KKR to buy student housing portfolio from Blackstone for $1.64bn
KKR has agreed to acquire a portfolio of 19 purpose-built student housing properties from Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT) for $1.64 billion. The over...
Blackstone Credit & Insurance names Dan Leiter as Head of International
Blackstone has appointed Dan Leiter as Head of International for Blackstone Credit & Insurance (BXCI). In this role, reporting to Gilles Dellaert, Global Head of...
Global non-listed real estate capital raising hits 9-year low in 2023
Global investment in non-listed real estate plummeted in 2023, with fund managers raising just €117 billion, according to the 2024 Capital Raising Survey by...
British Land and GIC secure major pre-let at Broadgate’s new development
A joint venture between British Land and GIC has signed an agreement with hedge fund firm Citadel and leading global market maker Citadel Securities...
Partners Group invests in Trinity
Global private markets firm Partners Group has reached an agreement to acquire a strategic minority stake in Trinity Investments, a U.S.-based real estate investor...
Mapletree makes £1bn student housing bet across UK and Germany
Singapore-based real estate investment company Mapletree Investments has acquired 8,192 student housing beds across 19 cities in the UK and Germany and an operating...
Japanese firm buys London office building from Turkish investor
IINO Kaiun Kaisha (IINO Lines), a global shipping company headquartered in Tokyo, has off-market acquired 111 Strand, an office building in London, UK, from Turkey-based...
InvestorFlow acquires UK proptech firm Coyote Software
California-based InvestorFlow, the cloud-based platform for alternative investment firms, has announced the acquisition of Coyote Software, a UK-based software-as-a-service leader powering many of the largest Commercial...
Unifore snaps up office building in Zoetermeer
Amsterdam-based Unifore Real Estate has purchased the Europe Palace office building in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands. The firm acquired the property from a fund affiliated with...
Blackstone to acquire AIR Communities in $10bn deal
Blackstone announced today Blackstone Real Estate Partners X will acquire Apartment Income REIT Corp. (AIR Communities) in a $10 billion all-cash deal. The purchase...