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Evelyn Lee

Evelyn Lee is Editor for PEI Group’s real estate-focused publication, PERE, overseeing global news coverage for both its digital and print platforms. Based in London, she manages a team of journalists across PEI’s offices in New York, London and Hong Kong. She joined the company in its New York office in July 2011 as a reporter covering the industry in the Americas. She became senior reporter in January 2014 and was promoted to news editor in July 2015. Evelyn relocated to PEI's headquarters office in London in 2018 and was promoted to editor in 2019. Prior to joining PEI in 2011 she covered commercial real estate, economic development and environmental issues at NJBIZ, a New Jersey-focused business publication.
The Los Angeles-based real estate investment firm, which saw its latest fund significantly oversubscribed, also raised a hefty amount of co-investment capital.
A wave of distressed US property loans could be hitting the market once again, which could present a new investment opportunity for private equity real estate firms, writes Evelyn Lee.
The Los Angeles-based investment manager, however, also has deployed a sizable amount of real estate capital outside of its dedicated property group. 
The second largest US pension plan is considering the creation of a mortgage lending program, its real estate head revealed this week.
The Chicago-based private equity real estate firm, which recently wrapped its latest equity fund, will seek to originate floating-rate loans amid anticipated rising interest rates.
Oaktree’s chairman said that one particular truism in real estate would become more problematic under the Federal Reserve’s tapering policy.
The Los Angeles-based investment manager has held a final close on its latest global real estate fund and is expected to raise up to $1 billion for its real estate debt fund by mid-year.
The Dallas-based private equity firm has promoted André Collin to the newly created position of president at the Dallas-based private equity firm, in what is being viewed as a possible succession plan move. 
The London-based bank has executed three separate deals with Cerberus Capital Management and Apollo Global Management in the space of a week.
In a few short years, Blackstone has become the largest owner of buy-to-rent properties. But the launch of a new lending platform suggests the longer-term opportunity in the space may be in debt.    
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