All Investment Vehicles articles – Page 266
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Chinese investors avoid spotlight in global expansion
GLOBAL – Chinese investors are targeting real estate funds as they switch their attention from domestic urban residential investments to strategic assets in advanced economies.
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USS adds Savoy House to burgeoning UK portfolio
UK – The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has resumed its acquisition programme in the UK with the purchase of Savoy Court in the West End of London for £45.5m (€53.9m).
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Ohio Police & Fire approves $30m commitment to opportunity fund
GLOBAL – The Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund has approved a $30m (€23.1m) commitment into the Savanna Real Estate Fund II.
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Partners in first closing for real estate secondaries fund
GLOBAL – Partners Group has raised €750m for its first fund dedicated to acquiring stakes in existing real estate investments through the secondary market.
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Ohio School Employees makes $30m follow-on commitment with Carlyle Group
GLOBAL – The School Employees Retirement System of Ohio has approved a $30m (€22.5m) commitment into the Carlyle Realty Partners VI commingled fund.
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Santa Barbara County to redeem investment in RREEF America II
GLOBAL – The Santa Barbara County Employees Retirement System has taken its first real estate action since hiring ORG Real Property as its real estate consultant in June.
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Investor tenders European private real estate mandate
IPE QUEST – An institutional investor is looking to commit €25m-50m to private real estate investments in Europe.
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New Jersey returns to real estate after two-year hiatus
GLOBAL – The New Jersey Division of Investment has made its first investment in real estate since June of 2008 with a $100m (€74.4m) allocation to the Lubert-Adler Real Estate Fund VI-B.
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Washington State allocates $500m to Evergreen Real Estate Partners
GLOBAL – The Washington State Investment Board has approved a follow-on investment of $500m (€366.1m) into Evergreen Real Estate Partners.
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Pension funds mop up Finnish property sale
EUROPE – Finnish pension funds Ilmarinen and Varma have mopped up shares in partly state-owned property firm Sponda following the sale by state investment firm Solidium Oy of shares worth €176m.
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Texas Teachers-backed apartment fund makes first investments in two years
GLOBAL – The Camden Multifamily Value Add fund, 80% owned by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, has closed on its first two apartment deals in more than two years.
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Blended real estate portfolios perform best, says NAREIT
GLOBAL – A blended real estate portfolio that combines REITs and private equity real estate with core holdings outperformed portfolios that contained either REITs or private equity real estate funds alone, according to a study by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT).
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Sampension to return to property market with first US investment
GLOBAL – Sampension, which manages three Danish labour-market pension funds, is to return to active property investing next year for the first time since 2008.
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ÆRIUM targets France for first opportunistic strategy
FRANCE – ÆRIUM is seeking to raise €50-60m in third-party equity to invest in prime retail real estate opportunities in France.
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Real estate portfolio at CalPERS appreciates by 13.5%
GLOBAL – The value of the California Public Employees Retirement System's real estate portfolio to the end of June has increased by $171m (€125m), or 1.1%, from the previous quarter and by more than $1.8bn (13.5%) year on year.
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Investors flock to DIC Asset's German office fund
GERMANY – DIC Asset has secured more than three-quarters of the €117m capital raising target for its inaugural special investment fund.
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Germany's BVK sells Paris office after 10 years of ownership
EUROPE – German pension fund Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK) has sold a Paris office building that it has owned for 10 years.
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Texas Employees commits $60m to value-added fund
GLOBAL – The Employees Retirement System of Texas has made a $60m (€43m) commitment to the Madison International Real Estate Liquidity Fund IV.
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VastNed Retail builds up Turkish portfolio to €90m
TURKEY – Pan-European retail property fund VastNed Retail has acquired its seventh prime high street shop in the heart of Istanbul, taking its total investment in Turkey to €90m.
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Deutsche Bank's RREEF buys industrial portfolio in US Pacific Northwest
GLOBAL – RREEF, the real estate investment management business of Deutsche Bank's Asset Management division, has acquired the 940,654 square foot Kent Valley Industrial Portfolio in Kent and Tukwila, Washington.