Real estate investment team

Principal Real Estate

Access the full spectrum of today’s commercial real estate investment opportunities.

Global perspective across the full spectrum of real estate.

Experienced, global team of more than 300 real estate investment professionals dedicated to covering all four real estate quadrants.

Coverage of approximately 50 U.S. metropolitan markets and management of over 230 assets across 10 countries.

Cross-team collaboration that leverages our distinct 360° perspective of real estate space and capital markets.

We believe a combination of bottom-up analysis and top-down economic and sector research is key to delivering on our clients’ investment outcomes.

Executing across the risk-return spectrum
Principal real estate investment strategies on the risk-return spectrum

For illustrative purposes only and not a projection of returns to any investor. This information is intended to show a general risk profile and is based upon certain assumptions that may change. The characterization of the increasing risk is only made to illustrate the Firm’s view of the relative increasing investment risks inherent in these types of real estate investments. All are subject to various risks, none of which are outlined. An investor must be prepared to bear capital losses, including a loss of all capital invested.

A broad range of real estate investment solutions.

Our experienced investment teams provide comprehensive, specialized, and sustainable capabilities across all four quadrants of commercial real estate—public equity, private equity, public debt, and private debt—as well as infrastructure investing. Whatever real estate strategy or combination of strategies you believe is right for your objectives, we can help.

Private equity Core, Value-add, and Opportunistic Strategies
Private debt Commercial Mortgages and High Yield Debt
Public equity Listed REIT Securities
Public debt Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
Listed infrastructure Listed Infrastructure Securities
Financing solutions Private Debt Origination
Additional capabilities
Real estate for Defined Contribution (DC) plans Real estate operating company (REOC) investments Responsible property investing
Explore our featured strategies.

Our 360° view of global real estate gives us the insight needed to help you identify strategies that can offer compelling performance.

U.S. Core-Plus Private Equity Real Estate

Combining the income-generating attributes of stabilized assets with higher, risk-adjusted returns available from value-added and development opportunities.

U.S. Core Private Equity Real Estate

Deploying a research-based allocation framework with in-depth coverage of more than 40 U.S. metropolitan real estate markets to invest in a diversified pool of high-quality, well-leased U.S. commercial real estate properties, including a long-standing allocation to alternative growing pool of niche property sectors.

U.S. High Yield Real Estate Credit

Principal’s High Yield Real Estate Credit seeks to provide current income, while aiming to preserve capital and mitigate downside risk.

Data Centers

Diversify your portfolio and enhance potential for risk-adjusted returns by accessing an exciting sector experiencing unprecedented growth as a result of digital transformation and global demand for data.

Global Real Estate Securities

Offers exposure to the global real estate market, applying bottom-up stock selection, emphasizing owning quality companies at a reasonable price, and diversifying sources of alpha generation.

U.S. Real Estate Securities

Applying bottom-up stock selection, emphasizing owning quality companies at a reasonable price, and diversifying sources of alpha generation.

European Hotel Real Estate

Targeting areas of distress in the European hotel sector to unlock and create value.

Global Listed Infrastructure

Offers exposure to the global infrastructure market, emphasizing research-driven stock selection as the primary driver of excess returns.

Liquid Debt

Market-responsive, flexible strategy designed to move up and down the risk spectrum based on assessment of risk premiums relative to the outlook for longer term fundamental investment performance.

Sustainable investing documents
Principal Listed Infrastructure Sustainable Investing Policies Sustainability at Principal Real Estate
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Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Real estate investment options are subject to risks associated with credit, liquidity, interest rate fluctuation, adverse general and local economic conditions, and decreases in real estate values and occupancy rates.

Principal Real Estate is a trade name of Principal Real Estate Investors, LLC, an affiliate of Principal Global Investors.