The 25-year veteran of global real estate firm LaSalle Investment Management is leaving to oversee BlackRock's $13bn real estate business.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
The New York-based firm has closed Savanna Real Estate Fund II after exceeding its original target.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The Royal Bank of Scotland is expected to shortlist bidders for the sale of a £1.6bn loan book made to UK real estate. The Financial Times listed various private equity real estate platforms as potential bidders.
1 min read · 18 January 2013
Now that the US Congress has avoided a government shutdown by passing a 2011 budget, attention shifts to the 2012 budget. A carried interest tax hike could be likely to help pay for other spending cuts.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The London-based international real estate property investment group is set on opening an office in Stockholm, Sweden, which would be its first in the Nordic region.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
News surfaces for the second time this week of a debt acquisition by the New York-based private equity and real estate giant. The firm’s joint purchase of the debt behind 45 hotels was revealed yesterday.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The Dutch pension and the Australian property company have teamed up for a €1.2 billion bid to take over Europe’s largest owner of distribution facilities.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
Political turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa has 'stymied' economic recovery, but the region is in a strong position for future growth, according to delegates at Middle East Forum.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
Gerald Ronson, one of the UK’s best known developers whose Heron International is backed by a number of wealthy US businessmen and Middle Eastern investors, has formed Ronson Capital Partners to buy UK real estate.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The Abu-Dhabi state investment fund plans to increase spending to $16.3 billion, Bloomberg reports, by increasing exposures to asset classes including real estate.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
