The market maker 2006-11-01 Staff Writer Globalization has to start somewhere. In the case of European private equity real estate, it arguably began when US investment banks moved their principal real estate investment arms across the Atlantic—in other words, it began with Roger Orf .<br /> <br /&
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The godfather 2006-11-01 Staff Writer For many years, the name Dan Neidich was synonymous with the private equity real estate industry. As the founder and head of Goldman's Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds, Neidich oversaw the growth of one of the largest and most influential real estate franchises in the
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The sheikh 2006-11-01 Staff Writer Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and the stateowned investment companies he controls are not only developing the whole of Dubai, they are funneling oil money into projects all over the world and, in the process, transforming the competitive landscape of the global priv
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The internationalist 2006-11-01 Staff Writer In close to five years at the California Public Employees' Retirement System, Mike McCook transformed the largest pension fund in the US into a global powerhouse among institutional investors in real estate. Though he left his post earlier this year, McCook's infl
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The fugitive 2006-11-01 Staff Writer By all accounts, Steven Lee, an ambitious 30-something, Korean-American Harvard MBA, was a rising star at Texas-based Lone Star Funds. However, few falls in the industry's short history have been as dramatic—or as damagingly influential. Today, Lee is facing charges for t
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The envelope pusher 2006-11-01 Staff Writer John Kukral may no longer be running the real estate arm of The Blackstone Group, but his mark on the company—and on the industry as a whole—can still be felt.<br /> <br /> An alumnus of JMB Realty, Kukral joined the New York private equity firm in 19
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The hedger 2006-11-01 Staff Writer As the head of Blackacre Capital, the property investment arm of Cerberus Capital Management, Ronald Kravit has helped define the trend of hedge funds entering the world of private equity real estate. In the process, he and his team have been involved in some of the industr
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The local 2006-11-01 Staff Writer Osamu Kaneko founded Tokyo-based KK daVinci Advisors in 1998, a move that helped spur opportunistic and value-added real estate investment strategies in Japan. By buying run-down properties from cash-strapped landlords, Kaneko was able to earn in excess of 40 percent returns
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When Paul Kazilionis and Bill Walton left Morgan Stanley to set up their own opportunity fund in the early 1990s, they embarked on a partnership that is considered one of the most successful in the history of the asset class.
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The lynchpin 2006-11-01 Staff Writer Under the watch of K. S. “Sonny” Kalsi, Morgan Stanley has become one of the largest players in Asian real estate, with a reach that extends across Japan, India and China.<br /> <br /> Kalsi rose to prominence during his eight-year stint in Tokyo, where he b
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