The US firm is deploying part of its latest global fund to establish a joint venture with Longbow Real Estate Capital to invest in UK debt and property company recapitalisations.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Industry commentator Steve Felix urges private equity real estate to let nature run its course.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The private equity real estate arm of BNY Mellon Asset Management originally bought the White Plains building in a JV with Onyx for $68.6m. It has sold the property for $82m.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The New York-based private equity firm said it is waiting for real estate valuations to decline further before beginning to invest the capital. However, Blackstone’s real estate portfolio has been written down by 10% owing to the market turmoil.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Los Angeles-based private equity firm has purchased a 17% stake in the Nasdaq-listed organic foods grocer, which has struggled amid cutbacks in consumer spending. Leonard Green is investing from its fifth private equity fund, which closed last year on $5.3bn.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
While fund managers have been busy raising distressed property vehicles, the bitter pill to swallow is that some LPs are unable to allocate equity to such funds at the moment, according to research by a prominent private equity real estate expert.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Irvine, California-based firm is expanding its human capital following the initial close of its Western National Realty Fund II earlier this year.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
With 30 of the nation’s transit agencies at risk of bankruptcy due to AIG-guaranteed bank loans, some members of Congress are beginning to ask for stronger oversight of PPP financings to make sure they don’t cause similar troubles for the public sector.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
When Barack Obama is sworn into the White House in 2009, private equity real estate can expect some changes, among them likely increases to capital gains tax and, with it, carried interest. However his election could also prompt a greater willingness by overseas investors to invest in the US.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The $147bn US pension will decide today whether it will respond to the denominator effect by increasing the amount it is allowed to invest in real estate to 17% of total assets.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
