In almost every conceivable category, 2005 was a banner year for the global private equity real estate industry. In a look back, Private Equity Real Estate chronicles the ten most notable stories of the past 12 months.
10 min read · 23 January 2013
As investors are getting comfortable with China, the specter of a realty bubble looms.
6 min read · 23 January 2013
Once an economic laggard, Ireland has become Europe's boomtown.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Though firms continue to flock to Germany, is the best already past?
3 min read · 23 January 2013
Greenwich, Connecticut-based Littlejohn & Co. has brought on two distressed vets to spearhead the group’s new focus on the asset class. The firm is just the latest of a growing number of firms to build distressed capabilities.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Japan's weak economy has proved fruitful for distressed real estate investors over the last decade – but that could be changing. By Jonn Elledge
10 min read · 23 January 2013
Founder and chief executive officer Broadway Real Estate Partner
4 min read · 23 January 2013
Europa's second fund will continue its strategy of focusing on refurbishment and development across Europe.
6 min read · 23 January 2013
Adam Blumenthal and Josh Wolf-Powers, former investment professionals for the Comptroller of the City of New York, have left the pension advisor to launch an independent private equity firm that will focus on ‘complex situations’.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
High above Manhattan, four private equity real estate pros gathered to discuss the US office sector and the ‘scratching and clawing’ it takes to succeed in today's market. By Paul Fruchbom
10 min read · 23 January 2013