The $126bn pension has created a new allocation to house its investments in the US Public Private Investment Programme.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Is it time for private equity real estate firms operating in the UK to go on the PR offensive, asks Robin Marriott.
3 min read · 21 January 2013
The Chicago-based firm has bought a nine-property portfolio, totalling 536,000-sq-ft of space. No financial details were disclosed but the deal was originally marketed for $71m.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The investment firm set up by Apax Capital founder, Sir Ronald Cohen, has raised £26m for its first real estate fund. The vehicle is aimed at aiding the regeneration of areas of the UK in need of properties which meet high environmental standards.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Mizuho Trust has been appointed to handle the sale of Pacific Century Place, the office for which Japan’s biggest private equity real estate firm, KK daVinci, paid a record ¥200bn.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Apollo- and BC-backed Unitymedia, the cable platform that owns the rights to the German football league, has been sold to a US player for €3.5bn.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The firm has joined forces with US homebuilder Hovnanian to buy and develop for-sale homes in Chicago and Palm Beach County. GoldenTree invested 80% of the all-equity deal, no financial details were disclosed.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The Los Angeles-based real estate investment company has partnered with NDC and a California asset management firm to buy two multifamily properties in Austin and Houston through foreclosure and special servicing. The firm achieved discounts of up to 40%.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The London-based private equity real estate firm has been thwarted in its efforts to buy a 50% stake in a Kingston shopping centre after the asset was pulled from the market.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The $12.5bn pension has been expanding its investment portfolio into European-focused funds.
2 min read · 21 January 2013