China’s vice minister of finance reportedly said the state’s new $200 billion sovereign wealth fund will be transparent in its actions, and will not aggressively seek to acquire foreign oil companies, nor invest in airlines or telecom firms.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The New York-based alternative investment firm has set up an amusement park acquisition and development company to focus on entertainment destinations throughout the US, starting in Clementon Lake Park, New Jersey.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Dallas –based firm is adding to its hospitality roster with an eye to further hotel funds and investment mandates within the next two years.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Looking to increase its presence in the Southern California real estate market, Rockwood Capital has opened an office in Los Angeles—its second office in The Golden State.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Adding to its growing portfolio of hotel and resort assets, Playa Hotels and Resorts, the property vehicle of Grupo Barceló, has acquired a 540-unit resort in the Dominican Republic.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Three Delta has withdrawn its bid for Sainsbury’s citing the problems in the credit markets and an equity increase demanded by the UK supermarket’s pension trustees.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
If US investors are serious about real estate returns, they'll have to leave the perceived safety of their home turf. Private equity real estate will benefit as they do.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Seller's regret in Paris; Going, going gone; Zen storage; Made in Romania
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Pithy quotes from people in and outside of the real estate industry
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Friends in high places 2007-11-01 Staff Writer A giant residential complex now involved in a real estate controversy was home to a far more scintillating controversy. Dolphin Square in Pimlico near the Thames River in London is a great hulking mass of a building. It was built between 1935 and 1937 by a Briti
3 min read · 22 January 2013