The Carlyle Group has made its first investment in the UK residential market with the £40m purchase of a development site in London’s upmarket Chelsea area.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The New York-based alternative assets firm has increased the firepower of its AG Asia Realty Fund II after US pension fund the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System committed $100m.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The Steve Schwarzman-led firm, which is targeting about $738m for its debut RMB fund, expects a final close by September.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The London-based real estate arm of private equity firm Doughty Hanson has acquired an office in Gothenburg for an undisclosed sum
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The Kerala-based gold merchant will use the cash injection from Baring Private Equity Partners India and Matrix Partners India to "strengthen its capital base".
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Sydney-based real estate fund manager, Charter Hall, has launched an Australian industrial real estate investment fund with the purpose of acquiring up to A$200m of assets.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The Boston firm has secured an agreement from German bank, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, to renew and extend a €600m acquisition and development facility of the ‘Tour First’ tower in La Defense near Paris.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Kefren Properties, a Nordic property investor which failed to pay interest to bondholders on a €480 million portfolio of Swedish properties, has agreed with Valad’s European business a five-year asset management deal.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The firm has ‘reduced, refinanced or extended’ more than $52bn of its debt across its businesses since 2009, which has helped drive value creation, according to Blackstone executives.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
ARA Asset Management has purchased a RM333m, 20-storey office block in Kuala Lumpur on behalf of its ARA Asia Dragon Fund. The Singapore-based private equity real estate fund and REIT manager has also made its first investment in Australia, taking a 15% stake in a fund management platform.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
