The level of distress in the global real estate market has risen by more than half since the end of 2008. In the first quarter of 2009, defaults on commercial mortgages and failed property companies were more than $55bn.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Sam Zell has said he'd been too optimistic about the Chicago-based media company, which in December collapsed under a $13bn debt load. Zell stressed the need to find a new business model for newspapers, likening a potential Tribune merger to asking another company if it wants to 'get vaccinated with a live virus'.
3 min read · 21 January 2013
Angus Dodd, a former managing director at JER Partners in Europe, has joined US firm Lone Star to search out UK investments.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
At a time when constructing lending is difficult to obtain, a $280m joint venture fund between Blue Vista Capital Management and development firm Place Properties has secured a $155m construction loan from multiple lenders. US capital market analysts add the time taken to get financing is getting longer and now takes up to five months.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The New York-based private equity real estate firm has raised €3.1bn to date for its third European vehicle, according to regulatory filings.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
VinaCapital, the Vietnamese asset management, banking and real estate consultancy, is putting the finishing touches on its second dedicated property fund. The fund will be fully privately funded, unlike the firm's first opportunity fund.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
With LPs struggling to balance declining distributions against pending capital calls, a report by Clerestory Capital shows 32 fund managers in market over the past six months chose to stop or put fundraising efforts on hold. Among the worst hit were funds targeting India and China.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The New York-based real estate firm has brought on Matthew Delicata from London-based Patron Capital to bolster its planned distress real estate fund team. The fund is expected to focus on the five boroughs of New York. King Penguin has also hired former Carlton Group professional, Garett Pelton.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The Los Angeles-based private equity real estate firm is considering a possible investment in the City Center project, according to sources. Colony is trying to help ‘both sides’ resolve the project’s problems.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
New guidelines announced by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, in response to recent pressure amid increasing write-downs and stock drops, will give GPs more room to manoeuvre in pricing investments.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
