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May 31, 2024
Canadian Pension Fund Exits Manhattan Office Sector with 90% Loss in Firesale Deal
The $437 billion Canadian pension plan recently sold its 45% stake in 10 East 53rd Street for $7M, a 90% loss from its 2012 purchase price o


May 31, 2024
Fibra UNO Escalates Courtship of Terrafina's Assets Aiming to Create Mega-Industrial REIT in Mexico
Fibra UNO's proposed industrial mega-merger aims to create Mexico's largest industrial REIT by combining three portfolios into 487...

May 23, 2024
PIMCO's $3.9 Billion Office Acquisition Leads to $1.7 Billion Loan Default and $700 Million Haircut
PIMCO's $1.7 billion office loan tied to a 5.5 million sf portfolio across four U.S. cities defaulted in February 2023. The lenders, Goldman

May 20, 2024
Luxury Home Sales Plunge 50% in Singapore So Far in 2024
Singapore's luxury home sales have plunged by 50% in the first quarter of 2024, significantly impacted by cooling measures, increased intere

May 18, 2024
The Global Tremors From China’s Real Estate Crisis Are Only Just Starting
Chinese investors are selling real estate assets globally to raise cash amidst a deepening property crisis at home, potentially revealing...

May 15, 2024
With China’s Property Market Struggling, India, Korea and Vietnam Are Hot
China's commercial property market is slumping due to a combination of companies pursuing a "China-plus-one" strategy to mitigate geopolitic

May 8, 2024
Japan's NTT Set To Buy 49% of Philippines' PLDT Data Center Business
PLDT, the leading telecommunications provider in the Philippines with a market capitalization exceeding $5 billion, is negotiating the...

May 8, 2024
Overview of the AI Boom Fueling Data Centers in Asia
Asia Pacific, including Japan, has led dealmaking activities in the global data center market this year, with M&A value totaling $840.47 mil

May 7, 2024
Prominent Industrial REIT in Mexico Eyed By Multiple Investors
Fibra Mty is the latest major investor to enter the fray, studying the acquisition of 100% of Fibra Terrafina's shares as of last week, aimi

Feb 4, 2024
A Flurry of Listings in Mexico Being Led by Fibra MTY
Fibra MTY is perfectly positioned to dominate industrial developments as the main real estate investor in the main hubs where nearshoring is

Jan 29, 2024
Blackstone's Multibillion-Dollar Wager on Data Centers
Blackstone is not alone in its ambitions to rapidly expand its data center holdings. Firms like KKR, Digital Realty, and Brookfield are also


Nov 11, 2023
Coworking Is Not The Holy Grail
The biggest news in real estate this week was the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by WeWork. Let’s take a look at the coworking office business


Sep 23, 2023
Investor Spotlight: Paladin Realty Partners
An assessment, and interview with the CIO, of one of the most active real estate investors in Latin America over the last four decades.


Jun 17, 2023
Pension Fund Contribution Rate Volatility
The growing interest in private equity by America’s pension funds is generally attributed to higher returns and diversification.


Jun 10, 2023
The Next Wave of Private Capital into LATAM and Africa
Private Equity has historically been the primary structure utilized by international institutional investors for em inveting.


Jun 8, 2023
Private Equity Real Estate Fund Manager Performance Over Time
A summary of an academic research piece which found that real estate funds performed poorly, particularly as the managers raised more funds.


Jun 3, 2023
Shortcomings of Using Private Equity for Real Estate Investing
Returns for private equity, net of fees, do not generally outperform the overall equity markets, as measured by indices such as the S&P...


May 27, 2023
Emergence of Private Equity Real Estate Funds
Private equity real estate funds arrived late to the party in 1988. The asset class was birthed in an environment which parallels today.


May 25, 2023
Troubling Trend of LATAM Retailers Owning Malls
Latin America contains an unusually large number of dominate retailers who also hold significant retail real estate holdings.


May 11, 2023
Bumps in the Road for Colombia’s REIT Industry
Colombia's REIT industry is the third largest in Latin America. Some of the challenges facing the industry are discussed.
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