Real Estate
Origin Investments Review 2026: Is This Chicago Multifamily Manager Worth the Illiquidity?
TL;DR: Origin Investments is a Chicago-based real estate private equity manager, founded in 2007 by David Scherer and Michael Episcope, that now runs $3.3 billion to $3.6 billion in total...
Jeff Barnes, MBA··9 min read
Private Equity
Bridgepoint's $1.4B Kayne Anderson Real Estate Grab: Diworsification or Genuine Platform Play?
TL;DR: Bridgepoint Group plc is paying an upfront enterprise value of roughly $1.393 billion for Kayne Anderson Real Estate (KARE), according to PE Forum . The deal pushes Bridgepoint's combined...
Jeff Barnes, MBA··9 min read
Real Estate
Ardent's Self-Storage Continuation Vehicle: What LPs Should Ask StepStone Deal
The Ardent Companies just closed a GP-led continuation vehicle backed by StepStone Group, seeded with eight self-storage assets and structured to deliver the first exit for Fund II investors and...
Jeff Barnes, MBA··10 min read