A joint venture between Tishman Speyer and Lehman Brothers has acquired the Archstone-Smith REIT in one of the largest takeprivates since Blackstone's Equity Office triumph earlier this year.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The 2007 Ernst & Young Real Estate Private Equity Market Outlook painted a rosy picture of private equity real estate fundraising, but GPs who attended a breakfast meeting unveiling the results of the survey had mixed reviews on the investment climate.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Spanish real estate group Metrovacesa has bought the property after Tischman Speyer spent two years refurbishing it.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The private equity real estate firm has acquired a stake in local real estate developer Shriram Properties, scant days after news emerged of Canadian pension fund manager Caisse’s plans to invest up to C$1.6bn in the country.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The investment bank will take a five percent stake in Japan’s third-biggest beer maker as the two partner to expand their real estate holdings in the country.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The private equity firm has acquired an office building on New York City’s ritzy Park Avenue for a record breaking per-square-foot purchase price.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The firm has acquired two acres of land on the historic Brooklands motor racing circuit in Surrey, planning a 120 bedroom hotel next to the new Mercedes-Benz World entertainment complex.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The New York – based global developer and real estate investment fund manager is buying a downtown building in Munich.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
A week after completing their $20bn buyout of Hilton, Blackstone has hired Chritopher Nassetta as the comany’s new president and CEO.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Blackstone Group has recently opened an office in Tokyo, headed by Alan Miyasaki, who has moved over from New York to spearhead the group’s real estate investment activity.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
