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Hail to the chiefBuyout giant Blackstone has hired Host Hotels head to lead its newly acquired Hilton Hotels luxury chain.
- Capital redeployment
Sovereign Investment Company's latest deal speaks to the value of sale-leaseback strategies in the current market environment.
- Fund family values
The largest alternative investment firms in the world tend to offer suites of products. In the private equity real estate asset class, the potential for multi-strategy has barely been cracked. By David Snow
- Primary properties
Primary properties 2008-05-01 Staff Writer Quotable “[There are some] attractive investment opportunities for this capital.” <
- The corporate man
Allstate Investments manages more than $125 billion (€96 billion) of assets for its parent company, approximately $18 billion of which is invested in real estate. Edgar Alvarado, a 14-year veteran at Allstate, oversees the group's $1.5 billion private equity real estate portfolio, which has generated a net return of almost 20 percent since its inception in the early 1990s. Today, Alvarado, who recently committed to funds managed by Beacon Capital Partners and The Blackstone Group, is looking to grow Allstate's commitments to the asset class to $1 billion per year. Here, he gives us his take on Blackstone's IPO filing, the market for real estate talent, and the lack of communication in the LP community.
- Follow the LP
GPs may grab all the headlines—and make all the dollars—but LPs remain the industry's lifeblood. Here, three leading institutional investors give us their take on the most pressing issues facing their community.
- Private equity meets its match
Real estate entrepreneur Robert Tchenguiz has proved to be a stumbling block for private equity firms pursuing property-rich companies in the UK.
- A Bear market
Following Bear Stearns' recent acquisition of placement agent Crane Capital, Michelle LeRoy now finds herself part of a much larger platform.
- Selling the sizzle
Though relatively few private equity firms will join fortress on the nYSE, a growing number may sell a minority stake in their gP. Any takers? By Paul Fruchbom
- Quotable - May 2008
There goes the neighborhood 2008-05-01 Staff Writer Quotable “It's a company town. one way or another, pretty much everything is tied to the real estate industry.”