All Americas articles – Page 168
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Pennsylvania puts $925m beyond the core
UNITED STATES - Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System has approved $925m (€598.8m) into new real estate investments through a variety of non-core commingled funds.
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Waterton moves into hotel
UNITED STATES - Waterton Associates is set to create a hotel investment fund for the first time in the company’s history.
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LA Fire and Police survey property risks
UNITED STATES - Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions are considering investing as much as $300m (€194.1m) in real estate this year as part of its 2008 investment plan.
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LaSalle creates hotel JV
UNITED STATES - LaSalle Investment Management and public Reits LaSalle Hotel Properties have formed a $700m (€455.3m) joint venture to invest in US hotels.
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Pennsylvania State commits to senior housing fund
UNITED STATES - Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement System has already approved a $25m (€16.2m) commitment to Senior Housing Partners IV commingled fund.
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TIAA-CREF moves into commingled space
UNITED STATES - TIAA-CREF has created its first commingled fund to be backed by third-party investment capital.
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Morgan Stanley brings $2.5bn to Special Sits III
UNITED STATES - Morgan Stanley Real Estate has attracted $2.5bn (€1.6bn euros) of institutional capital for the latest round of fund raising for Special Situations Fund III.
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Indiana PERF moves $150m into real estate
UNITED STATES - Indiana Public Employees Retirement Fund has approved commitments totaling $150m (€
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Orange County works on commingled fund manager search
UNITED STATES - Orange County Employees Retirement System is nowworking on a search to hire new commingled fund real estate managers.
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Nebraska adds to real estate portfolio
UNITED STATES - Nebraska Investment Council has expanded its real estate portfolio by making a $25m (€16.1m) commitment to the Five Arrows Realty Securities V commingled fund.
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Investor interest lifts non-core Rockpoint to $2.5bn
UNITED STATES - Rockpoint Group LLC has attracted $2.51bn (€1.58bn) of equity for its latest commingled fund, Rockpoint Real Estate fund III but says the sum could have been larger on the back of investor demand.
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DRA invests half of its new $1.25bn fund
UNITED STATES - DRA Advisors has already spent around 50% of the $1.25bn (€787.4m) of equity it has just finished for its DRA Growth and Income Fund VI.
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Washington State outshines Oregon’s commitment to Lone Star
UNITED STATES - Washington State Investment Board has approved a commitment of up to $600m (€375.1m) into the Lone Star Fund VI commingled fund.
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Canyon Capital raises $1bn for urban fund
UNITED STATES – US-based pension funds were among the biggest investors to Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund III, which has received equity commitments from investors totaling $1bn (€627.4bn).
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State of Virginia pursues $300m opportunity
UNITED STATES - Virginia Retirement System has made a $300m (€188.5m) commitment to the investment entity Security Capital Income Opportunity Investors, LLC.
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Illinois Teachers signs two core accounts
UNITED STATES - Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois has hired Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers and Invesco Real Estate as its new core separate account real estate managers.
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Mass PRIM places all REITs in one week
UNITED STATES - Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board is a good example of the difference of investing in public and private real estate, as in the first week of March, the pension fund was able to place its entire REIT allocation for the year, worth $540m (€342.1m), in the ...
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Kimpton books $246m into hotels
UNITED STATES - Kimpton Group Holding raised $246m (€155.6m) through institutional partners for its latest hotel investment fund, Kimpton Hospitality Partners II.
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Swiss pensions increase AIFAA’s US play
UNITED STATES/SWITZERLAND - AIFAA, an investment company backed by 12 Swiss pension funds, has doubled the size of its real estate portfolio in the United States by acquiring two properties in all-cash deals for $72m (€45.9m).
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Pension fund shops for real estate via AEW-Weingarten JV
UNITED STATES - AEW Capital Management and Weingarten Realty Investors have formed a $229m (€144.2m) partnership for the recapitalization of a US-based retail portfolio, which is expected to benefit an unnamed US pension fund.
