Federated Department Stores sells the Lord & Taylor retail chain to an Apollo partnership for $1.2 billion.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Secondary investor Liquid Realty Partners adds a new director of portfolio management as its business grows overseas.
6 min read · 23 January 2013
The New York-based firm raises a record $5.3 billion private equity real estate fund.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Though opportunity fund managers continue to bemoan the competitive state of the US market, their actions on the ground seem to contradict their words. By Paul Fruchbom
5 min read · 23 January 2013
THE 4 FOOD GROUPS 2006-07-01 Staff Writer <strong>RETAIL<br /> The kids aren't alright</strong><br /> In June, Six Flags announced it was mulling the sale of six amusement parks in Buffalo; Denver; Seattle; Houston; and Concord, California; as well as Magic Mountain, north of Los An
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Putting for dough 2006-07-01 Staff Writer It's no secret that many finance professionals—private equity, real estate or otherwise—enjoy hitting the links. Or that private equity real estate firms have historically been big investors in golf courses—witness the recent moves by Lone Star and Goldman Sachs in t
1 min read · 23 January 2013
All the King's men 2006-07-01 Staff Writer In Jim Jarmusch's 1989 cult film <italic>Mystery Train</italic>, a young Japanese couple visits Memphis, Tennessee. Enamored with Elvis Presley and 1950s American youth culture, the young couple wanders around Memphis, most likely making a stop at 3764 E
3 min read · 23 January 2013
Zou Tao, housing crusader 2006-07-01 Staff Writer Zou Tao, a resident of the city of Shenzhen in Southern China, may not have known what he was stepping into when he first called on Chinese citizens to stop buying real estate. The 32-year-old golf equipment dealer first published an open letter on his intern
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Real estate triple double 2006-07-01 Staff Writer Forget golf courses aimed at selling Sunbelt condos to retirees. Condo developers in New York City are hoping wealthy young hoops fans will be drawn to upscale developments that include basketball courts where residents can give their best high-flying Michael
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Landmark status 2006-07-01 Staff Writer The Great Pyramid of Giza, the last remaining of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was built, by the most widely accepted archaeological accounts, for the Egyptian pharaoh Cheops and completed around 2560 BC. Though experts differ wildly on the number of laborers
2 min read · 23 January 2013
