Managers

The New York-based fund manager is due to close its latest real estate vehicle, which provides growth capital to public and private real estate companies, next month.

The Toronto-based alternative asset manager and its multifamily subsidiary jointly raised capital for the US-focused value-add fund, attracting investors that included CalSTRS and Australia’s Future Fund.

The Los Angeles-based placement agent has hired Scott Arden, formerly of MVision, to head up the new office as the firm continues to build its business in and outside of real estate.

The London-based real estate investment and fund management firm has formed a China-focused platform with China’s second largest asset manager. It will be run by ex-Harvest Capital Partners CEO Rong Ren.

The Washington DC-based real estate fund manager has closed its latest US opportunistic fund targeting distressed transactions.

The New York-based advisor and asset management firm held an initial closing over the summer for a higher return real estate fund, with a second close due imminently.

The vehicle, created for an unnamed corporate pension, will look to provide liquidity to US real estate ownership structures in a variety of ways.

The Houston-based firm has promoted three of its executives within its offices in southern California.

BLG Capital has closed the BLG Turkish Real Estate Fund in what is believed to be the largest Turkish real estate-focussed offering since 2007.

GIC deepens its hooks into the future London development pipeline of London-listed student housing developer UNITE Group with the launch of another JV with first rights on all its developments in the capital city.