AEW Capital Management

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AEW Capital Management LP
FormerlyAldrich, Eastman & Waltch
Company typeSubsidiary
Industry Private equity real estate
Founded1981;43 years ago (1981)
FounderPeter Aldrich
Tom Eastman
Mark Waltch
Headquarters Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Number of locations
12 offices
AUM US$91.6 billion (Q2 2022)
Number of employees
830 (2022)
Parent Natixis Investment Managers
Subsidiaries AEW UK
Website www.aew.com
Footnotes /references
[1] [2]

AEW Capital Management (AEW) is an American real estate investment firm headquartered in Boston. The firm is the real estate asset management platform of Natixis Investment Managers. [2]

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In 2022, the firm was ranked by PERE (under Private Equity International) as the eighth largest Private Equity Real Estate firm based on total fundraising over the most recent five-year period. [3]

Background

AEW was founded in 1981 by Peter Aldrich, Tom Eastman and Mark Waltch. [4] The firm's name AEW is an abbreviation of Aldrich, Eastman & Waltch. [5]

AEW expanded into Europe in 1996 by opening an office in Paris and then into Asia in 2006 by opening an office in Singapore.

In 2016, AEW Europe merged with Ciloger, a retail property investment firm owned by La Banque postale and CNP Assurances. [6]

AEW operates in 12 locations and is headquartered in Boston with additional main offices in London, Paris and Singapore. [2] Its UK entity operates as AEW UK.

The majority of AEW's capital comes from Pension funds and Insurance companies. [2]

Investments

Disputes

NMS Properties launched a lawsuit against AEW in 2014 over a Nine building property portfolio in Santa Monica that was jointly owned by the two firms. NMS tried to buy out AEW's stake for $106 million but AEW stated NMS forged the agreement. After litigation between the two firms for several years, AEW eventually won the lawsuit then took over control of the properties and sold them for $430 million. [12] [13]

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  11. ↑ Vinocur, Barry. "A Look at the Finer Points of the Sears Tower Sale". www.wsj.com. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
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