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Hillhouse-backed Samty closes Japan-focused debut fund in two monthsThe firm, which is among a select few managers raising dedicated hospitality funds in the region, is eyeing additional vehicles targeting the multifamily sector.
PERE 100: The main constant is change with private real estate managersBlackstone’s dominance aside, little else has remained the same about the industry’s largest capital raisers over the past decade.
What does the next decade hold for private real estate?Technological evolution and climate-related obsolescence are both emerging trends on real estate investors’ radar, but so is the potential reclassification of the entire asset class.
Lazard: Investor capital is converging toward real assetsInstitutional appetite is gaining pace to allocate to sectors that have infrastructure characteristics, writes James Jacobs, head of real assets for Lazard’s private capital advisory group.
Hospitality’s rise, fall and recoveryMore institutional capital has entered the hospitality space as traditional sectors like offices and retail face challenges.
Private equity’s growing dominance in real estate M&AAs mega-managers like Blackstone have grown larger, so have their roles in driving industry consolidation.
Even for Blackstone, privatizations are not a sure betTwo UK take-privates failed to take off this week, leaving big-name private equity firms facing an increasingly competitive market for listed buying opportunities in real estate.
Blueprint: A CPP megadeal, a Howard Marks-backed record fundraise, Blackstone's Europe view and moreNorth American investors are staking their claims in high-conviction European property sectors this week, led by Canada’s CPP Investments, which fended off KKR among others for a coveted student housing portfolio. Meanwhile, Maryland-based Realterm sees a windfall for its Europe-focused outdoor storage fund, Blackstone’s head of Europe sits with PERE for a wide-ranging talk and more in this week’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
SCERS eyes greater European exposure with €60m Hines commitmentThe pension is weighing one of its largest real estate deployments to date as part of an ongoing push for geographic diversification.
Fundraising flux reshuffles PERE’s manager rankingsOutsized equity targets, and more time spent trying to reach them, contributed to a shakeup in the top echelons of PERE’s annual rankings.