James Green has left the McLean, Virginia-based firm where he was managing director and co-global head of capital markets and client relations.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
F&C REIT Asset Management has appointed Angus Henderson as its new head of business development as plans a £300m UK opportunity fund. Henderson was responsible for launching new AXA Real Estate products in Europe and Asia.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
William Green has left the Greenwich, Connecticut-based firm for family reasons. He joined the firm in late 2007 to oversee Starwood’s debt investment operations.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
In an effort to find and manage investments in the Iberia region on behalf of its third European real estate fund, the Washington DC-based firm has enrolled the services of a Lisbon-based partner.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The founder of JE Robert Companies, who has undergone treatment for brain tumours, appointed former Starwood exec Barden Gale as CEO so there would be ‘no questions’ about his health and the leadership of the firm. “I don’t plan on going anywhere. I just have a new and very exciting job supporting and his team,” he told PERE.
3 min read · 21 January 2013
ING Real Estate Investment Management European managing director Wilson Lee has left the firm one year after joining to help launch its first global real estate opportunity fund. Plans for the $1.5 billion vehicle were shelved earlier this year.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The former Starwood Capital vice chairman takes over the day-to-day running of JE Robert Companies from Joseph Robert, who has been undergoing treatment for brain tumours. Robert will become executive chairman.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Real estate investment firms NDC Capital Partners and Post Investment Group have acquired a 365-unit apartment complex in Dallas. Post founder says now is time to ‘straddle’ bottom of residential market.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Tom Barrack pays tribute to Michael Jackson, a ‘gentle, talented and compassionate man’. Last year, Colony Capital saved Jackson’s Neverland ranch from the brink of foreclosure by acquiring $25m in debt from Fortress.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Which private equity real estate firms are best positioned to take advantage of the current real estate crisis? Have your say in PERE’s upcoming feature.
1 min read · 21 January 2013