The New York-based private equity real estate firm has teamed up with developers in Kentucky and Texas to acquire and develop student housing near public universities in the US. The firm hopes to close another five to eight by the end of the year.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The Los Angeles-based private equity real estate firm has broadened the investment remit of its New Zealand-focused opportunity fund to include Australian and US investments too.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Joe Azrack, Apollo Global Management’s head of real estate, has been speaking with PERE ahead of his appearance at next month's PERE Forum: Europe in London.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
A new tax idea from two US lawmakers finally recognises the true nature of carried interest.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Private equity distressed players are finding good returns by helping to capitalise small, distressed businesses, and by scouting for buyout-backed companies being groomed for exit.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Bill White, president of New York City’s Entrepid museum, has reportedly stepped down. The New York Attorney General's office had subpoenaed White’s firm about fees it received from City Investment Fund, the real estate investment platform established by affiliates of Fisher Brothers and Morgan Stanley Real Estate.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The Austin-based firm Hawkeye Partners has hired Bret Wilkerson, the former chief executive officer of research firm Property & Portfolio Research, as managing director.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
GE's real estate chief executive, Ron Pressman, describes the fund as being in line with the firm’s aspiration to become a manager of private equity real estate funds
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The Council of Ministers and the ECON Committee have approved versions of the directive, but crucial differences remain in regards to the ‘third country’ rules.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
The Canadian pension has invested A$200m in a development fund with Goodman targeting Australian logistics and seeded by a distribution centre in Melbourne. It follows a $150m China JV between CPPIB and Goodman.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
