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Calpers Cuts Risk and Finds Reward, for Now

July 24, 2012 – Double-digit property returns for California pension giant Calpers are offering early evidence that the fund’s closely watched real-estate strategy may be paying off.

A year ago, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the nation’s lar

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L.A. company CommonWealth Partners eyes D.C. with $6B real estate fund

June 8, 2012 – Los Angeles-based CommonWealth Partners plans to spend about $6 billion acquiring properties in the Washington area and nationally as part of an investment fund it has launched with the California Public Employees’ Retirement System

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Russell Investments Ctr Trades for $480M

April 20, 2012 – CommonWealth Partners, a privately-held real estate investment, development and management firm based in Los Angeles, has acquired the Russell Investments Center at 1301 2nd Ave. in Seattle, WA for $480 million, or about $550 per square foot, from Mi

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CalPERS Transitions National Officer Partners Portfolio to CommonWealth Partners LLC

January 3, 2011SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today announced the year-end transfer of its National Office Partners (NOP) real estate portfolio from Hines to CommonWealth Partners LLC (CWP). The $9

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