Private Equity is Raising BILLIONS To Buy Commercial Real Estate - Here's Why // Commercial real estate has been a tough place to be since the second half of 2022, with huge interest rate hikes causing major drops in property values and very few deals getting across the finish line.
But today, we're finally starting to see some signs of life in the commercial real estate industry, and this video walks through what the latest research is saying about a recovery in commercial real estate.
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🕒 Timestamps 🕒
0:00 Introduction
0:33 Equity Fundraising
2:18 Debt Fundraising
3:30 Valuations
5:19 The Impact
6:52 How To Be Ready
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Research and articles referenced in this video:
https://www.cushmanwakefield.com/en/insights/a-new-wave-of-capital-formation-in-us-cre https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/top-talent/cushman-dips-into-developer-talent-pool-to-hire-3-new-market-leaders-131109
https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/capital-markets/private-capital-fundraising-cre-on-track-for-38-yoy-jump-131161 https://finance.yahoo.com/news/commercial-real-estate-market-shows-230016846.html https://www.credaily.com/briefs/cre-prices-surge-on-retail-and-industrial-strength/
https://www.globest.com/2025/09/24/commercial-real-estate-valuations-settling-into-a-lower-normal/
https://www.cbre.com/insights/reports/us-cap-rate-survey-h1-2025
https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/top-talent/cushman-dips-into-developer-talent-pool-to-hire-3-new-market-leaders-131109
https://crewnetwork.org/resources/gender-diversity-research/benchmark-studies/workplace-data-and-trends-in-commercial-real-estate-2025
https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/top-talent/the-cre-gender-pay-gap-shrank-by-50-in-5-years-its-not-because-women-are-making-more-131126
https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/employer/commercial-real-estate-firms-flip-back-to-growing-head-counts-127583
https://www.globest.com/2025/09/23/multifamily-cap-rates-signal-turning-point-for-investors/
https://www.costar.com/article/1423581508/carlyle-raises-9-billion-for-real-estate-fund-despite-challenging-market
https://www.globest.com/2025/05/02/fed-warns-cre-could-see-further-price-drops/
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/commercial/lower-rates-are-set-to-juice-the-commercial-property-market
https://www.greenstreet.com/resources/pricing-index/
https://www.globest.com/2025/05/06/brookfield-eyes-distressed-assets-at-up-to-40-discount-after-raising-59b/
https://www.breit.com/portfolio/
https://www.fergusonpartners.com/real-estate-alert-survey-more-firms-plan-to-staff-up-in-25/
https://www.breit.com/why-breit/
https://www.privatedebtinvestor.com/mid-market-lenders-step-up-as-maturity-wall-looms/
https://www.pgim.com/be/en/borrower/insights/asset-class/real-estate/u.s.-cre-debt-why-funding-gap-may-larger-than-think
https://www.mba.org/news-and-research/newsroom/blog-post/chart-of-the-week--commercial-real-estate-loan-maturity-volumes
https://urbanland.uli.org/the-countdown-to-the-end-of-extend-and-pretend
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/commercial-real-estate-foreclosures-spiked-173016518.html
https://www.cbredealflow.com/
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/commercial/blackstone-raises-largest-commercial-property-debt-fund-with-8-billion-haul
https://www.investmentnews.com/alternatives/blackstone-sees-bright-spot-in-commercial-real-estate-debt-with-record-8b-fund-raise/259605
https://www.cbre.com/insights/figures/q2-2025-us-capital-markets-figures
https://www.globest.com/2025/09/26/cre-prices-show-strongest-annual-growth-since-2022/
https://www.cbre.com/insights/reports/us-cap-rate-survey-h1-2025
https://www.selectleaders.com/job/292757/multifamily-investment-associate/
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