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Asset Manager NewsHeitman Launches Core-Plus Self-Storage Investment Strategy
Heitman LLC (“Heitman”), a global real estate investment management firm, today announced the launch of a core-plus strategy focused on self-storage assets across the United States.
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White papers2026 Europe - Self Storage, Sector Update
The self storage sector in the Europe continues to see solid fundamentals, with strong rental growth and stable occupancy despite a marked increase in supply reflecting demand for the sector. Self storage’s relative outperformance to other commercial real estate sectors continues to drive an increase in institutional interest in the sector.
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White papers2026 European Real Estate Outlook
Why Alternative Real Estate Appears Poised to Come Out Ahead
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PodcastFrom Bricks to Bytes: The New Frontiers in Real Estate Investment
Real estate is transforming - fast. Operational intensity, and the rise of new sectors like data centers, life sciences and social infrastructure are reshaping the investment landscape.
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White papersNiche to Necessity: The Next Chapter of Self-Storage
Self-storage has proven itself as a resilient and important component of a real estate portfolio. Since Heitman began investing in the sector in 1996, we have observed its durability and outperformance throughout economic cycles.
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Asset Manager NewsHESTA to Invest in European Alternative Property Types with Heitman
Heitman LLC (“Heitman”), a global real estate investment management firm, today announced an allocation from HESTA to invest in European alternative property types, including self-storage, student housing, residential, and health care.
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Asset Manager NewsHeitman Acquires Majority Stake in Swedish Self-Storage Operator
Heitman LLC (“Heitman”), a global real estate investment management firm, today announced the acquisition of a majority stake in the third largest self-storage operator in Sweden – Servistore.
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White papersHow AI and data modeling give real estate investment professionals a new superpower
In the spring of 2020, Las Vegas was a ghost town. With the COVID-19 pandemic in full swing, casinos and restaurants were shut down, sending the city’s unemployment rate soaring to the highest in the nation.
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White papersMedical outpatient buildings are well-positioned to outperform
Private commercial real estate continues to mature and evolve. In recent years, investors increased exposure to alternative sub-sectors within the asset class that offer unique demand drivers and the potential to outperform core real estate sectors. Healthcare real estate, which includes a diverse set of sub-types including medical outpatient buildings (MOBs) has quickly gained investor interest and for good reason.
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White papersPutting the ESG into real estate
In our annual real estate ESG report, experts from Federated Hermes Limited explain how an open and collaborative approach between investors and the real estate industry can change the environment for better, forever and for all.
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White papersThe Future of Offshore Wind
Glennmont Partners CEO and Managing Partner Joost Bergsma, and Ørsted’s Head of Portfolio Development and Strategy, Kunal Patel, were recently interviewed in the 2022 Infrastructure Investor Annual Review.
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White papersGreen News & Views: Sustaining rural communities and natural resources with Leading Harvest
Investors increasingly expect assurance that their capital will not only generate sustainable financial returns, but also contribute to a more sustainable world. Stakeholder interest in sustainable agriculture is growing rapidly with increasing attention to how agricultural systems affect and interact with the environment and society.
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White papersInvesting in the New Global Infrastructure Economy
In a recent interview in the Preqin Global Infrastructure 2022 report, Biff Ourso and Andy Deihl of Nuveen Infrastructure discuss how changing global demographics and structural trends are creating opportunities for private infrastructure to invest in the transition to a low carbon economy.
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White papersEuropean alternatives: A slow burner destined for a big future
In Europe, the evolution of new property types, also called alternative sectors, have tended to lag behind the U.S., as Europe’s range of legal and tax systems, capital markets, currencies and city planning regimes make it much harder to implement strategies across borders. Consider the great variety of building designs across countries, which is in stark contrast to the relative homogeneity of shopping malls, apartment blocks or offices in the U.S.
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White papersDemographic shifts to fuel alternative housing demand
Certain key demographic shifts occurring in the United States over the next decade will have profound implications for “alternative” housing sectors, including single-family rentals and self-storage.
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Asset Manager NewsStudent Accommodation: the Continental European opportunity
When considering real estate investments through a top-down analysis, purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) emerges as a particularly attractive sector. Stable income, limited supply and increasing demand caused by demographic and societal factors are all distinct advantages.
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White papersStudent housing and senior living in Europe: structural drivers propel long-term demand
With similarity to residential property performance, alternative classes like student housing and senior living offer a different investment profile to traditional asset types due to the less cyclical nature of their demand.
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Asset Manager NewsPATRIZIA launches new EUR 700m healthcare fund
PATRIZIA Immobilien AG, the global partner for pan-European real estate investment, has launched its third healthcare fund with a focus on care properties in Germany.
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White papersUK Real Estate Market Outlook - February 2019
The UK economy: continued resilience in the face of ongoing uncertainty
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White papersNon-traditional sectors: A focus on senior & student housing
Over the last few years, institutional investors have increased their exposure to non-traditional or alternative property types, which represented 14% of total direct real estate investment volumes in Europe in the first half of 2018.
