Alain Roby's chocolate factory 2006-11-01 Staff Writer It may not eclipse the Burj Dubai or any of the other impossibly high buildings currently under development, but one new skyscraper recently made it into the <italic>Guinness Book of World Records</italic>. At more than 20 feet tall and const
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When private a faded hotel in Japan, there By Alison Granito
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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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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 lone wolf 2006-11-01 Staff Writer Starting with 1995's Brazos Fund, John Grayken's low-profile Lone Star Funds began establishing a track record recognized throughout the industry as one of the best. Cutting his teeth in the real estate division of investment bank Morgan Stanley and, later, working on re
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At a gathering in New York today, delegates at PERE’s North American Private Equity Real Estate Forum heard frontline accounts of the globalization of the industry from Morgan Stanley’s Jay Mantz and Starwood’s Barry Sternlicht.
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The Nashville-based casual dining restaurant chain, which came with a price tage of $486m, owns 143 of its eateries.
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The real estate opportunity fund represents the private equity titan’s first vehicle dedicated specifically to the asset class.
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The head of property lending in Europe for the US investment bank has been named as one of 115 staff promoted to coveted partner status, entitling him to share in a huge remuneration pot.
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French property executive Leon Bressler will join the investment bank as a London-based partner to oversee its real estate activities.
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