The real estate investment arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has purchased the Wells Fargo Center in Seattle’s financial district as part of its partnership with Callahan Capital Properties.
1 min read · 28 August 2013
After hearing how Google was thinking about its real estate needs, panelists on the first day of PERE’s annual European conference emphasized the importance of wrapping their strategies around competitive occupiers, following strong labor pools and identifying industry clusters.
2 min read · 28 August 2013
The New York investment bank, along with a Dubai-based investment firm, are selling a 40 percent stake in 767 Fifth Avenue in a deal that eclipses Carlyle’s recent sale of 650 Madison.
1 min read · 28 August 2013
The real estate arm of the Queensland government-owned investment firm has bought a 49 percent stake in a portfolio of eight US malls currently owned by Forest City.
2 min read · 28 August 2013
Brendan McDonagh, chief executive officer of Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency, told delegates at PERE’s annual European event in London today the state organization was keen to strike more deals with private equity real estate firms and harbors ambitions to be more innovative in the types of deals it agrees.
3 min read · 28 August 2013
Rockbridge Partners, a new Dallas-based venture started by Travis Furr and John Turner, will pursue middle-market real estate investments in the US.
1 min read · 28 August 2013
In the largest single-asset purchase in the US in more than two years, the Washington DC-based private equity firm has sold a trophy office and retail tower in midtown Manhattan to a joint venture between Crown Acquisitions and Highgate.
1 min read · 28 August 2013
The Zug, Switzerland-based private equity real estate firm used the announcement of Steffen Ricken’s hire from IVG Institutional Funds to suggest it would add a core and core-plus investment focus to its strategies.
2 min read · 28 August 2013
The India-focused private equity manager has returned to the real estate space with a second industrial property fund, attracting global institutional investors such as North American pension funds and endowments.
2 min read · 28 August 2013
The state’s municipal retirement plan approved two commitments of $100 million each to Blackstone’s first Asia-focused fund and its latest real estate debt fund.
2 min read · 28 August 2013
