Federated Department Stores sells the Lord & Taylor retail chain to an Apollo partnership for $1.2 billion.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Secondary investor Liquid Realty Partners adds a new director of portfolio management as its business grows overseas.
6 min read · 23 January 2013
Though opportunity fund managers continue to bemoan the competitive state of the US market, their actions on the ground seem to contradict their words. By Paul Fruchbom
5 min read · 23 January 2013
All the King's men 2006-07-01 Staff Writer In Jim Jarmusch's 1989 cult film <italic>Mystery Train</italic>, a young Japanese couple visits Memphis, Tennessee. Enamored with Elvis Presley and 1950s American youth culture, the young couple wanders around Memphis, most likely making a stop at 3764 E
3 min read · 23 January 2013
The recently listed KKR Private Equity Investors vehicle creates an immediate pool of nearly $2bn for KKR’s 2006 Fund – a major boost to the firm’s ongoing fundraising effort.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
As the US baby boomers retire, the senior housing sector is drawing renewed interest from investors. But as many learned in the 90s, senior housing isn't your typical real estate play. By Dave Keating
10 min read · 23 January 2013
The battle for Toys “R” Us was one of the most hotly contested transactions of last year—can the victors walk away unscathed? By Paul Fruchbom
9 min read · 23 January 2013
As private equity real estate funds deploy capital quicker than ever, they are returning to their fundraising trail more and more—but would LPs like to see less of them and more of a track record? By Aaron Lovell
6 min read · 23 January 2013
As more money flows into private equity real estate, placement agents, once merely matchmakers, are now finding themselves serving a variety of different functions. By Dave Keating
9 min read · 23 January 2013
Raising a debut opportunity fund is an arduous undertaking, but with capital abundant, real estate hot, and investors eager, has the process gotten any easier? By Paul Fruchbom
9 min read · 23 January 2013
