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Principal Real Estate

Des Moines, IASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 109008

Filed as PRINCIPAL REAL ESTATE · Legal name Principal Real Estate Investors, LLC

Principal Real Estate is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Des Moines, IA, registered since 1999, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 19, 2026.

26 years
registered since 1999
$105,646,930,594
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Principal Real Estate compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Principal Real Estate reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees.

Where is Principal Real Estate located?

Principal Real Estate's principal office is in Des Moines, IA, according to its Form ADV; the September 2026 filing also lists 15 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Principal Real Estate registered with the SEC or a state?

Principal Real Estate is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1999. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 109008.

How much does Principal Real Estate manage?

Principal Real Estate reports $105,646,930,594 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 19, 2026 (70% discretionary).

How have Principal Real Estate's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Principal Real Estate: Regulatory assets under management: $29,735,480,458 in the October 2021 data and $105,646,930,594 in the October 2026 data, up 255%. Total employees: 424 in October 2021 and 477 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Principal Real Estate serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (427); state or municipal government entities (including government pension plans) (52); insurance companies (46).

Which custodians does Principal Real Estate use?

Principal Real Estate's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Wells Fargo Bank as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Principal Real Estate report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation) and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/109008

What changed in Principal Real Estate's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 307 to 310. Changed its office addresses in Atlanta, GA. Changed its office addresses in Lisbon. Changed its office addresses in Madrid. Changed its office addresses in Milan. Changed its office addresses in Paris. Changed its office addresses in Schiphol. Changed its office addresses in Singapore. Added an office in Chiyoda-Ku,tokyo. Added an office in Irvine, CA. Added an office in Lake Oswego, OR. Added an office in Minnetonka, MN. No longer lists an office in Costa Mesa, CA. No longer lists an office in Sydney. Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$105,646,930,594

$105,646,930,594 as of October 2026, filing dated August 19, 2026.

Discretionary: $73,925,518,808.Non-discretionary: $31,721,411,786.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 427 Assets $112,841,277 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 37 Assets $74,259,681 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 39 Assets $8,035,710,061 (8%)
Investment companies
Clients 16 Assets $9,702,679,804 (9%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 6 Assets $591,066,125 (1%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 39 Assets $8,680,604,848 (8%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 6 Assets $495,991,335 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 52 Assets $41,032,419,442 (39%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 46 Assets $29,340,685,539 (28%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 5 Assets $387,754,080 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 8 Assets $7,192,918,402 (7%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Principal Real Estate Investors, LLC
Also doing business as
PRINCIPAL ASSET MANAGEMENT
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1999 (26 years)
Employees
Total: 477. Performing investment advisory functions: 310.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
15 other offices, as of the September 2026 filing
Atlanta, GAChicago, ILChiyoda-Ku,tokyoFrankfurt, Rhine-MainIrvine, CALake Oswego, ORLisbonLondonMadridMilanMinnetonka, MNNew York, NYParisSchipholSingapore
States registered or notice-filed
52 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

2 Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$29.7B 2021 $37B 2022 $93.7B 2023 $93.9B 2024 $99.4B 2025 $106B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$105,646,930,594477August 19, 2026
October 2025$99,416,799,408464July 3, 2025
October 2024$93,913,367,327645March 27, 2024
October 2023$93,670,595,774484April 6, 2023
October 2022$36,973,306,206440May 10, 2022
October 2021$29,735,480,458424August 24, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $29,735,480,458 in the October 2021 data and $105,646,930,594 in the October 2026 data, up 255%.

Total employees: 424 in October 2021 and 477 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 307 to 310.
    • Changed its office addresses in Atlanta, GA.
    • Changed its office addresses in Lisbon.
    • Changed its office addresses in Madrid.
    • Changed its office addresses in Milan.
    • Changed its office addresses in Paris.
    • Changed its office addresses in Schiphol.
    • Changed its office addresses in Singapore.
    • Added an office in Chiyoda-Ku,tokyo.
    • Added an office in Irvine, CA.
    • Added an office in Lake Oswego, OR.
    • Added an office in Minnetonka, MN.
    • No longer lists an office in Costa Mesa, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in Sydney.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
principalam.comprincipalcef.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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