Global Real Estate - Latest Trends and Opportunities

ANREV lunch briefing was held in Tokyo on 24 September 2014. Around the globe, property fundamentals continue to recover at varying speeds, but construction starts generally under control. Liquidity has begun to return to the sector, but the core/non-core value gap remains wide – opportunities for secondary locations/assets emerging. While the property cycle has largely de-leveraged, pockets of stress/distress remain – different types of opportunities in the US and Europe.

In this briefing, Ms. Margaret McKnight of Metropolitan provided an update on the current markets in the US and Europe.

We would like to thank Tokyu Livable for providing the event venue.

Details
Date	: Wednesday 24 September 2014
Time	: 12:00 Registration (light refreshment will be provided)
	12:15 – 14:00 Presentation, Q&A
Location	: Tokyu Livable Office, 22F., Pacific Century Place Marunouchi, 1-11-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

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Margaret McKnight
Managing Director and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Metropolitan

Margaret G. McKnight is a Managing Director and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Metropolitan. Ms. McKnight and David M. Sherman jointly direct the investment policy and program across all Metropolitan Real Estate partnerships. In addition, Ms. McKnight is also responsible for sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities in the U.S.

Prior to joining Metropolitan, Ms. McKnight spent six years with Cambridge Associates where she led their real assets specialist consulting practice. She advised clients on all aspects of building real assets portfolios, from setting policy to selecting and monitoring managers. Prior to joining Cambridge Associates, Ms. McKnight spent eleven years with J.P. Morgan where she was a Vice President, Real Estate Equity Investments, and served on the investment team of the Argo Partnerships. Prior to that role, she was part of the investment banking group at J.P. Morgan; her advisory assignments included an extensive review and restructuring of an $8 billion national real estate portfolio and the sale of a subsidiary of The Equitable (at that time the nation’s largest real estate investment management company).

Ms. McKnight graduated with high honors from Swarthmore College and earned an M.B.A. from New York University.

Metropolitan Real Estate Equity Management LLC (“Metropolitan”) was established in 2002 and is a registered investment adviser that focuses on private real estate funds.  Metropolitan constructs vintage year domestic, international and global funds and customized investment programs both of which typically focus on value-added and opportunistic private real estate funds.  With offices in New York, San Francisco, Boston, London and Hong Kong, Metropolitan oversees more than US$2.6 billion of capital from institutional and high net worth clients.