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Highstreet sells another Karstadt storeThe Carlyle Group has emerged as a buyer of a large department store in Germany being sold by a venture that includes Goldman Sachs and RREEF Real Estate.
- Meridian closes debut fund
The Bethesda, Maryland-based real estate investment and development firm has closed on $160 million in commitments to invest in value-added real estate in the Washington DC metropolitan area.
- Friday Letter The writing on the wall
For good or ill, two subjects seem to dominate cocktail hour and dinner party conversations across New York City. The first is new restaurants. The second is real estate. One’s profession probably comes in a distant third.
- Friday Letter Going with the flow
The amount of capital flowing into real estate is pushing opportunistic investors into an increasingly expanding number of investment strategies and geographic sectors—at least judging by the diverse speakers and panelists at the inaugural North American Private Equity Real Estate Forum, held earlier this week in New York City.
- Friday Letter Structural shifts
Judging from the panoply of deals and fund closings announced during the last week of 2006, private equity real estate investors don’t seem to take many holidays. While many industry practitioners (journalists among them) hit the slopes, sipped eggnog or just sat on the couch and watched American football, some enterprising firms were busy capping off one of the most active years in the history of the asset class.
- Friday Letter Selling the sizzle
Last month, a group of reporters gathered at the New York City headquarters of a large investment bank for an off-the-record discussion on the growth in the alternative asset industry. Journalists from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times were in attendance, as were members of slightly less august publications. And given the relevance of the topic—two weeks earlier, The Blackstone Group had announced its intentions to go public—the bankers addressed an audience hungry for information.
- Friday Letter What liquidity crisis?
A flood of capital from the developing economies will have a bigger effect on private equity real estate than any credit crunch.
- Friday Letter You've chosen the finalists, now pick the winners
Final voting has started for the third annual Global PERE Awards. Will Blackstone retain its title as global firm of the year or will MGPA, LaSalle, Carlyle or Lone Star steal its thunder? The readers of PERE will now decide.
- Friday Letter Gray, Grayken, Quille or dark horse?
Three industry titans vie for one prestigious PERE award. Have you cast your vote?
- Friday Letter Buying the Bank
Private equity firms are doing more in Europe than simply looking to buy loan portfolios from financial institutions – they want to buy whole banks.