Blueprint: Brookfield’s $8bn close for BSREP V, Starwood’s takeover bid for ESR, PGIM’s $2bn data center fund

Brookfield Asset Management reaches over $8 billion in commitments for Brookfield Strategic Real Estate Partners V, bringing the vehicle over halfway to its final target; Starwood forms a consortium of investors, including TPG-spinout credit platform Sixth Street Partners and New York investment firm SSW Partners, to propose a buyout of the Asian industrial giant ESR Group; PGIM Real Estate is targeting $2 billion for a global data center fund; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.