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Regulatory uncertainty threatens Europe’s residential marketsPolitical instability across the region is creating headwinds for sought-after affordable housing deals.
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.
Blueprint: EQT Exeter’s new leader, Starwood’s latest take-private bid, the launch of the 2025 Investor Perspectives SurveyEQT 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.
Investors decide it is time to discuss trophies againAmid a stalled private real estate marketplace, institutional investors at the PERE Network Europe Forum contemplated how now could be a good time to buy large office and retail properties.

Deep Dive: Listed real estate is coming out of the shadowsThe unprecedented events of the past year have spurred greater interest in listed real estate. Arshiya Khullar explores how that could change the composition for institutional real estate portfolios.
Blueprint: Boston Capital sets up shop in Europe for US fundraise, Allianz buys big in Paris, Norges shakes up leadershipBoston Capital finds US fundraising success with European investors; Allianz gets back to office investing in a big way; Norges Bank reshuffles its real estate leadership; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: Blackstone goes to Hollywood, Patrizia presses pause on office, PSP dives into Italian developmentPrivate real estate's newest alternative asset class; the top tech innovations to break your covid slump; the latest take on office investment, and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
- CenterSquare to spin out from BNY Mellon
The parent company, which owned the suburban Philadelphia firm for 11 years, plans to sell the asset manager to its management team and a local private equity shop.
Columbia Threadneedle buys Lionstone in US RE forayThe Houston-based private equity real estate firm plans to keep its staff and investment strategy intact.