Influencing history 2006-11-01 Staff Writer Last month, alongside new memoirs by such well-known names as US Senator Barack Obama, <italic>The Corrections</italic> author Jonathan Franzen and humorist and travel writer Bill Bryson, another less-anticipated book hit the shelves at Barnes & Nob
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When private a faded hotel in Japan, there By Alison Granito
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Private equity real estate firms are looking to capitalize on Hong Kong's recovery. But as China's development continues unabated, will the mainland's economic emergence eventually threaten the city's prosperity? By Robin Marriott
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The hotelier 2006-11-01 Staff Writer In early 1991, 31-year-old Barry Sternlicht was out of a job. Seven years later, he was the chief executive officer of the largest hotel company in the world. Along the way, Sternlicht not only completed one of the most dramatic comebacks in the history of the asset class
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The frequent flier 2006-11-01 Staff Writer James Quille has always been a man on the move—and for good reason. The firm he currently heads, Macquarie Global Property Advisors, is one of the most active foreign players in Asia, a region that Quille himself has been investing in since the early 1990s.<br
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The young gun 2006-11-01 Staff Writer Chad Pike , still in his thirties, is running Blackstone's real estate operations in Europe, making him one of the youngest stars in the asset class. Though he is often compared to two other young guns—his counterpart in the US, Jon Gray, and the co-head of Morgan Stanl
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The market maker 2006-11-01 Staff Writer Globalization has to start somewhere. In the case of European private equity real estate, it arguably began when US investment banks moved their principal real estate investment arms across the Atlantic—in other words, it began with Roger Orf .<br /> <br /&
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The godfather 2006-11-01 Staff Writer For many years, the name Dan Neidich was synonymous with the private equity real estate industry. As the founder and head of Goldman's Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds, Neidich oversaw the growth of one of the largest and most influential real estate franchises in the
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The hedger 2006-11-01 Staff Writer As the head of Blackacre Capital, the property investment arm of Cerberus Capital Management, Ronald Kravit has helped define the trend of hedge funds entering the world of private equity real estate. In the process, he and his team have been involved in some of the industr
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The local 2006-11-01 Staff Writer Osamu Kaneko founded Tokyo-based KK daVinci Advisors in 1998, a move that helped spur opportunistic and value-added real estate investment strategies in Japan. By buying run-down properties from cash-strapped landlords, Kaneko was able to earn in excess of 40 percent returns
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