The Dallas –based firm is adding to its hospitality roster with an eye to further hotel funds and investment mandates within the next two years.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Looking to increase its presence in the Southern California real estate market, Rockwood Capital has opened an office in Los Angeles—its second office in The Golden State.
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
Three Delta has withdrawn its bid for Sainsbury’s citing the problems in the credit markets and an equity increase demanded by the UK supermarket’s pension trustees.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
If US investors are serious about real estate returns, they'll have to leave the perceived safety of their home turf. Private equity real estate will benefit as they do.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Seller's regret in Paris; Going, going gone; Zen storage; Made in Romania
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Pithy quotes from people in and outside of the real estate industry
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Friends in high places 2007-11-01 Staff Writer A giant residential complex now involved in a real estate controversy was home to a far more scintillating controversy. Dolphin Square in Pimlico near the Thames River in London is a great hulking mass of a building. It was built between 1935 and 1937 by a Briti
3 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
