The vehicle, with a specialty in assisted living and memory care properties, aims to eventually be accessible to both accredited and non-accredited investors.

The latest Hodes Weill Real Estate Allocation Manager found that the most sophisticated institutions still invest in REITs alongside private placements and direct investments.

The launch of JP Morgan Private Markets Fund earlier this month was the asset manager’s latest offering in the race to make alternatives more accessible.

Recent Nareit research looked at actively-managed real estate funds, REIT balance sheets and the state of ESG among publicly-traded real estate investors.

Publicly-traded REITs are largely relying on unsecured debt at fixed rates, avoiding some of the rancor caused by rising interest rates.

FS Credit REIT invests in short-term, floating-rate loans. But it notes its strategy is different from many debt funds in the market today.

While most real estate ETFs are structured off equity, the AXS Real Estate Income ETF joins a smaller group of ETFs focused on real estate debt.