Jack Chandler, head of global real estate at BlackRock, explained why the takeover of MGPA was a ‘lifetime event’ and also how global investors were looking to large asset managers to help find yield from alternatives during Day One of PERE’s New York event.
2 min read · 25 October 2013
ANREV, INREV and NCREIF have finished compiling the initial results of their combined Global Fund Index, with findings that returns improved for core funds in the first half of 2013.
2 min read · 25 October 2013
As the New York-based alternatives investment firm continues to deploy capital from its second Asia fund, it is gearing up to launch a third regional fund by Q1 2014, for which it is expected to target more than $625 million.
2 min read · 22 October 2013
After a five-year absence, the Sam Zell-led private equity firm is re-entering the Latin American country with an entity-level investment in a local industrial developer.
2 min read · 22 October 2013
In just a little under a year, the Hong Kong-based private equity real estate firm has closed one of the largest private equity real estate funds raised for China since the onset of the global financial crisis.
2 min read · 22 October 2013
The Japan-focused private equity real estate fund has brought in $850 million for its most recent fund over rolling closes, and is expected to hold the final close within the month.
2 min read · 22 October 2013
The Dallas-based private equity firm is expected to hold a second and final close next week for its third commercial real estate vehicle, which was oversubscribed.
3 min read · 22 October 2013
The Blackstone Group’s president says accelerating disposition and investment activity is part of its “buy it, fix it, sell it” approach to its property business, not a timing of market cycles.
3 min read · 22 October 2013
The Mexico City-based private equity real estate firm has collected about one-third of its $350 million equity target for its retail-focused vehicle, with two additional closings expected in the next three months.
3 min read · 22 October 2013
On behalf of a consortium of Korean investors, CBRE Global Investors’ US managed accounts group has acquired a Chicago office property for a reported $312.6 million.
2 min read · 22 October 2013
