Beginning with a £95m investment in a London dormitory, the private equity real estate firm is set to expand its student accommodation brand across Europe.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Japanese property company DaVinci has acquired 40,000 square meters of office space in central Tokyo from Hong Kong businessman Richard Li. It is considered by some to be Asia’s largest single-asset real estate transaction.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
The Pennsylvania-based real estate investment firm has already committed approximately a third of its new vehicle and expanded beyond the mid-Atlantic region with its first buy in Chicago.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
The private equity arm of Standard Chartered has invested $33 million in an auto component market based in India.
1 min read · 23 January 2013
A luxury condo conversion in Midtown Manhattan with interior touches by fashion designer Peter Som has been sold to the hotel company Hyatt amid a softening condo market.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
As institutional investors expand their definition of real estate to include infrastructure and other alternatives, wind farms are drawing their attention. And their dollars.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Robert Johnson’s second hospitality fund will have $2.5bn in buying power, most of which will be used to acquire a $1.7bn hotel portfolio from White Lodging Services.
1 min read · 23 January 2013
The global investment manager is launching five property funds including two inaugural vehicles focused on infrastructure and healthcare.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
The Robert Bass-led buyout shop acquired the company, which operates travel stops along US highways, for $731m in 2000.
1 min read · 23 January 2013
The REIT has said it will pay up to $190m for 44 of the toy retailer’s shuttered locations. Vornado teamed with KKR and Bain Capital to buy the chain last year.
1 min read · 23 January 2013
