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On a Sunday morning, three days before PERE’s Germany roundtable was held in Frankfurt, 60,000 people were evacuated from the center of the city to allow a 1.8-ton British ‘blockbuster’ bomb left over from World War II to be defused. If it had detonated, the bomb could have caused widespread damage to the western part […]

In the aftermath of the UK’s vote to leave the EU, Germany has become Europe’s top pick for property investment. But it remains to be seen how long its advantage will last.

Storms, floods and wild fires are becoming more front-of-mind for real estate managers, but some believe that firms may not be doing enough to protect their properties from climate risk.

Fundraising for private, closed-end real estate funds in the third quarter dropped to its lowest level since 2009. PERE examines the period’s capital raising activity through (all currencies are USD).

The St. Louis-based emerging manager raised $62m for its first two industrial-focused funds, and now has a $200m target for its third vehicle.

One potential solution to the problem, delegates at PERE’s Investor Forum in Amsterdam heard, might come through greater sharing of real estate data in the industry, in line with rival asset classes.

The New York-based real estate capital advisory firm has allied itself with a Tokyo-based partner to help connect Japanese investors with investment opportunities in Europe and North America.

The Dutch investor has acquired a 25% stake in Lendlease’s Retirement Living business which is valued at around A$450m.

The Wisconsin system also invested $200m in a pair of funds and $177m in two joint ventures.

The firm has already raised €519m? for the vehicle, from which it expects to generate a return target of above 200 basis points