The investment bank has teamed up with Brazilian private equity firm GP Investments to form a $400-million property venture focused on Brazil.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The real estate and private equity teams within Goldman Sachs’ merchant banking division will help manage the giant new infrastructure fund.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Trumped in Aberdeenshire 2007-01-01 Staff Writer It's not every day that a billionaire real estate mogul gets walloped by a crew of elderly country folk. But that's what happened in Scotland last month when a local council committee in Aberdeenshire rejected Donald Trump's plan to build two championship golf
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Enter the Frontier 2007-01-01 Staff Writer A <italic>PERE</italic> staffer once overheard an instructive real estate truism that is equally helpful in framing any discussion of investment in “frontier” markets.<br /> <br /> The scene: Manhattan, West Village, a young woman walking o
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Racing development 2007-01-01 Staff Writer The Brooklands motor racing circuit in Surrey, England has played a central role in the history of racing. When British entrepreneur Hugh Fortescue Locke-King first built the site in 1907, it included the world's first banked motor race circuit. It was also the seco
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Capital Watch 2007-01-01 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 January 2007
Massive sporting events on the horizon in Beijing and Delhi are shining a spotlight on the underserved hospitality sector in Asia. Private equity real estate GPs are already checking in to this opportunity. By Dave Keating
10 min read · 22 January 2013
With a pressing need for higher returns and greater diversification, labor union pension funds – commonly called Taft-Hartley plans – are slowly making moves toward private equity real estate. By Eva Poon
6 min read · 22 January 2013
Morocco is building lasting ties to Europe and the Middle East. A growing number of real estate investors are flocking to the country in an attempt to ride an expected rising tide of wealth. But poverty and regressive tenant laws present real challenges. Robin Marriott reports from Casablanca.
9 min read · 22 January 2013
PERE moves beyond the BRIC countries to discover real estate investors at work in less heralded developing nations.
6 min read · 22 January 2013