Three months after hiring Mark Howard-Johnson as the Global Head of Real Estate Securities Management, BlackRock today unveiled the first of a series of real estate funds to be managed by Howard-Johnson's new unit.
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A spokesman for the firm was not immediately available to comment on the firm's latest REIT fund.
In a statement, Jack Chandler, Global Head of Real Estate at BlackRock, said: "BlackRock is already the largest manager in the REIT sector across a broad range of products - expanding this expertise for dedicated actively managed products is a natural extension of the firm's robust real estate capabilities."