John Brady, a 16-year veteran of Colony Capital, has joined Oaktree as head of the firm’s real estate group.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Fortress Investment Group has acquired Florida East Coast Industries, which focuses on real estate and railroads, for $3.5bn.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Making their first investment in the golf course sector, California-based CORE Realty Holdings has acquired The Revere Club for $28m.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
US buyout firm Apollo Management has secured UK property firm Countrywide with help from the hedge fund Polygon, after frantic eleventh hour negotiations which saw two consecutive revised bids from Apollo.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The New York-based private equity real estate firm has teamed up with Aimbridge Hospitality and JF Capital Advisors in the acquisition of Eagle Hospitality.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The private equity firm is committing $100m to a joint venture with Williamsburg, Virginia-based hotel REIT MHI.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Swedish private equity firm Accent Equity has purchased a stake in the largest hotel chain in Sweden, Scandic Hotels, a few weeks after EQT agreed to buy the company from Hilton.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Intermediate Capital has closed its fourth mezzanine fund with €2.25 billion of firepower – the biggest ever raised in Europe. The fund will invest in mezzanine and senior debt, and could also be used for equity co-investments.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Los Angeles buyout firm has tripled the size of its previous fund with the close of Green Equity Investors V.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds, the property investment arm of investment bank Goldman Sachs, is acquiring a four-casino portfolio from Carl Icahn’s American Real Estate Partners for $1.3bn.
2 min read · 22 January 2013