The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Dexus Property Group have completed the compulsory acquisition of 100% of the units in the Commonwealth Property Office Fund.
Ivanhoé Cambridge (the real estate arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec), along with affiliates of Apollo Global Management and Residential Land, has acquired Brandeaux Group's interests in the Thurloe Estate in a £100-million ($183.2-million) deal.
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has formed a new venture with China Vanke Co., the largest residential developer in China.
Institutional investors should diversify their real estate holdings to avoid overexposure to the Canadian markets, says UBS Global Asset Management.
Pension giant wades into residential development in China.
The real estate arm of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Cadillac Fairview, has updated its plans to develop downtown Montreal.
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LaSalle Investment Management has made an initial logistics property investment in Canada on behalf of Bayerische Ärzteversorgung Bavarian doctors’ pension fund.
Ivanhoé Cambridge—the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec’s real estate subsidiary—has entered into a partnership to build Projet QB, a mixed multi-residential and commercial complex that will eventually feature more than 400 rental units and 200 condominiums in the Cité-Universitaire district of Quebec City.
Life is a highway, but so is institutional investing—literally. More pension plans are investing in infrastructure and real estate as a means of diversifying their portfolios.