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Distress will be felt beyond ‘the epicenter of the earthquake’KKR global real estate head Ralph Rosenberg expects capital constraints to also cause pain for owners outside of the office sector.
Blueprint: Carlyle CEO’s optimism on real estate, the impact of the US credit downgrade, EQT Exeter’s non-traded REIT IPO, KKR’s Los Angeles office openingCarlyle chief executive Harvey Schwartz shows optimism for the firm’s fundraising and investment prospects in real estate; the US's second credit downgrade raises questions about longer-term investor allocations to the country; EQT Exeter launches a $5 billion non-traded REIT to primarily focus on real estate assets with business tenants; KKR installs real estate executives in Los Angeles; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: GPIF's first real estate fund investment, BentallGreenOak's industrial REIT IPO, GI Partners' hedge to officeJapan's GPIF taps Blackstone for first direct real estate fund investment after previously investing in fund of funds, BentallGreenOak launches $5 billion REIT to capture retail capital for industrial real estate investments, GI Partners' founder sees data centers as a natural hedge to office; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: EQT Exeter's $4.9bn fundraise, DFI and Argo's industrial JV, Generali's splash acquisition of Pearlmark's parentEQT Exeter is eyeing distress for its largest industrial fund to date; DFI and Argo form a joint venture to enter UK industrial; Pearlmark expected to benefit from Generali's acquisition of parent company from Cathay Life; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
PERE 100: Bought less, sold even lessTransactions by the PERE 100 cohort of managers were down in the year the market cycle turned, but their net investment positions increased, writes Tom Leahy, head of EMEA real assets research at MSCI.
Jon Gray’s introduction on LinkedIn has a wider messageThe debut of Blackstone’s president on the professional social media site shines a spotlight on how the biggest managers are now communicating.
Blueprint: Fortress's acquisition by Middle Eastern sovereign, Urban Partners' new conglomerate status, Brookfield's Oz BTR ventureFortress gets snapped up by Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Company, Urban Partners receives initial test of its strategic restructuring from investors, Brookfield expands into Australian residential with BTR deal; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Alliance’s Fernstrom Border: ‘Re-ups are no longer an assumption’The consultant has hired a KKR executive to connect managers with new capital sources as follow-on commitments fall short of expectations.
Four key takeaways from the Japan reportJapan’s real estate market is at a crossroads in several key areas: decarbonization, digitalization and J-REIT disruption.
Slim pickings in the J-REIT marketJapan has seen its first real estate investment trust M&A deals, but such transactions are likely to remain a rarity.