Oregon’s public employee pension plan has made its first commitment to a unique account with Prologis that will invest in several of the firm’s real estate funds over the next three years.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The Temasek subsidiary has agreed the purchase of Swire Pacific’s Festival Walk shopping centre in what would become the Singapore-based firm’s debut investment in Hong Kong.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The real estate investment management of Deutsche Bank today sold the European department store group, La Rinascente, to one of Thailand’s largest retail chains.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
The preeminent sovereign wealth fund of China revealed in its 2010 annual review it had ‘essentially fully invested’ its initial $200bn of state equity culminating in increased investments in real estate among other alternative asset classes.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The Deutsche Bank division has published a report encouraging core investors to buy more in Asia than Europe over the next five years. Outsized risk-adjusted returns, however, remain possible in Europe and should not be ignored.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The Greenwich, Connecticut-based firm, led by Barry Sternlicht, has commenced fundraising for Starwood Distressed Opportunity Fund IX, targeting between $2 billion and $3 billion. The firm's hospitality fund series, however, will come to an end.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The Asia logistics giant led by ex-ProLogis chief Jeff Schwartz and backed by the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation has reportedly been granted exclusivity in its negotiations to buy the Chicago-based investment management firm’s 24-asset Japanese logistics portfolio.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The Leeds-based real estate firm, led by entrepreneur Kevin McCabe, is to invest Chinese capital in the UK real estate market via a joint venture formed with Hong Kong-based Wyndham Advisors.
1 min read · 18 January 2013
The Chicago-based private equity real estate firm has teamed up with a Kansas City-based developer and operator of assisted-living and memory care communities to own and recapitalise six properties in the Midwest for $62 million.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The Europe- and Asia-focused fund of funds group keeps with its niche investment strategy by committing to two Japanese real estate fund managers with narrow focuses.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
