Lawrence Sperling has left Credit Suisse to head up Mercury’s efforts in the Asian real estate market.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
In its second personnel addition in two weeks, the private equity real estate firm has hired Edward Bates, formerly of Orion Capital Managers.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Tishman Speyer and Lehman Brothers have purchased Colorado-based REIT Archstone-Smith in one of the largest take-privates since Blackstone’s Equity Office acquisition in February.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Lightyear Capital has acquired the UK operations of German insurance company Württembergische Versicherung, after ensuring the company could become a member of Lloyd’s of London.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The private equity firm has formed a $160m joint venture with Triyar Hospitality to invest in niche hospitality assets in the US.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
J.E Roberts has named former GE Real Estate head Michael Pralle as the firm’s new president and chief operating officer.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has closed its third US-focussed fund on $605 million, bringing the 10-year-old venture arm’s total capital under management to $3.8 billion. It is the third fund the buyout giant has closed in the past four weeks.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Frontier Capital has brought in institutional investors for its second fund, which at $115 million is more than twice the size of the firm’s first vehicle.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The US investment firm continues to roll out investments in single tenant commercial and industrial properties around the world for its fifteenth managed fund, CPA: 16-Global.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Carlyle Group’s new Latin America real estate team has agreed to invest in Brazilian real estate developer Scopel as part of the firm's strategic investments in the region.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
