The third fund raised in Europe by The Carlyle Group is targeting parts of Eastern Europe as well as more established, core markets.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Private equity real estate firms globally raised $40bn during the first half of 2008, according to proprietary data from PERE magazine. This tally puts GPs on course to raise more than the record-breaking totals of last year. During the first six months of 2007, private equity real estate firms raised $30bn in capital.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Canada has the most transparent commercial real estate market in the world but Dubai, Romania, Ukraine and Russia show the biggest improvement in transparency levels over the past two years, according to a report from Jones Lang LaSalle.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Dubai investor has partnered with the Spain-based private equity firm to acquire a 50 percent stake in three internationally branded five star hotels in Thailand.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Beverly Hills-based real estate investment firm is targeting California’s residential market with its investment in two multifamily projects in the Bay Area. The firm has also picked up a portfolio of finished lots in Lancaster, California.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Starwood Land Ventures, an affiliate of the private equity real estate firm Starwood Capital Group, is set to take advantage of the credit squeeze by targeting residential land deals, developments and homebuilders in Houston.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The New York-based private equity real estate firm acquires the Hilton Dallas Lincoln Center through its latest value enhancement fund for $72m.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The $82bn Washington State Investment Board, known for its bullish stance on alternatives, had a minus two percent first quarter return on its private equity portfolio, while real estate underperformed against its benchmark. Executive Director Joseph Dear says ‘we’re in this asset class to stay’.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
One year after Knight Frank’s Rutley Capital Partners launched a £101m East Africa fund, another UK-based firm, Integreated Property Investments, is planning a property fund for the region.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Private real estate investment firm Shorenstein Properties is targeting debt interests in prime markets in the US looking to capitalize on the “ongoing dislocation” in the credit markets. The firm's total debt holdings now total $685m.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
