The $90m acquisition may represent South Florida’s largest industrial transaction for the year.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
The Los Angeles-based fund, tied to basketball legend Magic Johnson, will partner with a developer to build a 266-unit project as part of an urban revitalization in the city’s Southeast quadrant.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Brentwood Associates will sell the consumer-product company to Carlyle after a hotly contested auction.
1 min read · 23 January 2013
As activity in the European hospitality sector accelerates, private equity firms are reshaping the industry's ownership structure, begging the question as to who will own hotels in the future. By Arthur de Haast, global chief executive officer at Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels
4 min read · 23 January 2013
James Quille, the chief executive officer of Macquarie Global Property Advisors, has spent much of his 30-year career traveling the world in search of real estate opportunities. Here he talks with PERE about his roots in London, his travels to China and working in the copper mines of Zambia. By Paul Fruchbom
7 min read · 23 January 2013
Sydney-based AMP Capital has raised just over A$200 million for its second private equity real estate fund, the largest ever in Australia.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Former Doughty Hanson real estate head Marc Mogull has launched a new firm focusing on middle market deals in Europe.
6 min read · 23 January 2013
Secondary investor Liquid Realty Partners adds a new director of portfolio management as its business grows overseas.
6 min read · 23 January 2013
The battle for Toys “R” Us was one of the most hotly contested transactions of last year—can the victors walk away unscathed? By Paul Fruchbom
9 min read · 23 January 2013
Founded in 1974, Harvard Management Company (HMC) is a subsidiary of Harvard University responsible for managing the University's endowment, pension assets, working capital and deferred giving accounts. Generally regarded as one of the most astute investors in the alternative asset sector, HMC currently oversees approximately $26 billion in assets, $2.2 billion of which is invested in real estate. David Ferrero, who originally joined HMC in 1997, co-manages HMC's opportunistic real estate portfolio. Here, Ferrero talks about the current state of the real estate fundraising market, Harvard's “clarity of mission” and the importance of listening to your LPs.
6 min read · 23 January 2013
