PERE looks back at the year just passed for the trends that mattered most. Today we look at trend number three – in 2007 Western firms raced to expand their investment mandates globally and to hire people with the right experience and outlook for the job.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
CalSTRS is one of the world's largest pension funds to publish publicly available data on individual funds. The data though has many shortcomings.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Five Food Groups 2008-01-01 Staff Writer <strong><bold>HOSPITALITY<br /> Colony and Eurazeo snap up shares in Europe's largest hotels owner</bold></strong><br /> Private equity firms Colony Capital and Eurazeo have been forced on the defensive after unveiling plans to in
4 min read · 22 January 2013
The New York-based firm has launched a Brazil-focused fund as the country continues to draw private equity real estate investment capital.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The private equity real estate arm of Knight Frank is seeking $300m of equity to seed the fund, which has a target size of $1bn.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Participants at the 2007 PERE Forum in New York discussed the credit crunch and the outlook for US private equity real estate performance, but much of the talk centered on investor enthusiasm for emerging markets property.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Adding to its growing portfolio of hotel and resort assets, Playa Hotels and Resorts, the property vehicle of Grupo Barceló, has acquired a 540-unit resort in the Dominican Republic.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The emerging markets-focused Chicago firm will target platforms likely to benefit from a global real estate boom, but eschew direct property investments.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Capital Watch 2007-11-01 Staff Writer <strong>FUNDS IN MARKET/COMING TO MARKET</strong><br /> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>FUND</strong></td> <td><strong>FIRM</strong></td>
10 min read · 01 November 2007
The principals of Chicago-based Walton Street Capital, the private equity real estate firm founded by JMB Realty head Neil Bluhm, has been investing in Mexico for more than a decade – the firm did its first property investment in the country in 1998. Walton Street's Mexico operations are headed up by Sandor Valner, who was formerly the chief executive officer of VALOR, a real estate merchant bank he founded in 2001. Prior to this, Valner had leadership roles with M&A advisor EMVA and Credit Suisse in Mexico. Walton is raising its sixth global fund, which has exposure to Mexico. In addition, the firm is raising a dedicated Latin America fund, with a target of $350 million and a majority allocation to Mexico. Between the two funds, Walton Street will have around $700 million to invest in the region, with 75 percent of the capital going to Mexico. Last year, the firm opened an office in Mexico. Valner took a few minutes to speak with PERE about the attractions of Mexican real estate.
4 min read · 22 January 2013
