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BKM Capital Partners: Small-bay industrial’s big momentThe US light industrial property niche offers robust income and an inflation hedge at a challenging moment for the national economy, say BKM Capital Partners’ Brian Malliet and Harry Hedison.
Blueprint: Blackstone's fundraising momentum; CalSTRS' real estate staff shake-up, BIG's record multifamily fundraiseBlackstone's earnings remind the market of the firm's fundraising prowess; CalSTRS' Mike DiRe is promoted, while the real estate director position remains unfilled; Bridge Investment Group raises a record multifamily fund, proving investor appetite for the asset class; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blackstone’s Gray talks investor reactions to redemption issuesThe New York-based manager’s president said 'rebuilding momentum takes time' but said the tone of conversations with clients has improved.
Blueprint: KKR and ODCE's redemption queues, real estate's prominence at Davos, MN's seed M&G investmentKKR and the ODCE index both face redemptions queues as investors rebalance portfolios; real estate prominent at the World Economic Forum in Davos; MN escalates fund commitment sizes as it seeds M&G's new core fund; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
China is set to ‘rapidly evolve’ as a real estate marketManagers such as Schroders and Ares SSG expect investor sentiment toward China to change following the country’s reopening.
Blueprint: BlackRock's continued reshuffling, ESR's latest Vietnam expansion, LGIM's US platform launchBlackRock makes further leadership changes, promoting its EMEA head to a global chief investment role; ESR continues expansion in Vietnam via a $450 million funding round for a local industrial developer; LGIM opens its US real estate business with initial plans for balance sheet investing; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blackstone’s Meghji: 'When someone calls with $4bn of capital, you answer the phone'The US endowment's commitment into the manager’s BREIT fund announced last week is a 'win-win' for both sides and an absolute 'home run’ thanks to the extra liquidity and flexibility it provides, Nadeem Meghji, Blackstone’s head of real estate Americas, told PERE.
Blueprint: PERE Awards voting closes, Private REIT dust starts to settle, Allianz and PIMCO's rebrandVoting in the 2022 PERE Global awards closes with some very tight races, BREIT's $4 billion commitment from UC Investments furthers discussions around private REITs, Allianz Real Estate rebrands to PIMCO two years after being grouped together by insurance giant parent; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
BREIT investors should be comforted by UC Investments’ arrivalWhether they are will be known when Blackstone's $69bn private real estate investment trust’s current net redemption position reverses.
Time is running out to vote in the 2022 PERE Global AwardsDon't miss your chance to tip the balance in the most eagerly contested categories, and crown your peers.