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Terra Firma realises £200m from Threshers dealThe UK buyout firm has realized £200m from the sale-and-leaseback of a portion of the property estate of UK off-license chain Threshers.
- Thomas Hutchison to join KSL Capital
Following Morgan Stanley’s acquisition of CNL Resorts and Hotels, the lodging company’s former CEO and chairman is becoming a senior advisor to the Denver-based private equity real estate firm.
- Istithmar takes Barneys for $942m
Dubai-based private equity firm Istithmar has emerged with high-end retailer Barneys New York for a purchase price of $942m, after a month-long bidding war with Japanese clothing retailer Fast Retailing.
- Report: KKR eyes Macy’s
As Macy’s deals with sluggish sales, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is reportedly looking to take the department store retailer private in a $24bn deal.
- KKR affiliate sells Geneva hospitals to Colony
Private equity real estate firm Colony Capital has acquired two hospitals in Switzerland from global health care facilities operator HCA.
- Bridgepoint buys back UK clothing store debt
The buyout firm acquired the debt relating to its £360m buyout of UK clothing chain Fat Face.
- Apollo Global hires Citi vet for RE push
Joseph Azrack, the former president and CEO of Citi Property Investors, will join Leon Black’s new real estate arm, a separate entity from the veteran real estate firm named Apollo Real Estate. Apollo Global's operation will focus, initially, on distressed debt and recapitalizations.
- CVC admits defeat on Sainsbury bid
The Sainsbury family seems to have triumphed in its bid to keep the UK retailer out of private equity hands, after the last remaining members of the buyout consortium admitted defeat in their battle to take the company private.
- Sainsbury’s shares slide as consortium disintegrates
Shares in Sainsbury’s, a UK grocery chain at the center of a controversial £10bn private equity bid, slid this morning as two more of the buyout firms involved reportedly pulled out of the deal. The news followed continuing opposition from pension fund trustees and minority shareholders.
- Sainsbury shares rise as buyout consortium takes pole position
UK retailer Marks & Spencer has ruled out an imminent bid for supermarket chain Sainsbury, removing a major obstacle to a potential offer from the CVC-led buyout consortium eyeing the company.