KKR's new head of real estate Ralph Rosenberg and chief administration officer Todd Fisher talk PERE through the buyout titan's plans for the asset class.
10 min read · 18 January 2013
The Los Angeles-based firm is in final negotiations to take over the value-added CalSmart fund previously managed by RREEF after the partnership suffered heavy losses during the past three years.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The current predicament of US property services firm Grubb & Ellis set against improving market conditions makes it an ideal investment for private equity.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
Security Properties seeks to raise $50 million for investments in the Western US.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Increased leasing of office space in Dublin underlines why some private equity real estate firms think Ireland is an opportunity despite its glaring problems.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
The Chicago-based private equity real estate firm has opened the door to a series of Brazilian investments by participating in an initial R$192.5m investment into a shopping centre in Sao Paulo alongside Brazilian bank BTG Pactual and London-based Squarestone Brasil.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The $955m deal sees TPG and Oaktree partner with former Intrawest founder Joe Houssain to acquire the US and Canadian operations of Taylor Wimpey for a 3.4% premium over its net assets.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The San Francisco-based firm has officially closed its 10th vehicle exceeding its original target by roughly 20 percent.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing has acquired a US real estate loan book with a ‘principal balance’ of $196m with operating partner Kearny. The deal aligns with the firm’s strategy articulated to PERE in an interview last year.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The New York-based private equity real estate firm has invested $172.3m of its equity into a portfolio of 15 retail and entertainment assets in and around New York. The deal comes just one month after it closed its fourth real estate fund on $510m.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
