All the world's a playground for private equity real estate investors targeting global leisure-related property investments. And, arguably in more than any other real estate sector, changing demographics are driving the trend. By Eva Poon
10 min read · 22 January 2013
With the market dislocation ringing in the ears of general partners and the denominator effect impacting investors, the real estate secondaries market is set to expand five-fold over the next two years, with up to $5bn of trades expected each year. Experts argue it could eventually be half the size of the $15bn private equity secondaries market. By Zoe Hughes
7 min read · 22 January 2013
In the new world of private equity real estate investing, capital will be coming from everywhere and going everywhere, from increasingly sophisticated institutional investors spread around the globe. GPs should keep this in mind as they decide how to target Asia. By Dave Keating
5 min read · 22 January 2013
Canada has the most transparent commercial real estate market in the world but Dubai, Romania, Ukraine and Russia show the biggest improvement in transparency levels over the past two years, according to a report from Jones Lang LaSalle.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Indian development firm GMR Infrastructure will purchase AIG’s 50 percent stake in power generation company InterGen, while Ontario Teachers’ will continue to hold the remainder of the company it purchased with AIG in 2005.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The mega-buyout firm has revealed its private equity real estate business returned $1.3 billion to investors last year from 38 exits.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
The number of property transactions fell by 46 percent in the first quarter of 2008 compared to the same time last year, with deals in the Americas down by two-thirds. Asia was the only part of the world to see an increase.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Prudential’s real estate investment arm, Prudential Real Estate Investors, will invest up to $800m in a joint venture with local developer Grupo Concord. Around 1,800 condos are expected to be built.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Asda, the British supermarket chain owned by Wal-Mart, is set to sell industrial property developer Gazeley for more than £300m in a bid to focus on its core business.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Colorado-based SV Capital has appointed former president and chief executive officer of industrial giant ProLogis’ North America division John Seiple Jr. as a partner to focus on the firm’s capital markets activities.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
