shift to being a local manager given the difficulties of being global without vast scale, according to Cromwell’s CEO.
SREIT’s woes show retail investors are still wary of real estateEven before the vehicle’s liquidity issues emerged, capital raising from the investor group had fallen off a cliff last year.
NYSCRF commits $300m to real estateThe US pension fund has committed $300m to Blackstone Real Estate Partners Europe VII.
Three observations about Starwood’s takeover bid for ESRThe potential combination of two top 10 PERE 100 firms is unlike other private real estate M&A deals for multiple reasons.
Blueprint: Brookfield's $8bn close for BSREP V, Starwood’s takeover bid for ESR, PGIM’s $2bn data center fundBrookfield Asset Management reaches over $8 billion in commitments for Brookfield Strategic Real Estate Partners V, bringing the vehicle over halfway to its final target; Starwood forms a consortium of investors, including TPG-spinout credit platform Sixth Street Partners and New York investment firm SSW Partners, to propose a buyout of the Asian industrial giant ESR Group; PGIM Real Estate is targeting $2 billion for a global data center fund; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: Stoneshield's €750m Opportunity Fund III closing, a look inside today's limited partner advisory committees, KKR's focus on core real estatePERE lifts the veil on the issues investors are discussing with their managers in this month's cover story, "Inside the LPAC"; KKR is becoming more active in the core and core-plus space thanks to a lack of competition; Southern Europe-focused manager Stoneshield Capital closes its third opportunity fund ahead of target – in just five months; all in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
KKR is eyeing more core real estate investmentsDuring the firm’s first quarter earnings call, senior executives said ‘interesting' opportunities were arising in the lower-risk strategy.
Investors want their real estate chiefs to have debt expertise tooA trend of institutional investors elevating credit-focused executives is a natural and predictable mirror of what is happening with managers.