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Carlyle poaches head of international RE from TPGThe Washington D.C.-based firm has bolstered its real estate team by creating a new role for Adam Metz, the former senior advisor to TPG’s real estate group.
- TPG completes PIPE in Chinese developer
The US private equity firm has bought a 20 percent stake in New York-listed Xinyuan with a $108.6 million investment, in one of its first forays into the Asian real estate sector.
- TPG-backed Northstar buys Singapore RE broker
The $1.2 billion Southeast Asian private equity firm has made its first real estate-related investment with the buyout of Singapore’s largest real estate brokerage firms.
- TPG: Upping its game
Private equity giant TPG Capital has placed real estate among its top three investment strategies. Kelvin Davis, who oversees the firm’s real estate activities, explains the mission in an abridged version of this month’s Blueprint interview in PERE magazine.
- TPG to buy stake in struggling homebuilder
The Fort Worth, Texas-based private equity firm will invest $135 million in an Arizona-based homebuilder, marking its second senior housing transaction this year.
- Carlyle eyes its biggest property fund ever
The Washington, DC-based private equity firm is said to be gearing up for what could be its largest real estate capital-raise to date.
- China SWF eyes US alternatives
SAFE, the $3.3 trillion Chinese sovereign wealth fund, reportedly has set up a second New York office to source private equity and real estate deals.
- Oaktree’s Franks: ‘Enormous’ opportunity in distress
Despite the greater scarcity of traditional real estate investment opportunities, the Los Angeles-based private equity real estate firm still remains bullish about investing in the asset class, particularly in areas of capital dislocation.
- BlackRock frontrunner to buy MGPA
The world’s largest asset manager is reportedly ahead in a bidding war for the Asia and Europe-focused private equity real estate firm.
- Big names, big awards
Voting in the 2012 Global PERE Awards confirms the real estate industry’s shift towards larger, better-known players. Winners include Blackstone, CPPIB, Patron and Brookfield.