2025 brings uncertainty to real estate investing, but the ride has opportunities by Ben Cole For institutional real estate investors who are engaged in the business of maximizing returns on illiquid assets, any year can be a dicey one — that is, a 12-month stretch in which property values are squeezed but escape hatches shut — and 2025 is certainly no exception.
SPONSORED: Clarion Partners – Alternatives are becoming mainstream by Jennifer Babcock Alternatives are not very “alternative” anymore; rather, they have become part of the main dish for institutional investors.
SPONSORED: UBS Asset Management – Institutional investors reevaluate their asset investments by Jennifer Babcock The institutional real estate investment market may have hit bottom and be on its way up, with transaction volume up in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Transactions Brookfield buys European lifestyle hospitality platform for €776m Queensgate Investments has sold its European operations of Generator Group, a lifestyle hospitality platform, to…
Research Retail sector sees first negative net absorption in 16 quarters For the first time in 16 quarters, more retail space is being vacated than is being occupied/leased, with net absorption sinking…
Investors LACERS commits $50m to tenth LBA Logistics Value Fund Los Angeles City Employees Retirement System (LACERS) has committed $50 million to the LBA Logistics…
Investors GPT, QuadReal announce new Australian logistics partnership by Andrea Zander QuadReal Property Group and GPT Group have formed a new A$1 billion ($640 million) Australian logistics joint venture to be known as GPT QuadReal Logistics Trust 2 (GQLT2).
Investors Connecticut IAC announces up to $200m in real estate investments, with potential commitments on the horizon by Elise Mackanych Connecticut’s Investment Advisory Council (IAC) has announced $675 million in new investment commitments, including up to $200 million to private real estate, and more than $500 million in increases to current holdings.
Resource Center Platform Ventures’ Ariana Nelson on the growing interest in cold storage within investment portfolios
Investors TRSL commits $129.1m to EQT Exeter Europe Logistics Value Fund V The Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana (TRSL) has committed €115 million ($129.1 million) to EQT…
People SREIT appoints Nora Creedon CEO Starwood Real Estate Income Trust (SREIT), a nonlisted REIT managed by Starwood Capital Group, has…
Transactions M&G invests in residential scheme in the Netherlands M&G has acquired Block 3 of The Rock in Binck City Park in The Hague,…
Investors LSERS commits to RRA Capital fund by Elise Mackanych The Louisiana Employees Retirement System (LSERS) has committed $10 million to RRA Real Estate Debt Fund III and €115 million ($129.1 million) to EQT Exeter Europe Logistics Value Fund V, according to meeting materials.
People J.P. Morgan Asset Management appoints Chad Tredway as global head by Released J.P. Morgan Asset Management has appointed Chad Tredway as global head of real estate.
