Greystar Wins 2025 PERE Award for Residential Investor of the Year, Global
Press Release
March 2, 2026
CHARLESTON, S.C. – March 2, 2026 – Greystar, a global leader in residential real estate investment, development, and management, is pleased to announce that it has been recognized by Private Equity Real Estate (“PERE”) as the winner of the 2025 PERE Award for Residential Investor of the Year, Global.
“We are proud to be recognized as the 2025 PERE Residential Investor of the Year, Global,” said Wes Fuller, Chief Investment Officer at Greystar. “This recognition reflects the strength of our teams, the scale of our global platform and our ability to deploy capital across markets with discipline. We remain focused on operating across the living sector with consistency and integrity to help drive great outcomes for our partners.”
Several notable achievements contributed to this recognition from PERE, including:
· 18-country footprint, delivering acquisition, development and operational expertise in addition to market intelligence and data across the world’s great cities with strong Living Sector fundamentals
· Closing of $3.3 billion in the U.S. across value-add, credit, and development strategies
· Expansion in Canada with $1.1 billion of new multifamily and student developments in Vancouver, Toronto, and Kingston
· €2.8 billion in new investments across the UK and Europe, including Greystar’s first portfolio acquisition in Denmark - a 1,758-bed entry into the Nordics
· Acquisition of aA$1.6 billion Australian student-housing portfolio, adding 5,662 beds to Greystar’s global student housing portfolio of 260,000 beds.
“We built momentum in 2025 by deploying capital thoughtfully and growing in markets where we see long-term opportunity,” Fuller continued. “Across geographies and strategies, our teams entered new markets, expanded our student housing platform, and advanced investments across value-add, credit, and development. That level of execution continues to support our broader platform.”
PERE is the leading publication for the world’s private real estate markets. Its annual awards recognize elite performance in select categories, highlighting the industry’s top firms and achievements.
About Greystar
Greystar is a leading, fully integrated global real estate platform offering expertise in property management, investment management, development, and construction services in institutional- quality rental housing. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates over $300 billion of real estate in over 260 markets globally with offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, managing more than one million units/beds globally. Across its platforms, Greystar has over $79 billion of assets under management, including approximately $36 billion of development assets and over $30 billion of regulatory assets under management. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business.
About PERE Awards
Greystar received PERE’s annual awards for 2025 on March 2, 2026. PERE chooses nominees from market participants’ submissions, and awards are determined by the PERE editorial team. Greystar pays PERE a nominal subscription fee but is not required to subscribe to be nominated. For additional information, please see PERE Global Awards.
“We are proud to be recognized as the 2025 PERE Residential Investor of the Year, Global,” said Wes Fuller, Chief Investment Officer at Greystar. “This recognition reflects the strength of our teams, the scale of our global platform and our ability to deploy capital across markets with discipline. We remain focused on operating across the living sector with consistency and integrity to help drive great outcomes for our partners.”
Several notable achievements contributed to this recognition from PERE, including:
· 18-country footprint, delivering acquisition, development and operational expertise in addition to market intelligence and data across the world’s great cities with strong Living Sector fundamentals
· Closing of $3.3 billion in the U.S. across value-add, credit, and development strategies
· Expansion in Canada with $1.1 billion of new multifamily and student developments in Vancouver, Toronto, and Kingston
· €2.8 billion in new investments across the UK and Europe, including Greystar’s first portfolio acquisition in Denmark - a 1,758-bed entry into the Nordics
· Acquisition of aA$1.6 billion Australian student-housing portfolio, adding 5,662 beds to Greystar’s global student housing portfolio of 260,000 beds.
“We built momentum in 2025 by deploying capital thoughtfully and growing in markets where we see long-term opportunity,” Fuller continued. “Across geographies and strategies, our teams entered new markets, expanded our student housing platform, and advanced investments across value-add, credit, and development. That level of execution continues to support our broader platform.”
PERE is the leading publication for the world’s private real estate markets. Its annual awards recognize elite performance in select categories, highlighting the industry’s top firms and achievements.
About Greystar
Greystar is a leading, fully integrated global real estate platform offering expertise in property management, investment management, development, and construction services in institutional- quality rental housing. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates over $300 billion of real estate in over 260 markets globally with offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, managing more than one million units/beds globally. Across its platforms, Greystar has over $79 billion of assets under management, including approximately $36 billion of development assets and over $30 billion of regulatory assets under management. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business.
About PERE Awards
Greystar received PERE’s annual awards for 2025 on March 2, 2026. PERE chooses nominees from market participants’ submissions, and awards are determined by the PERE editorial team. Greystar pays PERE a nominal subscription fee but is not required to subscribe to be nominated. For additional information, please see PERE Global Awards.