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Blueprint: Stoneweg’s M&A push; Kennedy Wilson's privatization; Nuveen’s investor expansionStoneweg plans to scale its real estate AUM to €15 billion by 2030, eyeing the deployment of €1 billion across Europe’s living sector in 2026 alone. Kennedy Wilson is slated to be taken private in a $1.65 billion deal agreed by a consortium of executives at the firm and Fairfax Financial. Elsewhere, Nuveen is diversifying the investor base of its Nordic self-storage platform by inviting capital partners outside its parent company; and more in today’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: Canada’s next mega-manager, Blackstone’s $2bn take-private, KKR’s Europe shake-up and moreCanada’s Sun Life Financial seizes the spotlight this week, as PERE reveals the insurance giant is embarking on an ambitious expansion of its private markets platform with a familiar face at the helm. Meanwhile, Blackstone unveils its latest take-private target in 155-year-old Hawaiian landlord Alexander & Baldwin; Mubadala and Aldar look to raise a $1bn Gulf-focused fund; KKR loses its European real estate head and taps two to replace him; and more in this week’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: Makarora, Ares to take Plymouth private, AEW ends its Asia flagship series, the trend driving consolidation, and moreThe seasons have finally begun to change in many markets this week, but private real estate still finds itself in a similar state of flux. Makarora and Ares Management swoop in as surprise buyers for Plymouth Industrial REIT; AEW ends its Asia fund series; parent PEI Group's Private Markets 2030 feature demonstrates changing investor landscape driving manager consolidation; Nuveen gets into the private wealth market; and more in this week’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: Greykite’s $1.4bn raise, CalSTRS’ real estate push, Blackstone’s latest logistics move, and moreThose hoping for a fundraising recovery can find an encouraging sign this week from rookie manager Greykite, which in 15 months on the road has amassed $1.4bn and counting for its debut property vehicle, PERE can reveal. Elsewhere in private real estate, allocators CalSTRS and Aware Super signal their intent to ramp up in the asset class; Blackstone gets its UK warehouse prize; KKR resumes its student-housing push; and more in this week’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: StepStone's record secondaries haul, Blackstone's return to office, tariff deal disruption and moreSecondaries continue their run in the private real estate spotlight this week, and for good reason: StepStone Group has closed the largest-ever such fund targeting the property sector, beating a record set less than a year ago. Elsewhere this week, Blackstone walks the walk in the office sector, tariffs put a slew of real estate deals involving institutional managers on ice, CalSTRS sees opportunities in self-storage, Blue Owl goes for UK supermarkets and more in this week’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
COPERS commits $50m to real estate fundCOPERS backs Carlyle real estate fund.
Blueprint: Inside Ares' GLP carveout, Blackstone counsels patience, PIMCO shuffles leadership and morePERE's Asia-Pacific reporter Christie Ou explores the fallout from Ares Management's mega-deal for logistics manager GLP Capital's ex-China business; Blackstone predicts better days – and bigger returns – ahead for real estate, CBRE Investment Management gets creative in student housing; PIMCO sees another leadership shakeup; Goldman Sachs sizes up a “new normal” for interest rates; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
The long, slow road to performance recoveryThe industry is grappling with another round of ‘challenged vintages’ as the asset class marks seven consecutive quarters of negative results.
Blueprint: Ares eyeing GCP, Carlyle's looming fund close, L&G's re-orgLos Angeles-based Ares Management is said to be on the cusp of buying a stake in GLP Capital Partners’ ex-China fund business, which has $66 billion of AUM in Japan, Southeast Asia, Europe, the US and Brazil; BlackRock is diving deeper into the data center world by acquiring a stake in Germany's Mainova WebHouse GmbH; Carlyle is on track for what could be the biggest fundraise of 2024; Amsterdam-based Redevco has added another senior executive to its ranks; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: Blackstone’s latest European mega-fund; EQT Exeter’s APAC logistics fund launch; ACORE’s $1.4bn capital raise for real estate creditBlackstone reaches mega-fund status – and eyes another fundraising record – with Blackstone Real Estate Partners Europe VII, raising $7.6 billion to date; EQT Exeter focuses its closed-end fundraising efforts on Asia-Pacific with its latest logistics offering; ACORE closes on the largest real estate debt fund so far this year at $1.4 billion; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.