The global real estate investment management firm has hired Enda Farrell as its representative in Ireland. The hiring of Farrell is part of Forum’s plan to expand its presence in the European debt space.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
As part of its strategy to reduce its US assets, the troubled commercial real estate finance unit of Germany’s Commerzbank is seeking bidders for a portfolio of 12 US loans. The move follows closely on the heels of a $300 million US loan portfolio sale to The Blackstone Group.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
The Texas-based private equity firm and the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund told delegates at PERE’s panel at MIPIM today how a “profound” and “unprecedented” rush to core real estate has led them to seek opportunities in Europe’s secondary markets.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
The Los Angeles-based real estate investor and developer has completed an investment in a new homebuilding joint venture in the Southern Republic.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Korea’s largest non-life insurance company reveals to PERE that it has devised an investment strategy for 2012 that, for the first time, includes putting its capital to work via funds alongside its main focus on direct investments in core property markets.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
The London-based real estate services firm said major lenders in the UK commercial property market have become more active in the past five months.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
A London-based co-investment platform has formed a new pool of capital through which family offices can invest together in commercial real estate in Europe.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
With senior debt in tight supply, mezzanine funds may face challenges in deploying capital this year, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s European Real Estate Lending Survey, which was released at this year’s MIPIM conference.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
To date, most land sales in China have come from local governments. However, at the annual MIPIM conference in Cannes, delegates heard that a new and potentially sizeable land source is poised to materialise.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The Chicago-based private equity real estate firm has sold Menlo Corporate Center to Kilroy Realty for more than $162 million.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
