Worcester Retirement System overview
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WRS issues RFP for real estate manager
The Massachusetts-based public pension is on the lookout for closed-end, non-core real estate opportunities.
Worcester Retirement System contact information
Offices
City Hall Room 103, 455 Main Street, Worcester, 01608, United StatesContacts
| Name | Job title | Location | |
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Key Contact Mr. Eric D. Batista | Job titleCity Manager | LocationWorcester, United States | Email  ------ |
| Mr. John W. Odell | Job titleChief Sustainability Officer | LocationWorcester, United States | Email ------ |
| Ms. Lisa Poske | Job titleExecutive Secretary | LocationWorcester, United States | Email ----------- |
Worcester Retirement System fund commitments
Known fund commitments: 12
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Blueprint: CPP and TPG's latest logistics bets, PIMCO goes long on data centers, Fifth Wall's latest proptech fund and more
Massive joint venture formations dominate the real estate headlines this week as CPP Investments and TPG stake their latest claims in the logistics sector. Meanwhile, data center fundraising gains momentum as PIMCO and Harrison Street reveal fresh commitments; Fifth Wall readies its latest proptech war chest; Blue Owl makes a regional-bank play and more in this week's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: ADIA'S $400m commitment, GIC's climate calculus and calling US election watchers
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is doubling down on European debt with a big commitment to Arrow Global; GIC outlines how it is protecting its portfolio from climate risk; the co-founder of Asia logistics specialist LOGOS Property Group is striking out on his own; PERE is seeking your opinion on the upcoming US election; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: GIC’s real estate leadership changes, MSREI’s fund extension for G10, Brookfield’s first close for BSREP V
GIC’s real estate chief investment officer Lee Kok Sun retires after 27 years at the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund; Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing receives a one-year extension on the investment period for its tenth global real estate fund; Brookfield raises $8 billion in the initial close for BSREP V; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: Geopolitical impacts on private real estate, US and UK interest rate policy sentiment threatens to diverge, annual private real estate fundraising at lowest level in more than a decade
PERE's February Deep Dive highlights the ripple effects of geopolitics on private real estate investment activity globally; interest rates policy thinking is showing signs of divergence in the sector; fundraising totals for private real estate are the worst in more than a decade, just two years after hitting a peak in 2021; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: ECB repeats concerns about commercial real estate's impact on banks, London office market produces more negative headlines, Coima brings aboard GIC for 'brown-to-green' strategy
With the US celebrating Thanksgiving, PERE's attention has been dominated by events in Europe, with the European Central Bank repeating concerns over the indebtedness of the commercial real estate sector; the office malaise in London leading to further headlines about building loan sales at a discount; important tenants undertaking strategic reviews about reducing their workplace footprints; and more besides in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: PERE Global Awards 2023 launch, Blackstone's European fundraise, Goldman's write-downs
PERE's eagerly anticipated annual awards launch today with our customary call for submissions across 67 categories, including Innovation Investor of the Year for the first time; Blackstone raises nearly half of its targeted equity for its latest European opportunity fund; Goldman Sachs writes down its balance sheet real estate assets by one-third since start of the year; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: Industry reacts to interest rate pauses; Harrison Street hits $2bn for latest opportunity fund
Private real estate executives digest a widespread pause in interest rate hikes by central banks; Harrison Street joins a limited cohort of fundraising winners this year; Heitman calls out insurance costs as a major industry threat; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: Bain gets back on the fundraising trail, Prologis's big industrial buy from Blackstone, GCP's $3.2bn fundraise
Bain Capital re-enters the market with its third real estate fund, Prologis buys $3.1 billion of industrial property from Blackstone on its balance sheet, GCP crosses the $3 billion threshold in its open-ended Japan fund; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.