The multifamily residential market in the US has seen considerable investment activity in the past few months and deals in the sector show no signs of slowing down.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The private equity real estate firm founded by former Grubb & Ellis chairman Anthony Thompson has been in aggressive expansion mode with several new hires in the past four months.
5 min read · 22 January 2013
The $23 billion Employees Retirement System of Texas is looking to allocate eight percent of its pot to real estate, just as other US pensions are committing fresh capital to private equity real estate vehicles.
4 min read · 22 January 2013
In the view of Sun Capital, Cerberus and Lubert-Adler, separating the real estate assets of a US department store from its operating company was a sound financial move. The bankrupt retailer begs to differ. Now a court must decide who's right.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Lord of the Rings, chapter 11 2008-10-01 Staff Writer The erstwhile housing boom fueled many fantasies, including the fantasies of at least one developer to help people live as Hobbits lived. However the developer behind The Shire in Bend, in Oregon, has seen his vision fall somewhat short of market expectat
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Carlyle banks on insolvency 2008-10-01 Staff Writer In the UK, personal debt exceeds the nation's entire GDP, so little wonder that large numbers of bankruptcies are expected this year and next.<br /> <br /> Lehman Brothers aside, the entire nation is being careful with its outgoings, including
1 min read · 22 January 2013
New world order 2008-10-01 Staff Writer The financial markets are being restructured before our eyes – voluntarily, grudgingly and forcibly – and it would appear that real estate has been the unwitting restructuring agent.<br /> <br /> We are still in the exhaustive stages of a great debt-bubbl
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Banking on it in Brooklyn 2008-10-01 Staff Writer The Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower has been a fixture on the Brooklyn skyline since Prohibition—decades before the legions of transplanted Midwesterners, dissonant rock bands and asymmetrical haircuts invaded the “Borough of Churches.” With 34 floors, it is
2 min read · 22 January 2013
As Apollo Real Estate and ING clarion have shown, subsidized housing in New York City is the biggest game in town. Forget about the red tape – the hardest part is finding and winning these prized assets. By Eva Poon
9 min read · 22 January 2013
The world of private equity real estate—not a huge community to begin with—is getting smaller as more and more US-based firms look at ways they can take their strategies to Europe and beyond. By Aaron Lovell
6 min read · 22 January 2013
