Through acquisitions and new platforms, real estate investment trusts and private equity real estate funds are increasingly crossing paths. By Aaron Lovell
9 min read · 23 January 2013
As the gaming industry expands, private equity has been increasingly tempted to bet on gambling's global boom. But like the act of gambling itself, casinos remain a risky proposition. By Dave Keating
10 min read · 23 January 2013
Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, with additional offices in Denver and San Francisco, The Townsend Group provides US real estate consulting services to a broad range of institutional investors, including more than 40 pension funds, as well as all manner of foundations and endowments. Here Frank Blaschka, a principal with more than 11 years of institutional real estate consulting experience, and Martin Rosenberg, the firm's chief operating officer, discuss fund structures, the current investing environment and why they would offer the same advice to LPs and GPs alike.
4 min read · 23 January 2013
As capital continues to flow into private equity real estate, GPs are gaining the upper hand in negotiating the terms of their fund documents—but that doesn't mean LPs are staying quiet. By Paul Fruchbom
10 min read · 23 January 2013
Over the past 15 years, the growth in the private equity real estate industry has been dramatic, both in terms of size and geographic scope, which means the legal and regulatory challenges involved have grown as well.
3 min read · 23 January 2013
Since 2000, Doughty Hanson has invested in real estate throughout Europe, from history-making deals in Finland to landmark offices in the firm's UK backyard. As the firm sets out with its second vehicle, John Howard talks to PERE about team turnover, his hometown in Western Pennsylvania and why investing in Europe requires more than a foreign post office box. By Aaron Lovell
9 min read · 23 January 2013
Japan's corporate culture favors real estate investors who have patience for a glacial pace of change. By David Snow
5 min read · 23 January 2013
For the first time, a German city has sold all of its public housing stock to a US investment firm. More could be on the way.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
With a new manager and a war chest of capital, Global Finance looks to the East for lucrative European property deals.
6 min read · 23 January 2013
Following a spate of new hires and fund closings, Starwood has hired William Jandrisits as director of finance to help manage its rapid expansion.
5 min read · 23 January 2013
