Blueprint: Blackstone’s Tokyo mega-deal, Stonepeak’s final close for debut property fund, PGIM’s and Ardian’s French self-storage bets and more

The holiday season is upon us, and real estate managers are busy with last-minute shopping – most notably Blackstone, which spent a combined $3 billion last week on properties in Japan and Central Europe; meanwhile, PGIM and Ardian each unboxed self-storage assets in France; infrastructure giant Stonepeak wrapped up its debut real estate fund; pension manager Alecta put one of its partners on the naughty list and more in this week's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.