Below is a list of notable real estate investment firms.

Largest investment managers by real estate assets under management

Institutional Real Estate, Inc.'s annual IRE.IQ Real Estate Managers Guide lists real estate investment managers by their real estate assets under management (AUM). In 2025, the listed real estate managers have more than $5.1 trillion in real estate AUM, with the top 10 largest firms holding $2.2 trillion in real estate AUM and the top 50 firms holding $4.4 trillion in real estate AUM.

Largest private real estate companies by capital raised

Each year

Private Equity International ''Private Equity International'' (PEI) is a global insight, analysis and data provider for the private equity industry, with a core focus on the relationship between investors and fund managers: the LP- GP nexus. Launched in December 2001, the t ...

publishes the PERE 100, a ranking of the largest

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companies by how much capital they have raised for investment in the last five years. In the 2024 ranking,

Blackstone Inc. Blackstone Inc. is an American alternative investment management company based in New York City. It was founded in 1985 as a mergers and acquisitions firm by Peter Peterson and Stephen Schwarzman, who had previously worked together at Lehman ...

retained top spot.

Notable private real estate investment firms

Americas

* AEW Capital Management * Angelo Gordon *

Apollo Global Management Apollo Global Management, Inc. is an American asset management firm that primarily invests in alternative assets. , the company had $548 billion of assets under management, including $392 billion invested in credit, including mezzanine capita ...

Ares Management Ares Management Corporation is a global alternative investment manager operating in the credit, private equity and real estate markets. The company was founded in 1997 with additional offices across North America, Europe, and Asia. As of Sep ...

Bain Capital Bain Capital, LP is an American Investment company, private investment firm based in Boston, Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, with around $185 billion of assets under management. It specializes in private equity, venture capital, credit, p ...

* Barings LLC * Beacon Capital Partners *

BentallGreenOak BentallGreenOak, which uses the trade name BGO, is a real estate investment firm headquartered in Miami, Florida. The firm is the real estate investment arm of Sun Life Financial. It is considered one of the largest real estate investment firms ...

* Bridge Investment Group *

Brookfield Asset Management Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. is a Canadian-American alternative asset manager. The company was founded in December 2022 as a spin-off of the asset management operations of Brookfield Corporation. At its inception, the company was headquarter ...

Cadillac Fairview The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited, branded as Cadillac Fairview, is a Canadian company that invests in, owns, and manages commercial real estate, mainly in Canada and the United States. As of March 2017, the company had 73 properties, enco ...

* CBRE Investment Management *

Centerbridge Partners Centerbridge Partners, L.P. is a multi-strategy private investment firm focused on leveraged buyouts and distressed securities. The firm manages over $56 billion of assets

Cerberus Capital Management Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. is an American global alternative investment firm with assets across credit, private equity, and real estate strategies.Leaders Magazine"Providing Economic Opportunity: An Interview with The Honorable Dan Qua ...

* CIM Group * Clarion Partners * Cohen & Steers * Enterprise Community Partners * Equity International *

Fortress Investment Group Fortress Investment Group, LLC is an American investment management firm based in New York City. It was founded as a private equity firm in 1998 by Wes Edens, Rob Kauffman, Pete Briger, Michael Novogratz, and Randal Nardone. Overview When ...

* Greystar Real Estate Partners *

Harbert Management Corporation Harbert Management Corporation, based in Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, is a United States investment management company founded in 1993 by Raymond J. Harbert. Overview The company has Investment fund, investment funds in ten alternat ...

* Harrison Street Real Estate Capital * Heitman LLC * HIG Realty Partners * Hines * Ivanhoé Cambridge * JRK Property Holdings * Kennedy Wilson * KKR * LaSalle Investment Management *

Lone Star Funds Lone Star Funds, legal name of main entity Lone Star Global Acquisitions, Ltd. is a global private equity firm that invests in corporate equity, real estate, credit, and other financial assets. The founder of Lone Star established its first fu ...

* MCR Hotels * Nuveen Real Estate * Oak Street Capital *

Oaktree Capital Management Oaktree Capital Management, Inc. is an American global asset management firm specializing in alternative investment strategies. As of September 30, 2024, the company managed $205 billion for its clientele. The firm was co-founded in 1995 by a ...

