UK debt specialist Laxfield Capital has announced the upsizing of its real estate debt fund by £250 mln to £750 mln (€840 mln) after fully deploying its original allocation in loans secured on office, student accommodation, logistics, hotel, serviced apartment and specialist retail assets.
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Warburg-HIH Invest has announced the launch of a new fund focusing on offices in Germany's seven largest cities.
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German asset manager Omega Immobilien and dentist association pension fund VZN have launched an investment fund focusing on daycare centres in the Rhineland region.
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US developer-investor Tishman Speyer has raised €750 mln of equity at the final close of its latest European value-add fund, exceeding the €600 mln target.
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AEW, the real estate asset management arm of Natixis Investment Managers, has completed a further close for Residys, a fund targeting residential real estate assets in France, predominantly in the Paris region, raising an additional €165 mln from institutional investors.
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Irish specialist Green REIT is planning a shift in its portfolio to up to 25% logistics, in anticipation of imminent expansion in the sector arising from Brexit and the growth of online retailing.
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Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world's largest pension fund with JPY 158.6 tln (€1.2 tln) of assets under management, has awarded its first global property mandate, appointing CBRE Global Investment Partners as funds of funds (FoF) manager and Asset Management One Co as gatekeeper.
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Former Tristan Capital executives Peter Mather and Chris Webb have launched FirethornTrust to invest in UK real estate, with backing from two US family offices.
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Privately-owned global real estate investor Hines has executed the final closing of its Hines European Value Fund (HEVF) with a total fund size exceeding €720 mln of equity commitments, surpassing its original target by more than 40%, according to the firm.
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BlackRock Real Assets has secured €280 mln in commitments at the first close of its new Eurozone core property fund, which will target high-quality, income-producing investments located in the Eurozone and Euro-pegged countries.
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Hamburg Commercial Bank AG (HCOB) has agreed to provide investment manager Barings with financing in the mid double-digit million euro range for the construction of a sustainable logistics centre in Hesse.
