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StepStone Real Estate Adds Veteran Investor Jennifer Jones as Partner; Announces Launch of S-Core to Expand its Core/Core+ Real Estate Investment Offerings
NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StepStone Real Estate (SRE) announced today that it has added Jennifer Jones to its team as a Partner to help launch S-Core, a platform that will increase SRE’s Core/Core+ real estate activities. Jones will be based in San Francisco and will oversee a global investment mandate. Prior to joining StepStone, Ms. Jones spent nearly two decades at UBS where she led over $20 billion in transactions and most recently was the Senior Portfolio Manager for its G
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