Investors
CalSTRS commits $600m to real estate
The $226.5 billion California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) has committed a total of $600…
Fundraising
Watt Cos. seeks $150m for lending fund
Watt Cos. is seeking $150 million for a fund called Watt Funding, according to a…
Fundraising
AIG markets next European real estate fund
AIG Global Real Estate has launched its next real estate fund, according to a filing…
Investors
Cousins Properties, TIER REIT merge
Cousins Properties and TIER REIT have merged, creating an office REIT with a combined equity market capitalization of about $5.9 billion and a total market capitalization of approximately $7.8 billion.
Research
Few prime commercial assets in Europe offer yields above 5%
The only prime commercial assets in Europe offering yields above 5 percent are prime logistics warehouses in markets such as Denmark, Czech Republic, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Romania and Belgium, along with prime offices and shopping centers in Athens and Bucharest, and prime shopping centers and retail parks in the United Kingdom, according to Savills’ latest research.
Resource Center
Shop Talk: The L.A. infrastructure renaissance
Glossary, videos, podcasts, research in the Resource Center
Transactions
Hines sells Berlin office for €265m
Corpus Sireo, on behalf of the pension fund Bayerische Versorgungskammer, has acquired the office and commercial…
Investors
Madison Marquette merges with The Roseview Group
Madison Marquette has merged with The Roseview Group, a boutique institutional real estate investment and…
Transactions
FIBRA Prologis completes portfolio sale
FIBRA Prologis, an owner and operator of class A industrial real estate in Mexico, has…
Transactions
JLL to acquire HFF in $2b deal
Jones Lang LaSalle has agreed to acquire HFF Inc. in a cash-and-stock deal with an equity value of $2 billion.
Research
U.S. REITs’ earnings up 7.4% in 2018 as industrial sector has big fourth quarter
REITs continued to deliver solid operating results in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to the Nareit T-Tracker (T-Tracker®), a quarterly monitor of the operating performance of the entire U.S. listed REIT industry.