Apollo Management now has the financing in place to launch its £1 billion bid for UK estate agency chain Countrywide.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Shorenstein Properties is the latest firm to purchase a piece of the Equity Office Properties portfolio as The Blackstone Group begins to divest the real estate it acquired in the largest private equity deal ever.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Tishman Speyer and Walton Street Capital are acquiring 64 acres of Playa Vista in West Los Angeles for a new office development.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Standard Chartered Private Equity is investing in its third Chinese property developer in under a year.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The newly formed firm has invested a quarter of its debut private equity real estate fund.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The history of the Peace Hotel is a trip through Old Shanghai.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
San Francisco-based DivcoWest has acquired an Austin, Texas office campus from RREEF for $49m.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Bain Capital has partnered with CBL & Associates to invest in a Chinese mall operator and real estate developer.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Some of the world’s biggest alternative asset managers will be watching with interest tomorrow when Fortress Investment Group becomes the first US hedge fund and private equity group to float on the stock exchange tomorrow.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Following the exit of Vornado Realty Trust from the bidding, Equity Office’s shareholders have given the green light to the largest private equity deal to date by approving Blackstone’s offer of $39bn. The deal includes a Blackstone equity check of $3.75bn.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
