Real estate prices are set to decline by up to 25 percent in developed markets, according to Townsend co-founder Kevin Lynch. However he said there were plenty of opportunities amid the distress, telling PERE at the ExpoReal conference in Munich that investors were increasing their allocations to the asset class.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The private equity real estate firm has bought a second package of commercial real estate loans from Deutsche Bank covering the multifamily, retail and office sectors in Germany.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Private equity investors looking to finance infrastructure projects in Australia may soon have a new competitor after the Australian government agreed to accelerate the creation of its Building Australia Fund.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Winnington Capital’s $1bn China-specific private equity property fund has acquired a stake in a real estate investment company focused on property development in the city of Chongqing. The investment was made through its Trophy Property Fund.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The German government and financial institutions have agreed to a second financial rescue package for German real estate lender Hypo Real Estate. It follows on the breakdown over the weekend of the initial €35 billion bailout scheme.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The industrial property investor’s latest deal was made through its ProLogis European Properties Fund II, launched in 2007.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Ukrainian private equity firm will invest $15m in Fresh, a growing supermarket chain, from its $132m Emerging Europe growth fund. Its second Emerging Europe growth capital fund is targeting $300m.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Many private equity real estate groups have money to spend, but no one wants to call the bottom of this crazy crazy market.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
Private equity real estate GPs are ‘reluctantly’ beginning to change the terms of their funds as the capital fundraising market swings increasingly in favor of LPs, according to institutional investors at the PREA conference.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
As private equity real estate fund managers and institutional investors meet in Chicago for the fall Pension Real Estate Association conference, many say waiting is the best strategy.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
