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The Cleveland-based investment management and advisory firm raised just over half of its original target for the controversial vehicle, which it launched in 2012.

The world’s largest real estate investment manager is planning to undertake €6 billion of transactions in Europe this year, two-thirds of which should be acquisitions.

The Chicago-based firm has reached its hard cap for LaSalle Real Estate Debt Strategies II, giving the overall platform in Europe more than £1 billion to deploy in debt and special situations.

The New York-based investment advisor is looking to raise $500 million for its first fund targeting the niche sector – and its first closed-ended vehicle in six years.

More than 14% of all secondaries deals last year were real estate purchases, according to Toronto-based advisory firm Setter Capital.

The logistics fund manager has sealed its first China deal alongside Morgan Stanley’s multi-manager arm, with which it has committed all of its China capital raised so far.

Global Wealth Management (GWM) Group and a Fortress Investment Group entity are looking to increase their investment in Italy by taking control of UniCredit Immobiliare Uno.

There is stark evidence that capital is being concentrated with just a handful of managers as data reveals that one-third of all capital raised in 2013 was placed with just 10 funds.

In a quest for yield, more institutions are considering markets and property types that they may not have favored in the past, according to a new AFIRE survey.

The New York firm has already raised what is believed to be the single largest real estate opportunity fund for Europe with €4.1 billion of commitments to BREP EUROPE IV and the firm’s fundraising for the vehicle is still not finished.