The European industry property company says the general freeze in real estate transactions has prevented it from selling as much of its Italian portfolio as it had hoped. By year end, Spazio says it expects to have sold just €70m, half its original target.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The New York-based private equity and real estate firm will cut 5% of its roughly 1,400-member workforce. The news comes after the publicly listed firm reported steep losses in its third quarter earnings, despite a $13bn real estate war chest.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Similar to Partnerships UK, Partnerships USA would provide common deal documentation, advice, project monitoring and other support services to help the public sector implement PPPs in the US.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The deal is the private equity real estate firm’s largest to date and includes 13 offices and one distribution centre across 10 US states. The firm says some institutional investors are looking for “less volatile” real estate opportunities.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Regulators have reportedly rejected the joint venture, and instead allowed CITIC to launch a private equity arm expected to raise RMB 6bn for its first fund.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The private equity real estate firm, which last year hired 10 RREEF executives, is targeting IRRs of 16% for its first value-added fund. The firm has also just refinanced a mixed-use redevelopment joint venture in New Jersey for $70m.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The London-based property investment manager has bought a 204-unit former Archstone housing complex through its $205m value-added multifamily fund, CASA IV. It is the fund's third acquisition of 2008 and ninth in total.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The retirement community REIT, American Land Lease, will be bought by the Chicago-based private equity real estate firm. The deal is expected to close early 2009.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
LPs are turning away existing relationships as they bump up against their target allocations. Almost two-thirds will sell interests on the secondaries market to focus resources on the best GPs, according to an LP survey by Coller Capital. There has been a 'growing recognition' among LPs of the importance of being with the best GPs.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The joint venture to provide growth capital to Chinese companies was created in 2006 with commitments of $90m each from Lehman Brothers and International Business Machines.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
