AEW is one of the world's largest real estate investment managers. Founded in 1981, it has a long track record of successfully implementing core, value-add, opportunistic, and real estate securities strategies across the US, Europe and Asia. These strategies are offered in a wide range of investment vehicles, including comingled funds, separate accounts, mutual funds and securities mandates.
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