StepStone Real Estate Closes Fund IV With $1.4 Billion in Capital Commitments

StepStone Real Estate ("SRE") announced today the final closing of StepStone Real Estate Partners IV ("SREP IV"), its fourth in a series of funds focused on special situations secondaries and recapitalizations of real estate vehicles. SREP IV's $1.4 billion final closing exceeded the $1 billion target for the fund and notably, approximately $870 million of the commitments closed after the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. Latham & Watkins LLP served as legal advisors for the formation of the fund. SREP IV is double the size of its predecessor, SREP III, which had its final closing in February 2017 with $700 million in primary commitments and invested capital of approximately $1.2 billion, including capital from co-investors.