Sarah Schwarzschild |
The deal combines BGO’s Core, Core Plus, Value Add and Debt
strategies with Metropolitan’s integrated primary, secondary and co-investment
real estate strategies, to create a combined and diversified real estate
platform with approximately USD$55 billion in assets under management (as of
December 31, 2020; pro forma for the acquisition of Metropolitan Real Estate
Equity Management).
Sonny Kalsi |
“Through the
creation of BGO Strategic Capital Partners, we are drawing on the exceptional
capabilities of a global market leader in the secondaries and co-investment
markets to offer a further diversified range of global investment strategies
and opportunities for our clients around the world,” said Sonny Kalsi,
Chief Executive Officer of BentallGreenOak.
“We are committed to investing the resources and capabilities of our global real estate platform to unlock the multiple drivers for growth and additional scale that we envision for this part of our business.
John So |
"BGO’s leadership team are thrilled to be working alongside Sarah Schwarzschild, John So, and the impressive team of investment professionals that they have assembled to build a market leader for the long term.”
“The
transformation of Metropolitan Real Estate to BGO Strategic Capital Partners is
the start of a very exciting new chapter that extends the global reach of our
strategies and brings an infusion of new resources and capabilities to further
strengthen our offerings to investors,” said Schwarzschild and So, Co-Heads of
BGO Strategic Capital Partners.
“We are joining a firm whose culture and entrepreneurial spirit
is aligned with the values of our team and we look forward to building for the
future with our new colleagues.”
Contact:
David Ebeling
Ebeling Communications
949.861.8351
949.278.7851 (Cell)
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