In an exclusive interview with PERE, Ralph Rosenberg, managing director and head of real estate at buyout titan Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts, described the firm’s plans for sector growth. Key to KKR, will be the division’s integration with its other ‘industry verticals’.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The New York-based fund manager has hired ACF Capital and Wachovia executive Tony Fineman as EVP to target debt and equity acquisitions and Gramercy Capital’s Laura Godfrey as VP of investor relations.
1 min read · 18 January 2013
The current predicament of US property services firm Grubb & Ellis set against improving market conditions makes it an ideal investment for private equity.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
Security Properties seeks to raise $50 million for investments in the Western US.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Increased leasing of office space in Dublin underlines why some private equity real estate firms think Ireland is an opportunity despite its glaring problems.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
The Chicago-based private equity real estate firm has opened the door to a series of Brazilian investments by participating in an initial R$192.5m investment into a shopping centre in Sao Paulo alongside Brazilian bank BTG Pactual and London-based Squarestone Brasil.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
New York-based Cerberus Capital Management says it sees opportunity in the region as it strikes its third significant Euro deal in the past five months.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Tom Barrack’s firm is locked in exclusive 60-day talks with global property broker Grubb & Ellis over a tie-up, having already extended $18m of financing to the company.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The $955m deal sees TPG and Oaktree partner with former Intrawest founder Joe Houssain to acquire the US and Canadian operations of Taylor Wimpey for a 3.4% premium over its net assets.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The San Francisco-based firm has officially closed its 10th vehicle exceeding its original target by roughly 20 percent.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