Oxford Properties Oxford Properties is a Canadian multinational corporation, with operations in real estate investment, development and property management. Its portfolio includes office, retail, industrial, multi-residential, life sciences and hotel assets. Establ ...

* PineBridge Benson Elliot * Pretium Partners * QuadReal Property Group * Rithm Capital * Rockpoint Group * Sculptor Capital Management * Southwest Value Partners * Starlight Investments *

Starwood Capital Group Starwood Capital Group is an investment firm headquartered in Miami Beach, Florida. It is managed by Barry Sternlicht. It was co-founded by Sternlicht and Robert Faith in 1991. In 1993, Faith left Starwood to found Greystar Real Estate Partn ...

* StepStone Group * Stockbridge Capital Group *

The Carlyle Group The Carlyle Group Inc. is an American multinational company with operations in private equity, alternative asset management and financial services. As of 2023, the company had $426 billion of assets under management. Carlyle specializes in ...

Tishman Speyer Tishman Speyer is an American multinational corporation based at 45 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan. The conglomerate invests in high-profile real estate properties, has developed multiple buildings around the world, and has owned famou ...

* TPG * Tricon Residential * Walton Street Capital *

Warburg Pincus Warburg Pincus LLC is a global private equity firm, headquartered in New York City, with offices in the United States, Europe, Brazil, China, Southeast Asia and India. Warburg has been a private equity investor since 1966. As of April 2024 the f ...

Asia

* BPEA EQT *

CapitaLand CapitaLand Group Pte. Ltd. is a Singaporean headquartered company focusing on investment, development and management of real estate. The company has a presence in over 260 cities across more than 40 countries. CapitaLand has six listed real ...

* Charter Hall * DNE Group * ESR Group * Gaw Capital * GLP *

Hony Capital Hony Capital is a Chinese private equity firm, owned by Legend Holdings. Legend Holdings provided Hony, a pioneer in China's private equity industry, with its start-up capital. Hony has about US$10 billion under management. Hony also invests in o ...

* IGIS Asset Management * Keppel Capital *

Lendlease Lendlease is an Australian multinational construction and real estate company, headquartered in Barangaroo, Sydney, New South Wales. History Founding The company was established as Lendlease by Dick Dusseldorp in 1958 to provide finance fo ...

* PAG * Phoenix Property Investors *

Queensland Investment Corporation QIC (Queensland Investment Corporation) is a Government owned investment company owned by the Queensland Government. It was founded on 1 July 1991 pursuant to the ''Queensland Investment Corporation Act 1991'' to serve the long-term investment ...

* Sino-Ocean Capital

EMEA

* Ardian *

BC Partners BC Partners LLP is a British international investment firm with over $40 billion of assets under management across private equity, credit and real estate in Europe and North America. Its global headquarters are in London. The firm invests across ...

* Bouwfonds * CapMan * EQT Exeter * Europa Capital * Kildare Partners * MARK Capital Management *

Partners Group Partners Group Holding AG is a Swiss-based global private equity firm with US$152 billion in assets under management in private equity, private infrastructure, private real estate and private debt. The firm manages a broad range of funds, struct ...

* Patrizia SE

Notable real estate investment trusts

Americas

Aimco Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) is a Canadian crown corporation and institutional investor owned by the Government of Alberta, established to manage several public funds and pensions headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta. AIMCo was ...

* Alexander's * Alexandria Real Estate Equities * American Campus Communities * American Homes 4 Rent * American Tower * Americold * Annaly Capital Management * Arlington Asset Investment * AvalonBay Communities *

Boston Properties BXP, Inc. (formerly Boston Properties, Inc.) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust which invests in premier workplaces in Boston, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. As of December 31, 2023, the c ...

* Brandywine Realty Trust * Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust * Brookfield Property Partners * Brixmor Property Group * Camden Property Trust *

CAPREIT Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (CAPREIT) is a Canadian real estate investment trust headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. CAPREIT is the largest publicly traded apartment landlord in Canada, with over $17.7 billion in assets, as of Decemb ...

