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COP26: ‘Do nothing about decarbonization and you destroy value’A warning by Aberdeen Standard Investment’s real assets boss Neil Slater was among the headline statements made by private real estate executives on a commercial real estate panel at the two-week climate change conference in Glasgow.
Private real estate’s squeezed middle is finding room to growQ3 2021’s record $51bn of closed capital proves that more than a few mega-managers can benefit from market consolidation.
Blueprint: KKR's pie in the ski, PGIM's entry into Australian data centers, GLP's latest history-making closeKKR makes a different kind of bet on New York office; PGIM, Equinix team up for an Australia venture; GLP outdoes itself with first close of latest Japan development fund; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blackstone's Gray: 'Deploying capital at scale has gotten easier'The mega-manager is ahead of schedule on deploying several opportunistic funds and using core-plus capital to close its biggest deals, its COO says.
King Street makes movie studio entry with AimCoThe partners, along with an unnamed sovereign wealth fund, have already committed $500m to a joint venture to buy and build rentable production space.
Evergrande: ‘Where there is smoke, there are opportunities’Private real estate investors can expect the Chinese developer to offload some of its better-quality assets but should not anticipate any major fire sales.
Blueprint: Blackstone's new perpetual life vehicle, Rob Speyer's big office bet, Evergrande's latest play for liquidityBlackstone continues to reach new heights with its retail capital platform; APG and Aermont take a fresh run at hospitality and student accommodations; how China Evergrande is angling to avoid bankruptcy; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: KKR's $4.3bn Americas fund, PERE's GI 100, Harrison Street's $2.5bn alts raise, Tishman Speyer's $500m partnerKKR improves its standing as a manager of choice with the closing of its third Americas opportunity fund on $4.3 billion; Harrison Street's alts expertise paves way for record fundraise; Korean investor Hana commits $500 million to Tishman Speyer partnership; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Illinois SURS approves $50m commitmentThe US public pension has backed Blackstone's third-series opportunistic real estate vehicle.
Why Alecta backed one of Europe's biggest real estate dealsThe Swedish pension plan has committed a total of €3.8bn to date as the most sizable investor in the region’s second-largest residential company.