The real estate investment management arm of global property services firm Jones Lang LaSalle has opened its first office in Dubai as it seeks to offer greater support to its Middle East clients.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Blackstone's announcement that it would soon begin raising a $10bn+ global opportunity fund has the market wondering whether jumbo funds are back
3 min read · 18 January 2013
The Bethesda, Maryland firm, co-founded by Robert Johnson (pic) and Thomas Baltimore, is talking to LPs about consolidating its Urban Lodging Fund II and Fund III for a possible IPO as a public REIT.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Netherlands-based APG's hiatus from blind pool commitments in Aisa could well continue as it continues to cement long-term partnerships with select co-investors and operators.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The firm expects to hit the fundraising trail this year targeting a similar amount to its $10.9bn opportunity fund, BREP VI, which is 70% invested. President Tony James said Blackstone invested $5bn of equity in real estate in 2010.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Copenhagen-based ATP Real Estate, a significant investor in opportunity funds, says it is looking to deploy €700 million in fresh real estate acquisitions.
1 min read · 18 January 2013
The Atlanta-based investment group has increased assets under management in Asia twelvefold in a transaction that sees it inherit $5.4 billion of assets and a 65-person strong team.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
A sale of nonperforming loans by Swiss bank UBS has added to an air of optimism among hungry buyers of ‘bad bank’ assets
1 min read · 18 January 2013
The Los Angeles-based investment manager is expected to announce imminently a deal to buy ING REIM’s Europe and Asia businesses, while the management of ING Clarion will lead a buyout of the US arm.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
The Paris-based real estate investment manager says it hope to buy and sell around €3bn of property, up 30 percent on volume in 2010
1 min read · 18 January 2013
