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Geopolitics and policy dominate the private real estate headlines this week as the property industry prepares for a second Trump administration, the fallout from a German political crisis, and how both could impact key moves by central banks around the world. Meanwhile, Blackstone makes a multi-billion-dollar bet on shopping centers; the PERE Network hosts its 19th annual America Forum; exclusive research provides fresh insight into the outlook for real estate allocations; and much more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

The waiting is over: PERE Deals, our exclusive news and data service, is officially live – as is PERE's latest fundraising report, which paints a less-than-rosy picture of the capital raising environment through the first nine months of the year. Elsewhere among this week's headlines, Brookfield and Panattoni fortify their positions in the red-hot logistics sector; UBS navigates another wave of redemption requests; PERE salutes private real estate's most influential women and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

A mega-merger between two of the top 10 PERE 100 managers dominates real estate headlines this week as Ares Management agrees to acquire GLP Capital Management's non-China business for $3.7 billion; fellow top 10 firm Blue Owl strikes its own $1 billion M&A deal to buy IPI Partners; Blackstone faces questions about reputational risk; PERE checks in from Expo Real; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

EQT Exeter names 15-year company veteran Henry Steinberg as the successor to departing founder Ward Fitzgerald; Starwood makes a takeover bid with an offer to privatize Columbia Threadneedle’s Balanced Commercial Property Trust; PERE and its affiliate titles are calling all investors to participate in the 2025 Investor Perspectives Survey; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Ares, KKR leaders add their voices declaring a market bottom and intent to go on the acquisition offensive; the sale of the asset management business of French insurer AXA to the country's bank BNP Paribas means another private real estate giant gets even bigger; PERE data demonstrates how funds are taking notably longer to get closed; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

A new government in the UK has private real estate hoping for smoother sailing after years of political upheaval; Lone Star Funds closes its 12th opportunity fund in a series targeting emerging opportunities in distressed parts of the market; ongoing challenges for Blackstone’s Sponda platform in Finland in the form a note downgrade; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Private real estate executives expect the impact of the European Central Bank's rate cut last week to be felt in different ways across the continent; BGO returns for a third investment in the Nordic data center developer Bulk Infrastructure after realizing its original ambitions needed to be bigger; the private real estate industry mulls the impact of the upcoming UK election; mega-manager Blackstone signals it is doubling down on the UK housing sector with a blockbuster single-family rental deal; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

PERE 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.