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Starwood may launch a bid for WhitbreadThe US private equity real estate firm is likely to approach the UK leisure group as it continues its focus on the European hospitality markets.
- British health chain limbers up for sale
Esporta eyed by private equity firms and property investors for up to £500m.
- Hotel investors look to European REITs for exit
Britain and Germany are set for a wave of hotel REIT flotations led by private equity firms, according to a report by real estate advisor Jones Lang LaSalle.
- Blackstone jumps on Italian theme park
The US private equity fund has added another attraction to its burgeoning European-focused portfolio, which it has built up through Merlin Entertainments.
- Whitehall acquires 97-property portfolio in Germany
The private equity real estate firm has bought a package of commercial properties as it ends a mixed year on a high note.
- Blackstone seals world’s biggest ever private equity deal
The US buyout firm is taking over Sam Zell’s US real estate investment trust Equity Office Properties Trust amid warnings that the collapse of the large buyout in all sectors of private equity is “inevitable”.
- Lights out at the Savoy
The historic London hotel, formerly owned by The Blackstone Group and Colony Capital, may temporarily close for the first time in its 117-year history.
- Blackstone unveils new student housing venture
Beginning with a £95m investment in a London dormitory, the private equity real estate firm is set to expand its student accommodation brand across Europe.
- Blackstone closes in on Legoland
The New York-based buyout firm is poised to complete its second major European theme park deal in rapid succession.
- Blackstone rolls into theme parks
Hermes has made 2x cash on the £102.5m sale of Merlin as the US buyout giant takes a first step towards building a consolidated European theme park business.