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Blackstone’s LePatner killed in NYC shootingThe CEO of the mega-manager's non-listed REIT and global head of its core-plus real estate business was 43.
18 months later, Blackstone still sees real estate comeback aheadFundraising is up at the industry’s largest asset manager as a muted market recovery drags on.
Trades of the decade: The art of the $20bn dealBigger firms, bigger deals and the ubiquity of data characterized the evolution of dealmaking in private real estate over the past decade.
GI 100: Real estate continues to grow in investors’ portfoliosAllocations in aggregate may have withstood the turbulence of the era, but investors have had to adapt their approach.
PERE 100: The main constant is change with private real estate managersBlackstone’s dominance aside, little else has remained the same about the industry’s largest capital raisers over the past decade.
PSP’s Australian logistics bet is more than meets the eyeThe Canadian pension investor’s unique commitment represents newfound conviction in a relatively untapped property market.
BlackRock closes sixth European value-add real estate fundThe fund fell short of its predecessor in size, but ranks as the fourth-largest Europe-focused real estate equity fund closed this year.
Blueprint: Blackstone’s $25bn data play, Coima investigated, Greystar’s private wealth push, and morePrivate real estate’s biggest gets bigger this week as Blackstone, already the world’s top data center owner, unveils its largest venture in the sector yet. Elsewhere, Italian authorities probe fast-growing manager Coima; Greystar jumps on the private wealth train; a first-time manager in Hong Kong sees its debut fund oversubscribed; sovereign wealth funds spurn real estate; and more in this week’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
How European private real estate found space to growDespite being buffeted by multiple crises over the last decade, the European real estate market was characterized by growing scale and specialization.
What does the next decade hold for private real estate?Technological evolution and climate-related obsolescence are both emerging trends on real estate investors’ radar, but so is the potential reclassification of the entire asset class.