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Blackstone hires senior Russian advisorThe New York-based private equity giant has hired Dmitry Kushaev to help launch its real estate investing efforts in Russia.
- PSERS approves $500m of commitments to Blackstone, Carlyle
Public documents of The Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System reveal commitments totalling $500 million to the next private equity real estate funds of titans Blackstone and Carlyle. PSERS also revealed the current performances of the latest funds to be closed by each firm.
- Archstone reaches out to potential buyers
The apartment REIT has approached Blackstone, TPG and Vornado to buy its assets, as the three banks that own the REIT try to recover some of their loan losses.
- Handle with care
Blackstone’s barracking over its investment into Southern Cross demonstrates that firms will have to be careful in their future real estate dealings.
- Takeaways from the Tower
PERE presents 10 takeaways from this week’s PERE Forum: Europe conference.
- CPPIB buys stake in Australian shopping centre for A$455m
The C$148 billion pension fund has bought big again, this time acquiring a 50 percent stake in the Northland Shopping Centre in Melbourne from a private Australian real estate investment company.
- Apollo, AREA bid for Charter Hall’s $1.68bn US office portfolio
The two New York private equity real estate firms are vying to buy a US portfolio of 14 offices from the Sydney-based real estate fund manager’s Charter Hall Office REIT after its hedge fund investors reportedly pushed for a sale.
- Kukral buys NY’s Palace Hotel
Northwood, the firm headed by Blackstone’s former real estate chief, reportedly has paid $400m for the Manhattan luxury hotel.
- Blackstone to sell Canadian office portfolio
The New York private equity giant is looking to sell 29 office buildings throughout Canada with a value of $921 million.
- Apollo, Orion and Delancey with AREA circle £1bn UK firm
Three private equity real estate bids have reportedly been made to takeover London-quoted property company Minerva