King & Spalding, the 800-strong international law firm, is following its clients by opening an office in Frankfurt.
4 min read · 22 January 2013
Forget REIT legislation. Germany's coalition government is working on a law for private equity that could affect property funds. A number of drafts have been published, but no one seems satisfied.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The sale of the majority of German assets out of its European Property Investors fund comes as the firm warns real estate investment in Europe could be in for some tough times.
4 min read · 22 January 2013
The European wing of Pramerica has followed up on an earlier office and industrial development joint venture with a retail property partnership.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
INREV is tackling yet another difficult area in its fight for transparency by publishing fee guidelines. Market participants agree it is a positive development for the industry, but they say there is still cause for concern. By Robin Marriott
5 min read · 22 January 2013
Chicago-based Harrison Street and New York-based Kaplan Development group have joined forces to develop and acquire senior housing properties on the East coast.
4 min read · 22 January 2013
Bluewater on the block 2008-10-01 Staff Writer Bluewater shopping center in Kent, built in 1999, used to be the biggest shopping mall in Britain until it was overtaken in 2004 by the MetroCentre near Newcastle. But the retail property has stayed in the headlines for all sorts of other reasons.<br /> &
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Dallas-based real estate firm has taken on Oliver Georg and Olaf Fortmann from HCI Capital to run the operation. Behringer and HCI formed a $1.3bn alliance to invest in European real estate in 2006.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Zurich-based firm has hired the former head of GPT Halverton in Germany to help grow the business.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The new commitments bring the publicly listed infrastructure fund’s total investments to £546m since inception. 3i Infrastructure has invested 80 percent of its £700m IPO proceeds to date.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
