SHUAA Partners has raised $165m to invest in hotels, resorts and serviced apartments in the Middle East and North Africa. The firm plans to invest in the development of five- and four-star hotels, resorts, budget business hotels and serviced apartments.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Bahrain-based investment firm is investing in China’s alternative energy sector through its joint venture with India’s Tanti Group. The deal is Arcapita’s first in China.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Boston-based real estate investment firm appoints former Invesco executive Ben Maudling to lead its operations in Central and Eastern Europe. Taurus president Peter Merrigan says the firm is also planning new offices in Peru and Greece.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Monuments of Turkey 2008-07-01 Staff Writer Take a cab ride north across Istanbul's Galata bridge and you will find yourself in an area once known as the Wall Street of the Ottoman era.<br /> <br /> From the Ottoman Central Bank to the buildings owned by the European Camondo family – a clan of
3 min read · 22 January 2013
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10 min read · 01 July 2008
Boston-based real estate investment firm Taurus Investment Holdings has just opened offices in Prague, Athens and Lima. President and chief executive officer Peter Merrigan talks to PERE about the firm's strategy. By Zoe Hughes
5 min read · 22 January 2013
The fund, targeting real estate developments in Greater China, is the firm's second Asia-focused vehicle.
4 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
Ex-AIG hotels head Keith Lindsay has joined Central Eastern European developer and asset manager Orco to run its hospitality division.
6 min read · 22 January 2013
The Singapore real estate firm, Mapletree, has partnered with the Bahrain-based investment fund, Arcapita, to buy a portfolio of Singapore industrial assets, which may then be listed according to the chief executive of Mapletree, Hiew Yoon Khong.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
