The private equity real estate firm bought out by Morgan Stanley Real Estate last year has sold three office buildings in Denver’s upscale Cherry Creek neighborhood to KBS Realty Advisors and a joint venture involving ING Clarion.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The corporate debt and real estate specialist has acquired CIT Group’s troubled Home Lending business, Lone Star’s third mortgage-related deal since October.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Respondents to a recent survey also said sovereign funds’ long-term strategy makes them more appealing than other LPs.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Singapore real estate firm, Mapletree, has partnered with the Bahrain-based investment fund, Arcapita, to buy a portfolio of Singapore industrial assets, which may then be listed according to the chief executive of Mapletree, Hiew Yoon Khong.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The fund, one of the largest targeting real estate in India, will reportedly consider a public listing on the London Stock Exchange at any point during its lifespan.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The US firm has made its third sizeable acquisition of loans in Europe since November last year.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The third fund raised in Europe by The Carlyle Group is targeting parts of Eastern Europe as well as more established, core markets.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Private equity real estate firms globally raised $40bn during the first half of 2008, according to proprietary data from PERE magazine. This tally puts GPs on course to raise more than the record-breaking totals of last year. During the first six months of 2007, private equity real estate firms raised $30bn in capital.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Canada has the most transparent commercial real estate market in the world but Dubai, Romania, Ukraine and Russia show the biggest improvement in transparency levels over the past two years, according to a report from Jones Lang LaSalle.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The wealth management arm of the Bank of New York Mellon has appointed former Citigroup executive Ted Berenblum to lead the firm’s expansion of private equity, real estate and infrastructure investments.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
