Real Estate Investment managers
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Firms that run real estate funds for institutions and individuals.
Last updated: 2026-10-20
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Profiled in this segment
Blackstone (real estate)
Public asset manager. Runs BREIT, a non-listed REIT sold to individual investors.
Real estate is $319.3B of Blackstone’s more than $1.3T in Total Assets Under Management.
Profile and sources →Brookfield (real estate)
Public. Owns 100% of Brookfield Property Group and 73% of the votes in Brookfield Asset Management.
Closed its fifth real estate flagship fund in 2025; firm-wide fundraising was over $110B.
Profile and sources →CBRE Investment Management
Investment management line of CBRE’s Real Estate Investments segment.
Sits next to Trammell Crow Company in CBRE’s Real Estate Investments segment.
Profile and sources →Who each is actually for
Based on what the cited sources say, not on reviews. If we had no source, the cell is left out.
| Firm | Fit signals from the sources |
|---|---|
| Blackstone (real estate) | Institutions investing through Blackstone Real Estate Partners funds. Individuals using BREIT, if they accept limits on redemptions and a performance fee. |
| Brookfield (real estate) | Institutions investing in real estate flagship funds. Investors wanting exposure to an owner-operator rather than a pure manager. |
| CBRE Investment Management | Institutions wanting a manager tied to a global brokerage and development platform. |
Last verified 2026-10-20. Figures were re-read from the linked sources that day.
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- Section published and renamed from ‘Investment firms and REITs’: hub, three sub-hubs, eleven profiles and three comparisons, from SEC filings read this day.
Sources
- Blackstone Inc. Form 10-K for 2025 · accessed 2026-10-20
- Brookfield Corporation 2025 Annual Information Form (40-F exhibit 99.1) · accessed 2026-10-20
- CBRE Group Form 10-K for 2025 · accessed 2026-10-20