Bank continues managing out the ill-fated fund that was briefly the largest private equity real estate vehicle in the world when it closed on $8bn in 2007.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
KKR's new head of real estate Ralph Rosenberg and chief administration officer Todd Fisher talk PERE through the buyout titan's plans for the asset class.
10 min read · 18 January 2013
Nearly 64 percent of investors polled by South African bank and asset manager Investec believe banks have either already begun releasing their distressed assets back into the market or will start over the course of the year.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The current predicament of US property services firm Grubb & Ellis set against improving market conditions makes it an ideal investment for private equity.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing has acquired a US real estate loan book with a ‘principal balance’ of $196m with operating partner Kearny. The deal aligns with the firm’s strategy articulated to PERE in an interview last year.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The Toronto-based manager has invested just 30% of its $5.5bn Real Estate Turnaround Consortium, committing $1.6bn into the GGP recapitalisation. Brookfield, which has another $3.1bn of infrastructure dry powder, is planning to launch seven funds in the next 18 months eyeing $4bn of public and private equity.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The Leon Black-led firm has $10bn of dry powder for private equity investments and has spent about half of its $14.7bn seventh fund, which closed in 2008.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
The New York-based firm purchased the interest in X-Leisure Fund from BT Pension Scheme and Hermes Real Estate for a reported £65m.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
At a panel session at this year’s MIPIM conference in Cannes, delegates heard from Barclays Corporate how rebounding market valuations in the UK have led to less distressed real estate situations.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The direct asset management arm of NAB has acquired a 35% non-controlling interest in the New York private equity real estate firm as AREA looks to expand its institutional base and fund operations.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
