Top Firms in Investment Real Estate?

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PERE Top 50 2013 (rankings are based on equity raised between 2008 through 1Q 2013)

1 The Blackstone Group
2 Starwood Capital Group
3 Lone Star Funds
4 Colony Capital
5 LaSalle Investment Management
6 Tishman Speyer
7 The Carlyle Group
8 Goldman Sachs Real Estate Principal Investment Area
9 Brookfield Asset Management
10 MGPA
11 Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing
12 CBRE Global Investors
13 Westbrook Partners
14 AREA Property Partners
15 Angelo, Gordon & Co
16 Prudential Real Estate Investors
17 Shorenstein Properties
18 CapitaLand
19 Fortress Investment Group
20 TA Associates Realty
21 Oaktree Capital Mangement
22 Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Principal Investments
23 Walton Street Capital
24 Northwood Investors
25 Perella Weinberg Partners
26 Lubert-Adler Partners
27 AEW Global
28 Beacon Capital Partners
29 Orion Capital Managers
30 Alpha Investment Partners
31 DRA Advisors
32 KSL Capital Partners
33 ARA Asset Management
34 Rockpoint Group
35 Niam
36 Hemisferio Sul Investimentos
37 Hines
38 GI Partners
39 Cerberus Capital Management
40 GTIS Partners
41 Invesco Real Estate
42 Crow Holdings
43 CIM Group
44 Rockwood Capital
45 Berkshire Property Advisors
46 Harrison Street Real Estate Capital
47 GE Capital Real Estate
48 Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors
49 Spear Street Capital
50 Stockbridge Capital Group

This is a good list thou not all funds listed here are REPE. Many are real estate investment firms that invest in core properties, e.g. Prudential, Capitalland, Invesco etc. as opposed to the more speculative/distressed or early stage type of plays that REPEs focus on.

To the OP, depending on how wide a net you want to cast, you might also want to look into REITs. Here is a comprehensive directory of these:

http://www.reit.com/REIT101/REITDirectory/SearchableDirectory.aspx

Just hit up Blackstone man. I think you'll get it.

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huanleshalemei:

brandon st randy:

prospie:

Just hit up Blackstone man. I think you'll get it.

Email Jon Gray. He is a nice guy and might be willing to help you out if you have got something to offer. Granted Jon is a lot busier now than when I first met him, since he is sitting on the board of directors at BX and the Management and Executive Committees, in addition to being head of global RE.

This is how someone can get his mailbox exploded in a couple of hours. Oh would u mind posting his email here to expedite the process? How about cell phone no.? :)

It is easy to figure out his email if you know what BX general format is like (there are actually two, his is the older one). I won't be too worried about this inbox exploding thou as his assistant screens all his emails anyway.

Here is a more global oriented list of PE players (US, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Australia, etc) albeit dated from ~3 years ago, but still some good intel:

Ranking Management group 1 CBRE Global Investors 2 J.P. Morgan Asset management (Global Real Assets) 3 RREEF Alternatives 4 LaSalle Investment Management 5 Prudential Real Estate Investors 6 Heitman 7 Principal Global Investors 8 Morgan Stanley 9 Hamilton Lane Advisors 10 UBS Global Asset Management 11 AEW Capital Management 12 Invesco 13 Aberdeen Asset Management 14 Brookfield Asset Management 15 AMP Capital Investors 16 BlackRock. 17 Legal & General Investment Management 18 Standard Life Investments 19 Henderson Global Investors 20 Rockspring Property Investment Managers 21 Hermes Real Estate Investment Management 22 Tishman Speyer 23 Bouwinvest Real Estate Investment Management 24 Hines 25 DTZ Investment Management 26 Dexus Property Group 27 Schroders Investment Management 28 MGPA 29 Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers 30 Prologis 31 Charter Hall 32 QIC 33 Aviva Investors 34 Lend Lease 35 The Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation 36 Macquarie Group 37 Angelo, Gordon & Co. 38 Cohen & Steers Capital Management 39 GE Asset Management 40 Grosvenor Fund Management 41 Franklin Templeton Investments 42 SWIP 43 Union Investment 44 Partners Group 45 Threadneedle Investments 46 Secured Capital Investment Management Co. 47 AXA Real Estate 48 M3 Capital Partners 49 Orchard Street Investment Management 50 The GPT Group 51 Cordea Savills 52 European Investors 53 Portfolio Advisors 54 Kempen Capital Management 55 Oaktree Capital Management 56 BNP Paribas Real Estate 57 Lothbury Investment Management 58 Perennial Investment Partners 59 Forum Partners Investment Management 60 Landmark Partners 61 F&C REIT 62 Colliers Capital 63 MLC Investment Management 64 Cushman & Wakefiled Investors 65 Ramius 66 Investa Commercial Property Group (ICPF) 67 Harbert Management Corporation 68 Access Capital Advisers 69 Fengate Property Management 70 Meyer Bergman 71 Mesirow Financial 72 Composition Capital Partners 73 Garrison Investment Group 74 Goldman Sachs Asset Management 75 FIL 76 Patron Capital 77 Pictet Alternative Investments 78 Northern Trust 79 LBO France 80 La Française Real Estate Managers 81 KanAm Grund 82 Capital Dynamics 83 InfraRed Capital Partners 84 Lombard Odier Investment Managers 85 Actis 86 Dexia Asset Management 87 Blackstone Alternative Asset Management 88 Goodman 89 M&G Investment Limited

brandon st randy:

This is how someone can get his mailbox exploded in a couple of hours. Oh would u mind posting his email here to expedite the process? How about cell phone no.? :)

It is easy to figure out his email if you know what BX general format is like (there are actually two, his is the older one). I won't be too worried about this inbox exploding thou as his assistant screens all his emails anyway.

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He is geeking out big time.