Transactions | Feb 1, 2022 Blackstone pours $250m into Chinese data center firm, VNET by Kali Persall Blackstone has invested $250 million in Chinese data center services provider VNET Group through the acquisition of convertible notes.
Transactions | Feb 1, 2022 Diversified Healthcare Trust forms $703m JV by Andrea Zander Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC) has entered into a $703 million joint venture for 10 properties in DHC’s Office Portfolio segment with two global institutional investors.
Transactions | Feb 1, 2022 Charter Hall, PGGM make bid for ASX-listed REIT Irongate by Andrea Zander Australia-listed REIT Irongate Group (IAP) has received a A$1.29 billion ($901.45 million) takeover bid from a partnership managed by property investor Charter Hall Group and Dutch pension fund PGGM.
Research | Feb 1, 2022 2021 finishes with record multifamily demand by Andrea Zander The multifamily market set an annual absorption record of 617,500 units in 2021, according to CBRE.
Fundraising | Feb 1, 2022 Tristan Capital Partners and Bricks Group form new PBSA JV in the U.K. by Kali Persall Tristan Capital Partners’ core-plus fund, Curzon Property Partners Long-Life Fund (CCP 5 LL), has launched a joint venture with Bricks Group.
Transactions | Feb 1, 2022 Newsec acquires major Baltic property manager BPT Real Estate by Released Newsec has acquired BPT Real Estate, one of the largest property management companies in the Baltics, from private equity fund manager Baltcap.
Transactions | Feb 1, 2022 Savills IM sells logistics portfolio in Denmark on behalf of German club deal special fund by Released Savills Investment Management has sold a logistics portfolio consisting of four assets in Kolding and Greve, near Copenhagen.
Transactions | Feb 1, 2022 Sun Venture acquires 120 Moorgate in the City of London by Andrea Zander Sun Venture has purchased 120 Moorgate.
Investors | Feb 1, 2022 Barratt Developments acquires Gladman Developments for €300m by Released Barratt Developments has acquired Cheshire, U.K.-based land promoter Gladman Developments Ltd. for £250 million pounds (€300 million/$335.2 million) on a debt-free, cash-free basis.
Investors | Feb 1, 2022 M&G pledges €600m in U.K. climate-positive homes by Released M&G plc has acquired a majority stake in sustainable housebuilder Greencore Construction on behalf of policyholders in its £143 billion (€172 billion/$193 billion) Prudential With Profits Fund.
Fundraising | Feb 1, 2022 Oaktree Capital Management closes third real estate debt fund at $3b by Kali Persall Oaktree Capital Management has closed on $3 billion in capital commitments for its third global real estate debt fund.
Fundraising | Feb 1, 2022 Bridge Investment Group launches $1b single-family fund by Kali Persall Utah-based Bridge Investment Group has launched a new fund to invest in single-family properties in the United States.
SPONSORED: TA Realty – Investors follow the demographic shift to secondary real estate markets by Jennifer Babcock The popularity of secondary markets for real estate investors raises the question, can you still call secondary markets secondary?
SPONSORED: M&G Investments – European real estate recovery unequal by sector by Jennifer Babcock The economic recovery in Europe is definitely under way, but unequally by sector, which is creating value-add pricing opportunities in some service sectors.
SPONSORED: Ares Management – Low vacancies and high rental growth likely to continue in U.S. industrial by Jennifer Babcock The holidays have passed, unleashing the impact of reverse logistics in the ecommerce market.
SPONSORED: The Amherst Group – ESG and housing stability by Jennifer Babcock The pandemic acutely revealed the connectedness of real estate with people, the economy and public health.
Office return will hinge on ‘smart’ solutions by Marek Handzel The return to the office will hinge on ‘smart’ solutions, says Simon Martindale, fund director of the Property Income Trust for Charities (PITCH) at Mayfair Capital.
Investors with a strong ESG-lens could soon be taking a fresh look at real estate by Marek Handzel Investors with a strong ESG-lens could soon be taking a fresh look at real estate, says Benjamin Davis, CEO of Octopus Real Estate.
Renovation alone will not get German residential stock to net-zero by 2050 by Steffen Metzner Refurbish or rebuild? That is the question dominating many net-zero discussions about commercial real estate.
Building portfolios in the fragmented European self-storage sector is hard work — Is it worth the trouble? by Marek Handzel Jordan says that the COVID-19 crisis has played a significant part in driving recent interest. Although self-storage has usually performed well during financial downturns, this tendency has come to the fore over the last two years.
