WMRE Daily
WMRE Daily

MAY 25, 2021

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Capital Flows to Private Equity Real Estate Funds Remain Lackluster

Fund managers are having a tougher time reaching fundraising targets, requiring them to stay in the market longer than intended.

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Apartment Rents on the Rise in Most Markets

The rents offered for new leases reached a new high in April 2021, averaging $1,430 a month across the U.S., according to Yardi Matrix. That’s up 2.0 percent from the $1,401 offered in April 2020, when the U.S. economy was largely shut down to slow the spread of the coronavirus. It’s also higher than the peak of $1,405 reached in March 2020, just before the pandemic began.

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PG&E to Sell San Francisco Headquarters for $800 Million

PG&E, which plans to move to Oakland in 2022, sold the building to a joint venture of Hines Atlas for $800 million.

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New York City Pensions to Fund $250 Million Apartment Venture

Two retirement systems are teaming up with Hudson Cos. for the construction of middle-income housing in the city and surrounding suburbs.

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11 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today

Sales of risky CLOs are hitting records, reports The Wall Street Journal. Vox looks at what happened to the $45 billion in federal rent relief. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.

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