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LaSalle Raises $700M for U.S. Real Estate Debt Strategy 

LaSalle Raises $700M for U.S. Real Estate Debt Strategy 

LaSalle Investment Management has secured $700 million in commitments for its open-ended U.S. real estate debt strategy, targeting floating-rate senior loans between $25 million and $75 million. The program is focused on financing multifamily and multi-tenant industrial properties in both growth markets and gateway cities; areas LaSalle sees as resilient amid ongoing capital constraints. 

Since originating its first investments in March, the strategy has already closed over $400 million in loans and expects to complete an additional $300 million in Q3 2025, putting deployment on pace with fundraising momentum. The capital comes from a mix of pension funds and insurance companies across the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Asia. 

LaSalle executives pointed to a strong backdrop for private debt strategies, citing elevated borrower demand, tighter bank lending conditions, stabilized interest rates, and post-repricing valuations that have created compelling lending opportunities. “With volatility over the last few years and current uncertainty driven by policy decisions and geopolitics, we have seen increasing demand from both borrowers and credit investors, creating a strong deployment environment at attractive basis and compelling risk-adjusted returns,” said Brad Gries, Head of Americas at LaSalle. 

This latest raise builds on LaSalle’s global debt platform, which has attracted over $1.7 billion in capital across strategies in the past 12 months. The firm currently manages $82.3 billion in total assets as of Q4 2024, spanning both private and public real estate equity and debt markets. 

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