Private equity groups are no longer buying British pubs just for economies of scale. Now, they're repositioning them to accommodate the country's changing tastes and its impending smoking ban. By Robin Marriott
6 min read · 22 January 2013
For the first time, PERE commemorates the people, firms and deals that shaped the past year in the global private equity real estate industry. And what a year it was.
10 min read · 22 January 2013
Citigroup Property Investors raised €1.6 billion for its debut European real estate fund last year. Here Roger Orf, who runs the firm's European arm, explains Citigroup's strategy, his 30-year career in real estate and that model train on his desk. By Robin Marriott
10 min read · 22 January 2013
While the Chinese government's property policies are cause for concern, they should not—and are not—scare away investors. By Aaron Lovell
5 min read · 22 January 2013
The London-based private equity firm has made nearly six times its equity on the sale of a office and retail development in Munich.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
UK retailer Marks & Spencer has ruled out an imminent bid for supermarket chain Sainsbury, removing a major obstacle to a potential offer from the CVC-led buyout consortium eyeing the company.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Los Angeles private equity real estate firm is leading a management buyout of the casino operator as it continues its activity in the gaming sector.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The UK private equity real estate firm is making almost six times its equity investment on the sale of a German property to the real estate firm founded by former Irish tax inspector Derek Quinlan.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The UK-based placement agent has hired Clive Norton as a managing director.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
A trio of private equity firms could mount a €13bn bid for the supermarket chain partly using property to finance a deal.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