* CBL Properties * Cedar Realty Trust * Chartwell Retirement Residences * Choice Properties REIT * Cominar REIT *

CoreCivic CoreCivic, Inc. formerly the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), is a company that owns and manages private prisons and detention centers and operates others on a concession basis. Co-founded in 1983 in Nashville, Tennessee, by Thomas W. B ...

Corporate Office Properties Trust COPT Defense Properties, an S&P 400, S&P MidCap 400 Company, is a fully integrated and self-managed Real estate investment trust, REIT focused on owning, operating and developing properties in locations proximate to, or sometimes containing, key ...

Cousins Properties Cousins Properties Incorporated is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in office buildings in Atlanta, Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte, Austin, Texas, Austin, Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix, Tampa, Florida, Tampa, ...

* Crombie REIT *

Crown Castle Crown Castle Inc. is a real estate investment trust and provider of shared communications infrastructure in the United States headquartered in Houston, Texas. Operating with 100 offices worldwide, its network includes over 40,000 cell towers and ...

* CubeSmart *

Digital Realty Digital Realty is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates and invests in carrier-neutral data centers across the world. The company offers data center, colocation, and interconnection services. As of June 2023, Digital Realty ha ...

* Dream Industrial REIT * Dream Office REIT * EPR Properties *

Equinix Equinix Inc. is an American multinational company headquartered in Redwood City, California. It specializes in internet connectivity and colocation centres, also referred to as carrier hotels. The company converted to a real estate investment t ...

* Equity Residential * Essex Property Trust * Extended Stay America * Extra Space Storage * Federal Realty Investment Trust * First Capital REIT *

Gaming and Leisure Properties Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT) specializing in casino properties, based in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. It was formed in November 2013 as a corporate spin-off from Penn National Gaming. The company ow ...

GEO Group The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO) is a publicly traded C corporation headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, that invests in private prisons and mental health facilities in the United States, Australia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. The company ...

* Granite Real Estate * H&R REIT * Healthpeak Properties * Hersha Hospitality Trust *

Host Hotels & Resorts Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc., based in Bethesda, Maryland, is an American real estate investment trust that invests in hotels. As of December 31, 2023, the company owned 77 upscale hotels containing approximately 42,000 rooms in the United States, ...

* Hudson Pacific Properties * InnSuites Hospitality * InterRent REIT * InvenTrust Properties * Invitation Homes * Iron Mountain *

JBG Smith JBG SMITH Properties is a publicly traded real estate investment trust based in Bethesda, Maryland. As of December 31, 2024, the company owned 38 operating properties including 16 apartment complexes with 6,781 units, 20 commercial properties com ...

* Kimco Realty * Lamar Advertising Company * Life Storage *

Macerich The Macerich Company ( ) is a real estate investment trust that invests in shopping centers. It is the third-largest owner and operator of shopping centers in the United States. As of December 31, 2020, the company owned interests in 52 propert ...

Medical Properties Trust Medical Properties Trust, Inc., based in Birmingham, Alabama, is a real estate investment trust that invests in healthcare facilities subject to NNN leases. The company owns 403 properties in the United States, Australia, Colombia, Germany, Italy ...

* MGM Growth Properties * Mid-America Apartment Communities * Minto Apartment REIT * Morguard REIT * National Retail Properties * Outfront Media * Park Hotels & Resorts * PotlatchDeltic *

PREIT PREIT is a privately held company that owns and develops shopping centers, mostly in the Mid-Atlantic states. The company was formerly known as Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust. History The company was founded by Sylvan M. Cohen (1914-2 ...

* Prologis * PS Business Parks *

Public Storage Public Storage is an American international self storage company headquartered in Glendale, California, that is run as a real estate investment trust (REIT). It is the largest brand of self-storage services in the US. In 2008, it was the larges ...

Quality Technology Services Quality Technology Services (QTS or QTS Data Centers) is an American provider of carrier-neutral data centers and provides colocation services within North America and the Netherlands and is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. The company's ...

* Rayonier *

Realty Income Realty Income Corporation is a real estate investment trust that invests in free-standing, single-tenant commercial properties in the United States, the United Kingdom, and six other countries in Europe. These properties are subject to NNN Leases ...

