Following Bear Stearns' recent acquisition of placement agent Crane Capital, Michelle LeRoy now finds herself part of a much larger platform.
6 min read · 22 January 2013
Starwood Capital has formed a joint venture with the restaurant company BR Guest to develop new eateries for its hotel portfolio.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Though relatively few private equity firms will join fortress on the nYSE, a growing number may sell a minority stake in their gP. Any takers? By Paul Fruchbom
5 min read · 22 January 2013
Four Food Groups 2008-05-01 Staff Writer <strong>RESIDENTIAL<br /> Urban unrest</strong><br /> Dawnay Day Group's first deal in the US real estate market hasn't been as smooth as the UK investment bank might have hoped. Earlier this year, the firm paid $225 million (€168 million) fo
3 min read · 22 January 2013
There goes the neighborhood 2008-05-01 Staff Writer <strong>Quotable</strong><br /> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>“It's a company town. one way or another, pretty much everything is tied to the real estate industry.”</strong>
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Hail to the chef 2008-05-01 Staff Writer Installing English-chef-turned-reality-television-show-host Gordon Ramsay in your hotel's restaurant certainly sounds like a great “value add” for a private equity real estate firm. And it will probably end up being a smart move for The Blackstone Group, which owns th
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Slick investing 2008-05-01 Staff Writer Billionaire Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been left to rot in a Siberian penal colony, sentenced to eight years for what a Russian court decided was a hat trick of crimes: fraud, embezzlement and evasion of personal income taxes. While he sits and serves
2 min read · 22 January 2013
A golden age 2008-05-01 Staff Writer If this is the golden age for investing in alternative assets, then judging from the magazine newsstands these days, the same could be said for writing about alternative assets as well. Last month, <italic>Condé Nast Portfolio</italic>, a new magazine covering
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Rapid returns 2008-05-01 Staff Writer For a period of time in the winter of 2005 commuters on Singapore's underground metro system were abuzz about something they'd been noticing on their daily rides to work. In a city whose super-efficient image is world-renown, people wanted answers: Why was the Mass Rapid
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Capital Watch 2008-05-01 Staff Writer <strong>FUNDS IN MARKET/COMING TO MARKET</strong><br /> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>FUND</strong></td> <td><strong>FIRM</strong></td>
10 min read · 01 May 2008
