The joint venture between Harvest Fund Management and Grosvenor Fund Management has positioned its maiden private equity real estate fund as a conduit for institutional investors to access Chinese real estate with a lower risk strategy.
2 min read · 28 August 2013
The traditional real estate markets in Asia face serious headwinds going into 2013, which has decreased yield expectations, but smaller markets are expected to eventually take their place, according to a recent KPMG study.
2 min read · 28 August 2013
Despite the greater scarcity of traditional real estate investment opportunities, the Los Angeles-based private equity real estate firm still remains bullish about investing in the asset class, particularly in areas of capital dislocation.
2 min read · 28 August 2013
Lawrence Ceriello has joined law firm Morrison Foerster (MoFo) as real estate partner, and will be responsible for representing and advising commercial lenders, investment banks, life insurers, hedge funds on real estate debt transactions .
2 min read · 28 August 2013
The investment management arm of the giant US bank is purchasing the 31-story office tower at 425 Lexington Avenue from a Hines fund.
1 min read · 28 August 2013
The New York-based private equity giant has continued growing out its real estate team with the appointment of ex-JPMorgan managing director Bryan Southergill to lead its activities in Asia.
2 min read · 28 August 2013
The Chicago-based real estate investment management firm has signed a deal to sell to a consortium of domestic institutional investors a portfolio of eight logistics buildings in Japan.
2 min read · 28 August 2013
The Belmont, California-based investment firm has raised $144.13 million for its Embarcadero Capital Investors IV, which is seeking up to $400 million to invest in West Coast office properties.
2 min read · 28 August 2013
In its 2012 annual report, the C$176.2 billion pension system stated that it has established a new investment strategy that included increasing its investments in real estate “in the years to come.”
2 min read · 28 August 2013
The Toronto-based pension plan has teamed up with London-based Hammerson to acquire a 33.3 percent stake in the Bullring Shopping Centre, a 1.2 million-square-foot mall in Birmingham.
2 min read · 28 August 2013
