LaSalle Investment Management

While credit spreads have widened modestly, real estate managers are facing the potential for elevated debt costs as base rate projections change.

In raising $370m for its first global ‘brown-to-green’ real estate fund, LaSalle has proven there is no time like the present to put sustainability front and center.

Pension manager Rest is the latest global capital allocator favoring the structure to expand in the asset class.

The steep stock market selloff last week compounds an already daunting challenge for property services firms to scale their investment managers.

The secondaries specialist is positioning itself to take advantage of a ‘silver tsunami’ in the US and Europe.

LaSalle’s global head of research and strategy Brian Klinksiek says those looking to buy in the sector are overlooking one important factor.

Americas head Brad Gries will assume the top job at the Chicago-based manager as incumbent chief executive Mark Gabbay transitions to executive chair.

LaSalle’s Julie Manning says commercial property investors have entered a new era where sustainability is no longer a side initiative but a core value driver.