Pledges to commercial real estate vehicles from U.S. pensions plunged by 50% in 2023 to about $33B, down from $65B the previous year, which was a record.

The tally from commitments to funds and separate accounts last year was the lowest since 2013, when pensions gave less than $28B to CRE and the fourth-lowest total since Ferguson Partners began tracking the sector in 2011, according to a Green Street alert.

The momentum for pledges withered in the second half of 2023, when barely $14B in commitments were made in the third and fourth quarters combined, which is 25% than the quarterly record of nearly $19B in Q3 2022.

Continue Reading for Free

Register and gain access to:

  • Breaking commercial real estate news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical coverage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.