Katherine Bucaccio

The Scottsdale, Arizona-based homebuilder and its two largest shareholders have acquired a 195.5-acre parcel for approximately $215 million.

The Boston-based private equity real estate firm has held an initial close on $269 million in equity commitments for Fund III, which is targeting $600 million.

The New York-based multi-manager has closed its latest and largest offering on $825 million, hauling 10 percent more capital than its original target.

The joint venture between TIAA-CREF and Henderson Global Investors has launched with $22.6 billion of assets, and TIAA-CREF has completed its acquisition of Henderson’s $2.6 billion North American property business.

The Atlanta-based multifamily specialist has hired former Goldman Sachs investment advisor Michael Patrick to lead a push into direct investing as well as to lead its fund management platform.

The largest US pension has chosen senior portfolio manager Tom McDonagh to replace Ted Eliopoulos as acting senior investment officer for real assets.

A partnership between the real estate arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Apollo Global Management and Residential Land has expanded its presence in the city with the £140m acquisition of Thurloe Estate and Strathmore Court.

Paul Sisson, former head of originations for the debt investment business of Brookfield Asset Management, will join CBRE Global Multi Manager as head of Americas.

Former Partners Group executives Sarah Schwarzschild and David Lei have joined Metropolitan Real Estate Equity Management to boost the firm’s secondary investment efforts.

At the New Jersey Division of Investment’s March 19 meeting, the $76.5 billion pension plan committed $100 million to Och-Ziff Real Estate Fund III and gave an update on its massive secondaries sale to NorthStar and Goldman Sachs.