Blueprint: Urban Partners’ regeneration windfall; an ESR departure; Affinius’ $1bn data center fund; and more

Co-investment schemes offering investors bespoke or flexible exposure to real estate funds continue to unlock capital for managers. This week, two such examples top the headlines: Urban Partners and Partners Group, which both announced large capital raises with comparable contributions to the main funds and various sidecars. Get all the details below. Elsewhere, Affinius Capital lines up $905m for its debut data center fund; a senior executive departs ESR Group; Warburg eyes another real estate privatization, and more in this week’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.