20th March, 2026
GIC’s new US$1.6 billion build-to-suit logistics joint venture with Prologis is a continuation of GIC’s long-standing preference for scaled platforms and operating partners with a reawakening of a relationship with Prologis after a 17-year abeyance. It also serves as another sign that the US$936 billion Singaporean sovereign wealth fund wants real estate exposure through specialised, pre-leased assets.
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22nd December, 2025
Canada’s federal public pension fund CPP has added another major piece to its long-running logistics strategy by creating a C$1.1 billion equity partnership with Dream Industrial REIT and Dream Asset Management to acquire and scale Canadian last-mile industrial real estate.
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16th October, 2025
Blackstone and Abu Dhabi-based Lunate have launched GLIDE, a platform targeting about US$5 billion of Grade-A logistics across the Gulf.
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28th August, 2025
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) is signalling where sovereign capital sees durable growth: direct investment in asset managers.
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14th May, 2025
In a world where logistics is the beating heart of the global economy, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) just made another high-conviction move that underscores how seriously it takes that metaphor.
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14th January, 2025
AustralianSuper, Australia's largest superannuation fund with assets exceeding A$355 billion, has taken significant strides to redefine its real estate investment strategy.
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7th January, 2025
In a bold move to deepen its foothold in logistics real estate, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has acquired a 45% stake in a premier US logistics portfolio for US$1.07 billion.
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21st February, 2024
South Korea is increasingly seen as an alternative Developed Asian market among state-owned investors, with Canadian pension giant CPP and its Dutch peer APG among the leaders – and this week demonstrated that Asian industrial real estate giant ESR remains their favored partner.
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6th November, 2023
Korea’s US$779 billion National Pension Service (NPS) has cemented its links with its favored US real estate partner Stockbridge Capital Group by buying a significant minority stake in the company, via a separate account investment program administered by Blue Owl, nearly three years after their US$2 billion logistics property deal.
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10th July, 2023
State-owned investors originated nearly US$20 billion in real estate deals in the first half of 2023, excluding their commitments to funds overseen by third party asset managers.
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28th April, 2023
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC has stumped up around US$1 billion this week for assets in logistics and electricity transmission infrastructure that align with its strategy of seeking inflation-protecting assets in anticipation of medium-term disruption from rising prices.
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3rd January, 2023
The completion of a tender award for the first logistics area at the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport City to P3 Group will help raise the value of GIC’s European logistics real estate platform to around US$9 billion in 2023, securing its place as one of Europe’s biggest logistics investors.
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