After exiting three major developments in London, operating partner Quadrant Estates turns more of its attention to the U.K.’s regions and retail sector.

Off-market real estate deals don’t exist, given the massive capital flows targeting U.S. real estate, but there are ways for firms to gain an edge over rivals.

Three experts talk sourcing and underwriting in today’s competitive markets, and what makes a successful transaction.

Buying retail centers where 86 percent of the leases roll within 18 months, or where occupancy is just 31 percent, might seem daunting for some. But for others, it’s an opportunity.

Europe’s core markets are set to experience a “liquidity tsunami,” but the opportunity could be gone within two years, says M7 Real Estate CEO Richard Croft.

Siguler Guff’s James Corl tells PrivcapRE about the firm’s ability to shut down a fund’s investment period and cap fund sizes.

Dune Real Estate Partners CIO Cia Buckley Marakovits on the firm’s willingness to take concentration risk and the impact of doing just four or five deals a year on the firm’s latest $960M fund.

Commercial real estate in 2025 will be an asset class transformed by technological, political and economic changes. However, global capital flows could have the greatest impact of all, according to a U.K.-based real estate academic.

Operating partners are seeing deals being “bid up like crazy,” thanks to pricing pressures and capital flows into U.S. real estate markets. Today it’s all about being selective, building property-specific pipelines, and presenting a “good story” backed by fundamentals.

Operating partner Barend de Loor, of Eris Property Group, talks about the greatest opportunities for investment in Sub-Saharan Africa and the realities of operating on the continent.

LaSalle Investment Management’s Jacques Gordon tells PrivcapRE how he expects global property markets to perform in 2015.

An increasing number of LPs are spending more time negotiating co-investment opportunity rights. But the consequences of not executing on co-investment deals could be more serious than LPs imagine.

Meyer Bergman’s Markus Meijer tells PrivcapRE about the risks and opportunities he sees in the European retail sector, amid the ongoing fallout from the financial crisis.

The U.S. housing recovery played out differently to GTIS Partners’ post-crisis expectations, but CIO Tom Shapiro says the firm remains an active investor in raw lots, finished lots and home building.

Institutional investors will make ‘a lot of money’ on Brazil real estate in 2015 and 2016, according to GTIS Partners’ Tom Shapiro whose firm is eyeing equity investments of $100M to $500M apiece.

Real estate investors in the U.S. face a possible shutdown in the supply pipeline, as developer yields compress amid rising interest rates.

Real estate investors should prepare for painful attrition and “a lot of damage” in the retail industry, as the industry shifts to online sales and smaller stores.

3D printing is set to transform the way retailers sell their, severely impacting demand for real estate, how inventory is stored and product distribution.