The Kuwait-based firm has acquired a quarry and site for a cement plant in Tunisia on a Greenfield plot over 220 hectares.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Fresh off the close of its $7.5bn sixth buyout fund, the distressed-focused private equity firm will buy the CDOs from Merrill Lynch for $6.7bn. The investment bank will finance 75 percent of the purchase price.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
After the Investment Corporation of Dubai dropped out of the bidding for Land Securities’ $2.8bn outsourcing arm Trillium, the Qatar Investment Authority has reportedly emerged as a prospective bidder.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Bahrain investment bank’s new fund will aid in the development of the first integrated logistics project in Navi Mumbai.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The consulting firm set up by the former New York mayor is branching out into real estate after launching an opportunity fund in partnership with Rockville, Maryland-based development company, Berman Enterprises. The fund, Berman Enterprises Opportunity Fund, is targeting between $500m and $750m in equity commitments.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Leon Black’s Apollo Global Management looks to enter the real estate space.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Global Investment House has raised $500 million for its London Stock Exchange-listed fund focussed on financial sector assets in Middle East and North Africa.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The arcade and dining franchise will use the fresh capital to pay down debt, roughly two years after Wellspring purchased the company in a $375m take-private. Wellspring will retain a controlling interest in the company.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Abu Dhabi Investment Company has reportedly bought a 90 percent stake in Manhattan’s iconic Art Deco building from an arm of Prudential Real Estate Investors. The building is believed to have sold for close to $900m.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Kuwait-based Global Investment House has launched its second Shariah-compliant real estate fund targeting property investments in the Middle East.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
