The private equity arm of US-based REIT Inland Real Estate has acquired a $125m stake in Cobalt Capital Partners’ latest industrial property vehicle.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Goldman Sachs’ Whitehall fund is teaming up with French retail group Casino to build shopping malls in Poland—and possibly Eastern Europe.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Lubert-Adler recently acquired Central Parking, the largest parking company in the US, in a $1 billion transaction with a view towards capitalizing on the company's real estate portfolio. By Paul Fruchbom, P.J. Yeatman and Michael Trachtenberg
7 min read · 22 January 2013
The past few years have seen a number of private equity-backed REIT privatizations in the US. As opportunistic investors increasingly move overseas, could the public-toprivate trend spread to the UK? By Dave Keating
6 min read · 22 January 2013
After weathering the threat of low-cost production in Asia, mexico's manufacturing sector is booming amid rising domestic consumption and a growing economy—both of which are driving the Mexican logistics real estate market. By Aaron Lovell
8 min read · 22 January 2013
If there is any sector that demonstrates the difficulties of operating in the Russian property market, it is probably the gaming industry. Though regulated by the government, the sector is still subject to the vagaries of Russian president Vladimir Putin. In an effort to do away with the country's ubiquitous small gaming halls, a recently introduced law says all casinos currently in operation must shut down by June 2009; going forward, casinos will only be allowed in four regional locations. Clive Tilley, the British founder of international gaming management firm Tilley Entertainment, is one of the few foreigners with experience of running a casino in Russia. Here, he discusses his plans to roll out US-style hotel casino complexes in Russia, the market's reaction to the new regulations and the difficulty of finding quality real estate for his projects.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
St. Petersburg may not have the size or stature of Moscow, but Russia's second largest city is starting to attract a growing number of yield-hungry real estate investors. By Paul Fruchbom
9 min read · 22 January 2013
To access the red-hot Russian real estate market, foreign private equity firms are pursuing a number of platform-building strategies, from minority stake investments to roll-up plays. But not everyone is sold on the approach. By Robin Marriott
8 min read · 22 January 2013
As the Russian economy booms, the country's real estate market is attracting private equity property investors with a taste for high returns and a bit of adventure.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
After 25 years of investing in US real estate, the property arm of Investcorp is looking towards its next stage of growth. Here, John Fraser and Jonathan Dracos, the co-heads of the firm's real estate group, talk about opening a new office in Los Angeles, courting US investors and possibly expanding into Europe. By Aaron Lovell
10 min read · 22 January 2013
