Can you believe it’s halfway through the year already? And IREN is continuing its high rate of original global news coverage in the institutional real estate sector. The total number of original news stories so far this year is 465, compared with 2013’s grand total of 500 original news stories.
The IREN writing staff is on the path to surpassing 2013’s goal this month! The 2014 goal is 600 — and we will easily exceed it.
The most covered section this year is fundraising efforts. Some recent billion-dollar headlines include:
- July 11, 2014 – Blackstone raises $4.2b for Asia fund
- July 10, 2014 – McMorgan raises $1.3b for first infrastructure fund
- July 8, 2014 – Ares raises more than $1b for real estate
- July 7, 2014 – Carmel Partners holds $1b final close
The second most covered section this year is investors’ activities, such as commitments and searches. Some recent commitment headlines include:
- July 11, 2014 – Illinois commits $60m to real estate, $125m to infrastructure
- July 9, 2014 – New Mexico commits $50m to Lion Industrial
- July 2, 2014 – IPERS makes changes to real estate policy, reduces core target
- June 30, 2014 – Pennsylvania Teachers commits to real estate debt, natural gas
And the third most covered section is transactions. Some recently completed property deal headlines include:
- July 10, 2014 – Vornado buys another NYC property for $700m
- July 3, 2014 – Blackstone buys assets on three continents
- July 1, 2014 – GSH consortium buys Singapore office for $438m
- June 26, 2014 – IN-DEPTH: Land Securities pays Lend Lease £656m for Bluewater stake
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Andrea Waitrovich is IREN editor and web content editor at Institutional Real Estate, Inc.
