The subdued economic backdrop to Europe means the primary challenge facing real estate investors is how to invest in a low growth environment without taking on unwanted or unmanageable risks.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
The New York-based firm has acquired a 40% stake in a pool of 102 commercial real estate loans, primarily in Florida and Georgia, for roughly $7 million. To support the deal, Hudson will open an office in Florida.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The nursing home chain taken private by Carlyle in 2007 has agreed to sell 338 skilled and assisted living facilities to healthcare-focused REIT HCP.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The £220bn US public pension system will allocate 63% of its assets to its ‘growth’ pool of public stocks and private equity holdings.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Chicago now has eight more months to decide whether to re-bid the airport. However, the Federal Aviation Administration warned that if another airport applied for Midway’s slot in its pilot privatisation programme before 31 July 2011, it would ‘evaluate both Chicago’s application and preliminary applications’ filed for the spot.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The swift negotiations highlight airlines’ changing attitudes toward airport privatisation, which was initially viewed with skepticism at the outset of the Midway Airport privatisation process but is being supported by the carriers who serve Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
Neinver, the Madrid-based firm with a Continental Europe retail development arm, and London-based retail investment specialist, Meyer Bergman, have teamed up for a €200 million mixed use scheme at Katowice
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The $4.7bn global opportunity fund has purchased the restructured mezzanine debt secured by Blackstone’s Hospitality Europe portfolio after the properties’ senior mortgage was renegotiated.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Switzerland-headquartered Partners Group has hired two German M&A veterans to man its first office in the country.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Private equity firms Bain Capital and CVC Capital Partners are reportedly among the short-listed bidders.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