* Regency Centers * RioCan REIT * RPT Realty * SBA Communications *

Simon Property Group Simon Property Group, Inc. is an American real estate investment trust that invests in shopping malls, outlet centers, and community/lifestyle centers. It is the largest owner of shopping malls in the United States and is headquartered in Indian ...

SITE Centers SITE Centers Corp. (formerly DDR Corp. and Developers Diversified Realty, Inc.) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that invests in shopping centers. Founded in 1965 by Bert Wolstein, the company is headquartered in Beachwood, O ...

* SL Green Realty * Store Capital * Sun Communities * Tanger Factory Outlet Centers * UDR * UMH Properties * Urstadt Biddle Properties * Ventas * Veris Residential *

Vici Properties Vici Properties Inc. is an American real estate investment trust (REIT) specializing in casino and entertainment properties, based in New York City. It was formed in 2017 as a spin-off from Caesars Entertainment Corporation as part of its bankr ...

Vornado Realty Trust Vornado Realty Trust is an American real estate investment trust formed in Maryland in 1982, with its primary office in New York City. The company invests in office buildings and street retail in Manhattan. History Two Guys The origins of the ...

* W. P. Carey * Washington Prime Group * Welltower *

Weyerhaeuser The Weyerhaeuser Company ( ) is an American timberland company which owns nearly of timberlands in the U.S., and manages an additional of timberlands under long-term licenses in Canada. The company has manufactured wood products for over a c ...

* Xenia Hotels & Resorts

Asia

Champion REIT Champion REIT is a Hong Kong real estate investment trust that owns office and commercial properties, primarily in Asia. Overview Champion REIT was spun off from its sponsor Great Eagle Holdings, and listed on 24 May 2006 on the Hong Kong Stock ...

* Dexus *

Goodman Group Goodman Group is an Australian integrated commercial and industrial property group that owns, develops and manages real estate. This includes warehouses, large scale logistics facilities, business and office parks globally. History The orga ...

* GPT Group *

Hui Xian REIT Hui Xian REIT () is a real estate investment trust demerged from Cheung Kong Holdings. It is the first product listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange denominated in yuan. When it launched its IPO in 2011, its main asset is , a business park ...

Link REIT Link Real Estate Investment Trust (, or ), previously known as The Link Real Estate Investment Trust (, or ), is a wholly-owned private real estate investment trust managed by Link Asset Management Limited. It is the first real estate investme ...

* Stockland *

Vicinity Centres Vicinity Centres , previously known as Federation Centres and Centro Properties Group, is an Australian Real Estate Investment Trust specialising in the ownership and management of Australian shopping centres. As at December 2021, it had stake ...

EMEA

* Apache Capital Partners * Big Yellow Group * British Land *

Briston Briston is a village, civil parish and Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward in the England, English county of Norfolk. Briston is located south-west of Holt, Norfolk, Holt and north-west of Norwich. History Bris ...

* Cofinimmo * Derwent London *

Great Portland Estates Great Portland Estates plc (branded as GPE) is a British property development and investment company. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The firm switched to Real Estate Investment Trust status wh ...

Hammerson Hammerson PLC is a major British property development and investment company. The firm switched to real estate investment trust (REIT) status when they were introduced in the United Kingdom in January 2007. It is listed on the London Stock Excha ...

* Hansteen Holdings * Intu *

Irish Residential Properties REIT Irish Residential Properties REIT Plc or IRES is a multi-unit residential letting company and real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on the Dublin property market and those of other Irish urban centres. It is listed on Euronext Dublin and ...

* Landsec * LondonMetric Property * NewRiver * Primary Health Properties * Safestore *

Shaftesbury Shaftesbury () is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is on the A30 road, west of Salisbury, Wiltshire, Salisbury and north-northeast of Dorchester, Dorset, Dorchester, near the border with Wiltshire. It is the only significant hi ...

Soho Estates Soho Estates is a British property company created by the entrepreneur and pornographer Paul Raymond. The holdings of Soho Estates are mainly based in Soho, a district in the West End of London. As of March 2025, the company's portfolio has an ...

* Segro * Unite Students *

Workspace Group Workspace Group plc is a real estate investment trust based in London, England. Founded in 1987 by the privatisation of property assets of the former Greater London Council, the company lets office, industrial and workshop space to small and med ...

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