Private company

AEW Capital Management

Logo: AEW Capital Management, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Real estate investment firm based in Boston

AEW Capital Management (AEW) is an American real estate investment firm headquartered in Boston. The firm is the real estate asset management platform of Natixis Investment Managers. In 2022, the firm was ranked by PERE (under Private Equity International) as the eighth largest Private Equity Real Estate firm based on total fundraising over the most recent five-year period.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1981Founded1
  • Industryreal property1
  • HeadquartersBoston1
  • Websitewww.aew.com
  • Legal formlimited partnership1
  • Kind of organizationLimited partnership1
  • LEI3B5ZL2FZXBHXIJJQRR523
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressC/O THE CORPORATION TRUST COMPANY, 19801 Wilmington, United States3
  • Registered withDivision of Corporations, Department of State, 26636933

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AEW Capital Management (AEW) is an American real estate investment firm headquartered in Boston. The firm is the real estate asset management platform of Natixis Investment Managers.2

Corporate structure

AEW Capital Management is part of a group headed by BPCE. 1,174 entities, 25 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • BPCE Paris 13, France
    • AEW Capital Management Boston, Massachusetts, United States
      • AEW UK Subsidiary · London
      • AEW Global Property Securities Master Trust Fund · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
      • Natixis Target Retirement 2065 Fund Fund · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
    • Banco Primus Lisboa, Portugal
    • Banque Palatine Paris, France
      • 1 more
    • Banque populaire Alsace Lorraine Champagne Metz, France
      • EURO CAPITAL Subsidiary · Metz, France
      • SOCAMI ALSACE LORRAINE CHAMPAGNE Subsidiary · Metz, France
      • SOCIETE DE GARANTIE MUTUELLE DES METIERS D'ALSACE LORRAINE CHAMPAGNE Subsidiary · Metz, France
      • STE POUR LA PROMOTION DES PROFESSIONNELS LIBERAUX D'ALSACE LORRAINE CHAMPAGNE Subsidiary · Metz, France
      • BANQUE POPULAIRE ALSACE LORRAINE CHAMPAGNE Branch · Metz, France
    • Banque populaire Auvergne Rhône Alpes Lyon, France
      • BANQUE DE SAVOIE Subsidiary · Chambery, France
      • SOC. CAUTION MUTUELLE MONITEURS ESF Subsidiary · Meylan, France
      • SOCAMA AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES Subsidiary · Lyon, France
      • SOCIETE DE CAUTION MUTUELLE DES EXPLOITANTS FORESTIERS ET SCIEURS DU MASSIF CENTRAL DES ALPES Subsidiary · Clermont-Ferrand, France
      • SOCIETE DE CAUTION MUTUELLE DES TRANSFRONTALIERS Subsidiary · Corenc, France
      • SOCIETE DE CAUTION MUTUELLE IMMOBILIERE AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES Subsidiary · Lyon, France
      • SOCIETE POUR LA PROMOTION DES PROFESSIONS LIBERALES AUVERGNE RHONE-ALPES Subsidiary · Lyon, France
    • Banque populaire Grand Ouest Saint-Gregoire, France
      • 5 more
    • Banque populaire Val-de-France Montigny-Le-Bretonneux, France
      • ODIEM CAPITAL Subsidiary · Montigny-Le-Bretonneux, France
      • SOC CAUTION MUTUEL ARTISANALE VAL FRANCE Subsidiary · Tours, France
      • SOC CAUTION MUTUELLE IMMOB VAL DE FRANCE Subsidiary · Tours, France
    • BPCE Factor Paris 13, France
    • BPCE International et Outre-mer Charenton-Le-Pont, France
      • Banque de la Réunion Subsidiary · Saint-Denis, France
      • Banque des Antilles françaises Subsidiary · France
      • PRAMEX INTERNATIONAL Subsidiary · Paris, France
    • Caisse d'épargne CEPAC Marseille 6Eme, France
    • Caisse d'épargne et de prévoyance de Rhône-Alpes Lyon, France
    • Caisse d'épargne et de prévoyance Hauts-de-France Lille, France
      • Bank Nagelmackers Brussel, Belgium
        • 3 more
      • CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE HAUTS DE FRANCE Branch · Lille, France
      • Caisse d'Epargne et de Prévoyance Hauts de France Branch · Lille, France
    • Caisse d’Epargne Ile-de-France Paris, France
    • Capitole Finance-Tofinso Labege, France
    • Casden Champs-Sur-Marne, France
      • PARNASSE GARANTIES Subsidiary · Champs-Sur-Marne, France
    • Crédit Coopératif Nanterre, France
      • 10 more
    • Crédit Foncier de France Paris, France
      • COMPAGNIE DE FINANCEMENT FONCIER Subsidiary · Paris, France
      • COMPTOIR FINANCIER DE GARANTIE Subsidiary · Paris, France
      • SIPARI INVESTISSEMENT PARTICIP Subsidiary · Paris, France
    • Fidor Bank München, Germany
    • GEFA Bank Wuppertal, Germany
    • Groupe Banque Populaire Paris, France
      • 11 more
    • Investors Mutual Limited Sydney, Australia
      • IML SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FUND Fund · Sydney, Australia
      • INVESTORS MUTUAL AUSTRALIAN SHARE FUND Fund · Sydney, Australia
      • INVESTORS MUTUAL AUSTRALIAN SMALLER COMPANIES FUND Fund · Sydney, Australia
      • INVESTORS MUTUAL EQUITY INCOME FUND Fund · Sydney, Australia
      • INVESTORS MUTUAL FUTURE LEADERS FUND Fund · Sydney, Australia
      • INVESTORS MUTUAL SMALL CAP FUND Fund · Sydney, Australia
      • LOOMIS SAYLES GLOBAL EQUITY FUND Fund · Sydney, Australia
      • VAUGHAN NELSON GLOBAL EQUITY SMID FUND Fund · Sydney, Australia
    • Natixis Paris, France
      • 18 more
    • NATIXIS INVESTMENT MANAGERS INTERNATIONAL Paris, France
    • Oney Bank Croix, France
      • ONEY - INSTITUIÇÃO FINANCEIRA DE CRÉDITO, S.A. Subsidiary · Oeiras, Portugal
      • ONEY MAGYARORSZÁG PÉNZÜGYI SZOLGÁLTATÓ ZÁRTKÖRŰEN MŰKÖDŐ RÉSZVÉNYTÁRSASÁG Subsidiary · Budapest, Hungary
      • ONEY SERVICIOS FINANCIEROS EFC SA Subsidiary · Madrid, Spain
      • ONEY BANK - SUCURSAL EM PORTUGAL Branch · Croix, France
    • OSTRUM ASSET MANAGEMENT Paris, France
      • 76 more
    • and 129 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

AEW was founded in 1981 by Peter Aldrich, Tom Eastman and Mark Waltch. The firm's name AEW is an abbreviation of Aldrich, Eastman & Waltch.

AEW expanded into Europe in 1996 by opening an office in Paris and then into Asia in 2006 by opening an office in Singapore.

In 2016, AEW Europe merged with Ciloger, a retail property investment firm owned by La Banque postale and CNP Assurances.

AEW operates in 12 locations and is headquartered in Boston with additional main offices in London, Paris and Singapore. Its UK entity operates as AEW UK.

The majority of AEW's capital comes from Pension funds and Insurance companies.

From Wikipedia’s article on AEW Capital Management, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

Parent company (GLEIF)

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Timeline

  1. Jun 16, 2012Parent Directly consolidated by BPCE3
  2. 1981Founded Founded1

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