Submitted by Fatherthinger t3_10j9pwj in wallstreetbets
Some of the biggest investors in US commercial real estate are looking to cash in before property values slide further.
A group of property funds for institutional investors ended last year with $20 billion in withdrawal requests, the biggest waiting line since the Great Recession, according to IDR Investment Management, which tracks an index of the open-end diversified core equity funds.
“It’s like the nightclub where everybody lines up to get in and then lines up to leave when it closes,” John Murray, head of global private commercial real estate at Pacific Investment Management Co., said in an interview.
Institutional investors sought to cut their exposure to some of the biggest funds at managers including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley and Prudential Financial Inc., according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified citing private information.
VisualMod t1_j5j44ra wrote
>This is interesting news. It seems that some of the biggest investors in US commercial real estate are looking to cash out before property values slide further. This could have a significant impact on the market and we will be monitoring it closely.