The Austin, Texas private real estate firm is targeting $100m to $150m of equity for its fourth such fund and is planning to launch a student housing fund in the first quarter
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The rush to Poland continues as US firm Heitman joins forces with Spain's Neinver to buy the Galeria Malta shopping centre in Poznan
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The firm, founded by David Lichtenstein, is staffing up its acquisition team as it looks to target recapitalisation deals, particularly in the multifamily and retail sectors.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
The private funds arm of the industrial REIT has teamed up with an endowment to invest R$720m in Brazilian logistics properties
2 min read · 24 January 2013
HSBC is the latest global bank at which senior management in a captive private equity real estate business are separating out. It also is arguably the least well-known of them all.
4 min read · 24 January 2013
Investors will ‘sacrifice’ returns and diversification if they overlook China, Brazil and India. However, targeting the three countries’ real estate markets demands a longer-term investment horizon and plenty of due diligence.
4 min read · 24 January 2013
The senior management of HSBC’s infrastructure and real estate arm, HSBC Specialist Investments, will buy an 80% stake in the unit from the parent bank. The management buyout is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2011.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The Inter-American Development Bank approved the loan as a way to ‘foster more participation’ in the fund. Macquarie also released details of the fund’s recent purchase of Decarred, a company that maintains 10 stretches of highway in the US-border state of Durango.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
Citi Infrastructure Investors has acquired a 75% stake in DP World Australia, which operates five container ports, valued at A$1.5bn. Citi will fund the deal, which is set to close in the first half of 2011, with A$530m of debt and the balance in equity.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
TPG has further demonstrated its real estate ambitions with the $505m purchase of US real estate assets from global logistics giant ProLogis. The Dallas-based buyout titan has been steadily increasing its exposure to the sector.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
