How to get the most benefit from public-private partnerships? It’s a question the whole of the US is wrestling with. In early June, Infrastructure Investor staged our annual Southeast Forum to find out how Florida, Georgia and Puerto Rico are becoming PPP pioneers.
7 min read · 24 January 2013
Tishman Speyer and SITQ have invested $700m of equity in a portfolio of 28 Washington DC office buildings in an effort to retire $600m of debt as well as fund working capital.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
A joint venture fund between Mumbai based investment firms IL&FS and Milestone Capital Advisors has purchased a 74% stake in 247Park, a large business park in “the upcoming business corridor” in the Vikhroli area of the city.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Investors convinced by digitisation and the increasing importance of data to business and social networking
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Together with Alberta Development, PCCP and Walton Street have paid off all loans secured against a Colorado retail and mixed-use centre. In buying back the debt, the JV was able to sign a 10-year, 96,000-sq. ft office lease.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
After closing its latest opportunity fund on $4.7bn, Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing believes the US debt space will be an marketplace for the firm. MSREI’s head of Americas and global head of debt investing speaks to PERE.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The pension's board, which manages about $110bn in assets, has also significantly increased the target for private equity, as well as strategic investments, which includes debt funds and infrastructure.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
A new, new tax compromise makes carried interest even more legit.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
An investment policy approved by the trustees of the Florida State Board of Administration will give the state’s $110bn retirement system the flexibility to invest up to 2% of its assets in infrastructure. The move is part of a broader portfolio transition that shifted about 10% of allocations away from listed equities and fixed income towards alternatives.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
The US global buyout firm has announced a €900m joint venture with Dublin’s Green Property to acquire assets particularly in partnership with government agencies and financial institutions
2 min read · 24 January 2013
