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KKR hires China head from Blackstone – ExclusiveFormer Blackstone managing director Rob Yang has left the firm to lead KKR’s real estate operations in the Greater China region.
- PERE China: Tier 2 cities still hold promise
Contrary to the popular rhetoric, investment opportunities can still be found in Tier 2 Chinese cities, said panelists at PERE’s annual China forum in Shanghai.
- COMMENT: Private equity real estate firms should not bank on the Italian broken credit opportunity
Italy might be the last major source of property NPLs in Europe, but the country does not deserve to be a primary target for opportunistic capital just yet.
- CIC buys NY office stake valued at $700m
The sovereign wealth fund made its second Manhattan real estate purchase through the acquisition of a minority interest in a skyscraper.
- ULI panel: ‘Something has to jumpstart Italy’
Senior executives at private real estate big-hitters Blackstone, Lone Star and Goldman Sachs said they view Italy’s banking system as the next potential source of distressed real estate credit deals. But they expressed concerns about obstacles to deal-flow.
- Round Hill picks up Dutch resi portfolio for €110m
The London-based real estate investment management firm was an early investor in the Dutch market and has cemented its position as one of Europe’s largest private landlords.
- Blackstone looking to sell Logicor for €11bn
Should the world’s largest alternative asset manager consider an initial public offering for its logistics arm, Logicor, it could be one of the biggest in European real estate history.
- Blackstone to buy San Francisco offices for $489m
The private equity giant is purchasing the 720,000 square foot property through its eighth opportunistic fund.
- Data platform Infabode to get crowdfunding
The information platform has raised 46 percent of its £140,000 target after launching at the MIPIM conference.
- Valad Europe hires Klein as head of equity – Exclusive
One of the best known names in the European real estate fund placement business is to take up her new role at the London-based firm’s Mayfair office at the beginning of June.