Toronto, ON / February 6, 2025 / Forum Asset Management (“Forum”) is pleased to announce a strategic investment from Brookfield Asset Management (“Brookfield”) in support of Forum’s acquisition of Alignvest Student Housing. Brookfield, through its real estate solutions strategy, will invest up to $ 100 million in Forum’s private REIT, the Forum Real Estate Income and Impact Fund (“REIIF”).
REIIF is a $2.4 billion institutional quality, private REIT that is the leading owner and investor of purpose-built student accommodations across Canada. The fund serves top university markets and is addressing the growing demand for attainable, high-quality housing, and leverages ESG principals for enhanced risk-adjusted returns. REIIF is comprised of 31 institutional-quality properties and approximately 10,500 beds.
Brookfield’s existing global portfolio of student accommodations is valued over $7 billion with 60,000 beds across Europe, the US, UK and now, in partnership with Forum and REIIF, in Canada. Brookfield’s investment in REIIF is underpinned by attractive Canadian long-term supply demand-fundamentals and the institutional quality of REIIF’s portfolio.
Richard Abboud, Founder and CEO of Forum, said,
This important investment by Brookfield into REIIF is validation of our strategy and underscores the opportunity for large scale institutional investment in Canadian student housing. Brookfield’s capital will enhance REIIF’s financial flexibility, support portfolio growth, and strengthen our ability to deliver critically needed, professionally managed student housing across Canada.
About Forum Asset Management
Forum is an investor, developer and asset manager operating across North America for over 28 years, focusing on real estate, private equity and infrastructure, with a strategic concentration in housing. We are committed to sustainability, responsible investing and creating value that benefits our stakeholders and the communities in which we invest, what we call our Extraordinary Outcomes.™
About the Forum Real Estate Income and Impact Fund (REIIF)
Forum Real Estate Income and Impact Fund (REIIF) is a sector-leading fund consolidating institutional-quality purpose-built student housing, as well as multi-family and furnished rentals, in supply-constrained markets. REIIF delivers impact and Extraordinary Outcomes™ to investors, enhancing yields and total returns, maintaining diversity and resiliency of income, while benefiting students—and cities—across Canada.
For more information, please contact:
Name: Lorraine Cardenas, Executive Assistant & Corporate Operations
Email: lorrainec@forumam.com
Phone Number: 647-618-6981
Read the press release on ACCESSWIRE: https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/banking-and-financial-services/brookeld-invests-up-to-100-million-in-forum-asset-managements-real-es-979823
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