Singapore-based Capitaland has successfully developed an investment strategy for China and the rest of Asia. Western private equity real estate firms may want to take notes. By Aaron Lovell
7 min read · 23 January 2013
British financier and author Jim Mellon is set to move into the German residential market in a big way.
6 min read · 23 January 2013
On the contrary 2006-03-01 Staff Writer In his book, <italic>“Letters to a Young Contrarian,”</italic> Christopher Hitchens pens advice to a fictional protégé, offering a series of dispatches on how to “live at an angle to the safety and mediocrity of consensus.”<br /> <br /> Today,
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Mountains of lava and temples of doom 2006-02-01 Staff Writer Mammoth Mountain, one of the largest ski resorts in the Western US, does not owe its existence to snow, but rather, strangely enough, to fire. Approximately 200,000 years ago, a series of eruptions along the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada range
2 min read · 23 January 2013
As rising commodity prices and labor shortages push construction costs to 20-year highs, private equity firms are grappling with today's inflationary environment. By Paul Fruchbom
7 min read · 23 January 2013
Dubai has ambitions to become the economic hub of the Middle East. Given the pace of recent activity, it's well on its way. By Jonn Elledge
9 min read · 23 January 2013
Buoyed by the wealth generated from extensive natural resources and a loosening of foreign ownership laws, many Middle Eastern countries are transforming their local real estate markets.
3 min read · 23 January 2013
For the past 40 years, Sam Zell has been one of the biggest and most successful players in the US real estate market. Always opinionated, never boring, Zell recently sat down with PERE to discuss his views on the global real estate market, his unconventional holiday gifts and why he likes Libya and Brazil. By Paul Fruchbom
10 min read · 23 January 2013
New York-based alternative assets firm GSC Partners and property group Tishman Speyer are teaming up to invest in Shanghai and Beijing.
4 min read · 23 January 2013
The biggest pension fund in the US likes China. How does the hype compare to the risk? By Aaron Lovell
4 min read · 23 January 2013