The London-based private equity real estate firm has been thwarted in its efforts to buy a 50% stake in a Kingston shopping centre after the asset was pulled from the market.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
More than three years after Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing bought the stake in the Elizabeth House office block in Waterloo, the firm is seeking to offload the asset after its redevelopment plans were rejected.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The European Public Real Estate Association says the new Spanish regime for property investment fails to capture the benefits of a ‘true REIT’.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
A start-up real estate investment firm, led by former Lend Lease Europe chairman Nigel Hugill, will receive investment capital from the US- and Europe-focused private equity firm’s recently closed $1.9bn Fund III.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Fresh from a $1.3bn fund close, the private equity firm has backed a start-up real estate investment firm led by former Lend Lease Europe chairman Nigel Hugill.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Harvest Capital Partners’ chief executive Rong Ren says there has been an ‘obvious change’ in attention towards China real estate.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Forum Partners, an otherwise low-profile firm that provides growth capital to property companies, made headlines when it acquired the real estate securities platform from Citi. PERE spoke with chief executive Russell Platt about how that deal got done, Forum’s runway to growth and his early days in the bull pen with John Grayken. By Robin Marriott.
10 min read · 21 January 2013
Co-head of Europe Charles Maudsley is joining UK REIT British Land. Meanwhile, Axa Real Estate Investment Management's global head of asset management Stephen Smith is also joining the London-based company.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Representatives from the £13 billion Wellcome Trust and the UK Financial Services Authority testified before the UK House of Lords Tuesday about the potentially painful impacts from EU fund manager regulations, including loss of access to funds and marketing restrictions. House members said they would address such concerns in upcoming meetings with the European Commission.
3 min read · 21 January 2013
The former global chairman and chief executive of ING Real Estate Investment Management has been appointed chairman of the investment committee for three UK property funds at UBS.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
