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- Views of 2009: John Kukral and Nori Gerardo Lietz
Interviewed at the PERE Breakfast Club: ULI 2009, John Kukral, president of Northwood Investors, and Partners Group’s chief strategist for private real estate, Nori Gerardo Lietz, argue surprises are in store for GPs in 2010.
- SPECIAL REPORT: Thrivers and survivors
These 15 firms have the skills and strategies to dominate the real estate wasteland, say market insiders. PERE Magazine September 2009.
- Ex-Blackstone, Starwood principals buy London office
Crosstree Real Estate Partners, the private equity real estate firm launched by Nick Lyle and Sean Arnold earlier this year, has made early inroads into the prime London market with the purchase of a Mayfair office/hotel property from Aviva for £155 million.
- Northwood raises $1bn+ in second offering
The New York-based firm, led by former Blackstone real estate head John Kukral, has closed the second offering of its real estate fund, bringing the total amount raised since launch to approximately $2.3 billion.
- 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.
- Northwood venture buys troubled Chicago office
The New York-based private real estate investment firm, led by former Blackstone chief executive John Kukral, has entered into a joint venture to buy a Chicago office tower with a troubled and complicated history.
- Report: Opportunistic returns are not viable
High return expectations for opportunistic real estate funds are out of place in the current environment – and that could be worrisome for managers and investors alike, according to a new report by PwC and ULI.
- Northwood opens fund to third capital raise
The New York-based private equity real estate firm now is raising capital for the third offering of its opportunistic fund, less than a year after closing on more than $1 billion of commitments during its second capital raise in 2011.
- PERE 30: Blackstone leaves the competition behind
Thanks largely to its current fundraising effort, the New York private equity and real estate giant has increased the distance between itself and its closest competitors. Meanwhile, most of the remaining legacy firms have fallen out of the ranking, opening the door for several new players and returning firms.