At €2.2bn, Eric Sasson, the Frenchman in charge of Carlyle's European real estate team, has just overseen the closure of the firm's largest European fund since creating the regional platform in 2001. So how does Carlyle set about investing it? Sasson speaks with PERE about the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead. By Robin Marriott
5 min read · 22 January 2013
Owning the debt in your own transaction sounds interesting if you can buy it at a discount. But do the banks want to play ball? By Robin Marriott
5 min read · 22 January 2013
Chicago-based Heitman's acquisition of 21 Uncle Bob's Self Storage facilities is the latest in a line of deals by private equity real estate firms as they look to capitalize on this apparently ‘recession-resistant’ sector.
4 min read · 22 January 2013
John Kukral's debut fund has closed on $1.25bn. Unusually, the fund is an ‘evergreen’ vehicle, something Northwood says will allow it to take a much longer view.
5 min read · 22 January 2013
As hedge funds increasingly look to property investment, one real estate investment banker discusses five common mistakes—and how to avoid them. By Paul Fried
10 min read · 22 January 2013
The fallout from the subprime loan meltdown in the US is being felt in real estate markets across the globe. Could a resulting change in consumer behavior open up distressed opportunities for real estate investors? By Dave Keating
5 min read · 22 January 2013
Superannuation funds have become the most prominent investors in Australia based on record inflows of retirement savings—and the ‘supers’ are acquiring a taste for greater risk and overseas assets. By Robin Marriott
7 min read · 22 January 2013
Recent Australian private equity real estate deals like Investa Properties and Multiplex have put property on the map Down Under. Could domestic investors be losing the country's best opportunities to foreign firms? By Dave Keating
9 min read · 22 January 2013
PERE recently caught up with Perseus Realty Partners founder Paul Dougherty, who talked about Washington's “other” economy, the firm's relationship with parent company Perseus Capital and what it could do with the surplus real estate of the Hagar slacks company. By Aaron Lovell
9 min read · 22 January 2013
Pamodzi has unveiled the largest private equity fund in South African history and plans to use the $1.3bn vehicle to invest in infrastructure related to the mining sector.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
