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Blueprint: PERE's 100 and 200 manager rankings released, the role of debt in pricing SL Green's half-share sale of 245 Park, Gaw raises $3bn fundPERE's 100 and 200 manager rankings demonstrate New York's grip on private real estate fundraising is loosening; attractive debt explains the pricing of SL Green's 49.9 percent stake sale of a Class A New York office; Gaw Capital raises $3bn, deploying; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
PERE 100 looks beyond the big twoThe PERE 100 has long been dominated by Blackstone and Brookfield. But their superior fundraising masks the relevance of others.
PERE 100: Bought less, sold even lessTransactions by the PERE 100 cohort of managers were down in the year the market cycle turned, but their net investment positions increased, writes Tom Leahy, head of EMEA real assets research at MSCI.
PERE 100 and PERE 200: Money primed for the great resetWhether risers or fallers, all the managers in this year’s PERE 100 and PERE 200 rankings are gearing up for the change in market cycles.
Blueprint: Bain gets back on the fundraising trail, Prologis's big industrial buy from Blackstone, GCP's $3.2bn fundraiseBain Capital re-enters the market with its third real estate fund, Prologis buys $3.1 billion of industrial property from Blackstone on its balance sheet, GCP crosses the $3 billion threshold in its open-ended Japan fund; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Jon Gray’s introduction on LinkedIn has a wider messageThe debut of Blackstone’s president on the professional social media site shines a spotlight on how the biggest managers are now communicating.
Blueprint: Central banks diverge, QIA's hospitality buy from Egypt heralds brighter relationship, Starwood's single-family SREIT sale sees assets back with prior ownersCentral banks diverge paths for the first time in months as inflation and high rates persist; QIA's projected minority stake in a hospitality portfolio of Egypt's sovereign wealth fund has greater ramifications; Starwood plans 2,000 unit portfolio sale, including in part to previous seller Pretium; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
- Blueprint: Brookfield's understated target, Blackstone's profitable BREIT hotel sale, GIC aims to add Indian assets to its shed collection
Brookfield's $15 billion target for its latest opportunity fund is characterized as deliberately understated; Blackstone books a $275 million profit from its sale of a San Antonio hotel out of its BREIT portfolio; GIC continues to target stockpiling industrial assets, this time in India; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
The Nordics is fast losing its ‘safe haven’ reputationBut some investors had reservations about the Nordics even before Sweden’s property market woes became headline news.
ESR: The fundraising powerhouse you (might) not have heard ofESR’s Jeffrey Perlman is not focused on global domination. The firm’s ‘laser focus’ on Asia-Pacific will do just fine.