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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: What we heard at MIPIM, Benson Elliot's comeback, and moreThis week, PERE is fresh off a whirlwind of on-the-ground meetings at MIPIM, where property investors reacted in real time to a quickly shifting global economic landscape, but shared optimism about a return to dealmaking in Europe. Elsewhere, Benson Elliott makes a comeback with its first flagship fund close post-PineBridge acquisition; Manulife makes a move into Australia; QuadReal targets mobile homes; and more in this week's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
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.
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: Ballon's exit at CPP Investments, Goldman Sachs' latest real estate secondaries capital raise, PERE's MIPIM coverageAnother leadership shakeup at Canada’s major pension plans, with Peter Ballon leaving the top real estate post at CPP Investments after nearly two decades at the investor; PERE reports back on the mood at MIPIM; Goldman Sachs Asset Management raises $1.2 billion for Vintage Real Estate Partners III; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Starwood launches Fund XIII, eyes allocation changesFor the first time in the fund series’ history, the private investment firm will target a sizable allocation to data centers.
Blueprint: CalSTRS’ and PGIM’s leadership changes, PEI's Investor Perspectives survey opens, DWS calls for China's property market to find balanceCalSTRS and PGIM name new heads of their real estate businesses following the ascension of Mike DiRe and Eric Adler to bigger roles, respectively; PEI's Investor Perspectives 2024 survey opens; DWS's Jesch calls for balance in a Chinese property market likely to be of decreasing significance to the country's economy; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: Central banks diverge, QIA's hospitality buy from Egypt heralds brighter relationship, Starwood's single-family SREIT sale sees assets back with prior ownersCentral banks diverge paths for the first time in months as inflation and high rates persist; QIA's projected minority stake in a hospitality portfolio of Egypt's sovereign wealth fund has greater ramifications; Starwood plans 2,000 unit portfolio sale, including in part to previous seller Pretium; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Related Fund Management recruits former Evercore execThe investment management arm of New York’s Related Companies has hired its first head of international capital markets.
Blueprint: Silicon Valley Bank's and Signature Bank's collapse and the real estate fallout, North American investors' China problem, Niam's latest roadshowSilicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failures have different initial implications for real estate managers; some North American investors have a China problem, as told in PERE's latest deep dive; Niam returns to fundraising form with a big CalSTRS commitment; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.