Founded in 1981 as Aldrich, Eastman & Waltch, AEW is a global real estate investment manager operating across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. The firm sits within the Natixis Investment Managers family—AEW Capital Management in North America and AEW Europe are commonly owned affiliates that operate independently—giving it a broad distribution platform with local execution. AEW manages strategies spanning core, core-plus/value-add, opportunistic, private debt, and listed real estate securities. The platform’s asset-class exposure covers industrial/logistics, residential (including multifamily, essential/attainable housing, and seniors), retail, office, and specialized sectors such as life sciences. In recent years the firm has leaned into dislocation themes through its Partners opportunistic series while expanding purpose-built student housing and seniors housing exposure. As of the latest reported quarter, AEW oversaw approximately $86.3 billion of assets under management with on-the-ground teams in 19 offices and more than 850 employees. Operationally, AEW’s research organization integrates macro and market-level analytics into underwriting and portfolio construction, informing both private and public real estate allocations and a growing private-debt book. Recent activity includes closing Fund X in the Partners series and programmatic student-housing acquisitions with GMH across Power-4 university markets.