Crow Holdings Capital

Topping the headlines in this edition is PERE’s latest full-year investor report, with exclusive data on where allocations will be focused in 2026, as well as a rundown of the most active fund backers in 2025. Elsewhere, London’s ActivumSG debuts a fund series, Dallas’s Crow Holdings plans a data center megaproject, Japanese investors set their sights on India and more in this week’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

The asset manager eyes limited exposure to the hot but potentially volatile sector.

Demographics, disruption and demand are redrawing the real estate map, pushing niche assets to the center of the action.

A pair of PERE exclusives lead the headlines this week: first, an update on Starwood Capital Group’s progress with its latest opportunistic fund, set for a final close in the next year with a $10 billion target. Second, a major new hire at Crow Holdings, which brings on an AIMCo, BGO and CalPERS veteran to run its core/core-plus business. Elsewhere, investors offer differing views on capital flows, student housing continues to draw attention in the UK and more in this week’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

The veteran investment manager’s arrival at Dallas-based Crow coincides with a recovery in core real estate performance.

Global supply chains have been reorganizing since the pandemic, but that does not necessarily mean deglobalization.

The Los Angeles-based firm is expected to hold a final close for the opportunistic fund in H1 2025.

In a tough fundraising market, the largest managers are increasingly utilizing co-investment vehicles and separate accounts to stay competitive.

With more projects getting blocked or delayed by legislative action, managers consider the ramifications for investment strategies.

After changes within Nuveen’s real estate division, its former global CIO and head of investments Carly Tripp started her next chapter this month at another large manager. Find out which below. Elsewhere this week, StepStone is back in the news with the launch of a platform, investors shore up their data center strategies amid fears of an AI bubble, Canada’s CPP Investments makes targeted deployments in the US and Japan and more in this week’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Higher interest rates, inflation and an unpredictable trade war are ushering in an ever-changing set of obstacles.

The Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund hired Daniel Fletcher, an investment professional from Toronto-based DREAM, to lead its North American property business.

We remember Equity Group Investments chairman Sam Zell; GIC and Brookfield purchase two properties in India for $1.4 billion; ADIA adds a regional head of real estate to complete its senior leadership team in the asset class; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

PERE unveils the PERE 200, Harrison Street stays dominant with latest US student housing buy, meet the 2022 real estate Women of Influence, and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Carlyle focuses on niche properties for its largest-ever fund; the PERE Global Awards go live; AXA expands logistics portfolio into Nordics; Schroders launches its own impact benchmark; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.