Innovation is driving the future of real estate by Richard Kimble Real estate portfolios that allocate to alternative property types and focus on large-scale trends could benefit from enhanced diversification and superior resiliency.
SPONSORED: Brookfield – Japan’s real estate market attracts investors by Jennifer Babcock Megatrends such as deglobalization, digitization and demographics — specifically, urbanization and the rise of the Asian middle class — are turning real estate investors’ heads toward Japan.
SPONSORED: Aquilius Investment Partners – Addressing Australia’s housing shortage and affordability crisis by Jennifer Babcock Residential land lease communities, where residents can own their home but lease the land, are appealing to some seniors in Australia due to the preservation of equity and the locations.
Transactions GREYKITE’S €275m multi-let industrial platform expands into Germany GREYKITE European Real Estate Fund I and its affiliates, in strategic partnership with troveinvest, has signed…
Investors FrontRange Capital Partners, O’Connor Capital Partners launch $150m programmatic venture to develop triple-net leased retail assets FrontRange Capital has formed a $150 million programmatic joint venture with O’Connor Capital Partners to…
People Maryland State Retirement System appoints Robert Burd acting CIO The Maryland State Retirement and Pension System (SRPS) board of trustees has named Robert “Bob”…
Investors CalPERS commits $1.4b to core real estate investments by Elise Mackanych The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has committed $1.4 billion to four real estate investment vehicles, including TechCore, Core Property Index Fund, Global Retail Investors and U.S. Affordable Housing Fund.
Investors SWIB commits to FPA Core Plus Fund VI and Digital Realty DC Partners by Elise Mackanych The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) has committed $200 million to real estate funds, including FPA Core Plus Fund VI and Digital Realty DC Partners.
Resource Center Platform Ventures’ Ariana Nelson on the growing interest in cold storage within investment portfolios
Fundraising Realterm exceeds target on second value-added Pan-European transportation logistics real estate fund at more than €470m Realterm has held a final closing of its closed-end, value-added, Pan-European Realterm Europe Logistics Fund…
People Harrison Street makes new appointments for Tokyo office Harrison Street has appointed Penny Christy as managing director and global head of investor services,…
Transactions MARK Capital Management to scale delivery partner Assembly into Pan-European development platform MARK Capital Management, a Pan-European real estate investment manager, is strengthening its Pan-European third-party services offering…
Transactions Core Spaces acquires 486-bed student housing community near University of South Carolina by Released Core Spaces has acquired The Nine at Columbia, a 141-unit, 486-bed community adjacent to the University of South Carolina.
Transactions Blackstone buys mall in India for $376m by Andrea Zander Blackstone has acquired South City Mall in Kolkata, India, for INR 32.5 billion ($376.8 million) from property developer South City Projects, according to media outlets.
