Meghan Morris
The pension plan’s real estate arm bought London’s Blue Fin building, continuing a push to build up its European real estate presence.
As sovereign wealth funds seek diversification, Qatar writes a check for a 44 percent stake in the $8.6 billion mixed-use development.
The country’s third largest pension plan bought a 50 percent stake in a MetLife portfolio.
The Darien, Connecticut-based firm held a final close for its largest-ever real estate fund of funds.
The firm continued to post losses in real estate, but executives spoke of opportunities in Europe and the US.
Canada’s largest pension plan bought a stake in a 722-asset industrial portfolio with Global Logistic Properties and three other investors.
The Greenwich, Connecticut-based firm has agreed to buy over 23,000 apartment units from Equity Residential after another big multifamily purchase last week.
The pension plan committed €50 million ($57 million) to PW Real Assets’ opportunistic fund.
The Greenwich, Connecticut-based firm, in partnership with a Canadian REIT, is acquiring Landmark Apartment Trust adding another 19,615 units multifamily units to the 44,500 units it purchased in the last year.
The state pension plan committed €35 million to London-based Benson Elliot and $40 million to Walton Street on Wednesday.