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White papers2026 Europe - Specialty Residential, Sector Update
Residential performance in 2025 remained robust in 2026. The sector continues to be characterised by strong operational performance, with occupancy remaining high and positive rental growth across key target markets.
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WebinarWebinar replay: Europe’s value-add moment
European real estate has repriced, and for disciplined investors, that kind of reset has historically been where the best opportunities are found. In just 15 minutes, three of Nuveen’s real assets leaders make the case for why now may be the right moment to lean in, and what a value-add approach looks like in practice across Europe’s evolving market. Watch the replay to hear their thinking and what it could mean for your portfolio.
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Asset Manager NewsHeitman Raises $2.6 billion for Value-Add Investment Series
Heitman LLC (“Heitman”), a global real estate investment management firm, today announced the final close of Heitman Value Partners Fund VI (“HVP VI” or “the fund”).
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White papersReturning to the foundations of infrastructure investing
In recent decades, infrastructure investing has emerged as a preferred strategy for investors seeking long-term, stable returns. The growing recognition of the importance of infrastructure in the modern economy, combined with its intrinsically strong characteristics, has propelled infrastructure investments to the forefront of the private equity investment landscape. However, this popularity has, in some ways, diluted the original intent of infrastructure investing.
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White papersLiberation or Aberration: What’s Shaping the Value-Add Opportunity in European Real Estate?
Uncertainties remain on the horizon—but this is extending an already attractive value-add opportunity to invest at the start of a new property cycle.
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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 papersThe smart value-add investor – 2024 edition
When the market turned decidedly negative in early 2022, the strong value-add investment opportunity in the wake of the global financial crisis (GFC) came back to mind for many and inspired a number of real estate players to repeat that success. Substantial amounts of capital have since been raised, but very little of it has been invested to date.
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Asset Manager NewsPATRIZIA closes GLI urban logistics investment platform as new sidecar to TransEuropean VII with circa EUR 1 billion firepower to invest
PATRIZIA AG announces the final close of its GLI platform, a London urban logistics sidecar investment to its flagship discretionary value add fund, TransEuropean Property VII LP.
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White papersEuropean equity value has further to go in this cycle
Since the lows recorded in March 2020, we have seen three different phases of the value recovery. The first was driven by cheap quality cyclicals. This was followed by the outperformance of the deep value Covid-19 stocks from early November amid developments of effective Covid-19 vaccines.
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People NewsOla Hixon joins PGIM Real Estate’s U.S. value-add portfolio team
Ola Hixon has joined PGIM Real Estate as an executive director and assistant portfolio manager for its U.S. value-add team. PGIM Real Estate is the real estate investment and financing business of PGIM, the $1.4 trillion global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).
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Asset Manager NewsPGIM Real Estate on track to reach US$1B for Asia Pacific Value-Add Fund IV
The fourth in PGIM Real Estate’s series of Asia Pacific value-add funds, AVP IV, has raised US$970 million, and is in advanced discussions for additional commitments that would take the capital raise to over US$1 billion.
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Asset Manager NewsGLP Establishes $675 Million China Value-Add Real Estate Fund
Fund will invest in modern logistics assets in GLP Park Lingang in Shanghai, the biggest and most advanced port-based logistics park in China
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White papersGrowth versus Value: Balancing the Risks
Across Europe, measures implemented to contain the Covid-19 pandemic are being gradually lifted. The infection rates on the continent show different dynamics with some exceptions. At the same time, the capital markets are recovering. Therefore, we are currently at the crossroads between crisis and recovery.
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White papersThink European value-add: Why a short-term strategy needs a long-term philosophy
Investors cannot rely on what worked before. Even short-term strategies need to be reconsidered and reformulated to factor in changes that are shaping our society and our behaviour.
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Asset Manager NewsPATRIZIAs TEP VII in final capital raising stage with EUR 634 million closed
PATRIZIA AG, the global partner for pan-European real estate investment, announces a further EUR 384 million of equity commitments for its flagship discretionary value add fund, TransEuropean VII LP (“TEP VII” or the Fund”), which, combined with the EUR 250 million previously announced, brings the total raised to date to EUR 634 million.
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Asset Manager NewsPGIM Real Estate buys office building in Berlin City West for European value-add strategy
PGIM Real Estate has acquired an office building in Berlin from PPF Group, as part of a share deal for its European valueadd strategy. The property is located in the central business district of Berlin City West and has a total lettable area of around 24,500 square metres spread over nine floors, with two underground floors containing 410 parking spaces.
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Asset Manager NewsBridge Development Partners and PGIM Real Estate form $150 million joint venture to acquire and develop cold storage properties across the US
Bridge Development Partners LLC and PGIM Real Estate, the global real estate investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc., have announced the launch of a $150 million national cold storage investment program, targeting $400 million in assets. This programmatic joint venture will seek value-add returns through the development of Class A cold storage facilities, as well as the acquisition and repositioning of Class A/Class B cold storage developments across the country.
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Asset Manager NewsGreystar Announces $2 Billion Final Close for 10th U.S. Multifamily Value-Add Real Estate Fund
Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC (“Greystar”), a global leader in the investment, development and management of high-quality rental housing properties, announced today, on behalf of its affiliates, the final close of Greystar Equity Partners X (“GEP X”) with aggregate equity commitments of $2 billion from a diverse group of global institutional investors from North America, Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific. GEP X represents the largest ever fundraise for a U.S. multifamily value-add fund. GEP X is the 10th in Greystar’s flagship series of funds focused on acquiring existing assets in top U.S. markets that exhibit favorable rental housing fundamentals.
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Asset Manager NewsPGIM Real Estate invests in the office and logistics sector in France for core plus and value-add pan-European funds
PGIM Real Estate has acquired three properties in France on behalf of investors in its core plus and value-add pan-European discretionary funds: Atria, an office building in Paris; a Class A logistics platform development project in the south of Paris; and Portes Sud, an office campus in Toulouse. PGIM Real Estate is the real estate investment business of PGIM, the US$1.3 trillion global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).
