Juan Barba, head of Real Estate Owned assets at Spain’s ‘bad bank’ has said he is looking to structure more deals in joint venture with private equity firms and use ‘retail channels’ to help realize the organisation’s €50 billion of assets.
2 min read · 25 October 2013
Jack Chandler, head of global real estate at BlackRock, explained why the takeover of MGPA was a ‘lifetime event’ and also how global investors were looking to large asset managers to help find yield from alternatives during Day One of PERE’s New York event.
2 min read · 25 October 2013
Juan Barba Silvela, head of Real Estate Owned assets at Spain’s ‘bad bank’ has said he is looking to structure more deals in joint venture with private equity firms to help realize the organization’s €50 billion of assets.
4 min read · 25 October 2013
The investment manager’s property director David Wise said the incoming fund would target assets “often neglected by large property funds”.
2 min read · 25 October 2013
The London-based private equity real estate firm and its JV partner Development Securities have sold the renamed Phones 4u Arena entertainment complex in Manchester in a deal valued at £82 million.
1 min read · 22 October 2013
New research by the Pensions Institute at Cass Business School predicts how 10 percent of a £1.7 trillion defined contribution pension pot in the UK could find its way to real estate.
2 min read · 22 October 2013
AXA and Norges Bank’s new real estate debt platform is likely to see the sovereign fund finally exposed to opportunistic real estate – just not via equity.
3 min read · 22 October 2013
The Mexico City-based private equity real estate firm has collected about one-third of its $350 million equity target for its retail-focused vehicle, with two additional closings expected in the next three months.
3 min read · 22 October 2013
The duo, which also teamed up to take over troubled Dutch company Uni-Invest in 2012 have struck again in Europe, this time buying PointPark Properties (P3) from Arcapita, the Bahrain bank
3 min read · 22 October 2013
The Zug, Switzerland-based private markets investment manager is raising what is believed to be the largest global real estate multi-manager and secondaries funds ever. It is expected to hold final closes for both vehicles next year.
2 min read · 22 October 2013
