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Last updated: March 21, 2026, 9:30 AM ET

Real Estate Capital Deployment & Strategy

Apollo Global Management is deploying $1 billion to acquire a 49% stake in a new retail venture with Realty Income, structuring the investment to secure a fixed rate of return from the long-term, net-lease portfolio. This large-scale commitment arrives as data suggests that capital returning to private real estate markets is diverging from traditional reallocation patterns, with proceeds not necessarily flowing back into the originating sectors. Separately, the Chicago-based Public Pension Fund is actively testing manager demand by issuing an RFP for non-core real estate investment managers as it seeks to allocate capital outside its core holdings. Meanwhile, fund managers are closely watching how fund size impacts fundraising timelines, noting that historically, larger funds were quicker to reach a final close, though this dynamic may be shifting as liquidity returns.