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GE Real Estate sells German office to PatronThe real estate arm of US conglomerate, GE, has sold a Berlin office complex to the London-based real estate private equity firm.
- GLP sells stake in $8bn US income fund
Three new limited partners have agreed to come into GLP US Income Partners I as GLP looks to reduce its majority stake to 10 percent
- Chart of the Week: 2015 PERE 50 - Capital Raised by Firms by Region
North American managers overtake the top 50
- Blackstone Australian office deal boosted by bank re-lease
Australian bank Westpac has signed for a further 12 years at 275 Kent Street in Sydney, indicating a clearer future for the New York-based private equity real estate powerhouse’s A$435 million investment.
- Kennedy Wilson, Meridia strike deals in Spain
Following Blackstone’s acquisition of shopping centers in Iberia, announced this week, two more deals have been struck in the region, this time by Kennedy Wilson and Meridia Capital Partners
- Blackstone buys Spain and Portugal malls
The firm’s record-breaking European Fund IV has acquired three centers on behalf of its pan European mall owner and development company, Multi Corporation
- LaSalle’s Mackie relocates to Australia
The international director of the Chicago-based real estate investment management firm has moved to Australia after two decades of working in Singapore.
- PERE 50: Shape and stability prevails
Calmer waters have come to the PERE 50 ranking now that franchises chewed up in the global financial crisis have seen their pre-crisis funds forgotten.
- Friday Letter: Wells Fargo lookalikes
Still raising money hand over fist, there’s only one way for the world’s largest private capital providers to go: deeper and deeper into credit strategies
- RBS to put up to £5bn real estate NPLs on the block
The Royal Bank of Scotland’s ‘bad bank’ expects to dispose of around £4-5 billion of non-performing loans in the second half of this year. Private equity firms have already acquired NPLs valued at more than £1 billion from the bank.