Eva Poon

The global alternative asset manager’s $308m investment in Brazil is the latest in a host of private equity real estate investors looking to capitalize on the country’s growing property market.

An aging population and increasing demand for improved healthcare are putting focus on the growing life science-related real estate sector in the US, according to a report by CBRE. The San Francisco Bay Area, home to more than 800 biotech companies, is one of the largest markets.

Brookwood Value Partners, an affiliate of private equity firm Brookwood Financial Partners, has picked up nearly 400 residential lots in The Grove planned community in Southwest Florida.

Development, agricultural or beachfront-land is proving the next hottest commodity for private equity real estate.

The joint venture’s planned mixed-use development is located on former Boeing aircraft land.

GLL Real Estate Partners, the Munich-based real estate fund manager, is close to acquiring an office building in Boston’s financial district from Broadway Partners. Broadway bought the property last year.

A consortium of Dallas- and Houston-based private equity investors, including Charter Private Equity, White Oak Capital Partners and Capital Point Partners, has acquired the casual dining restaurant chain, known for its fish tacos and shrimp dishes.

GE’s former managing director for the UK will be heading up the firm’s equity investments in the Americas, including its investments in Canada, Mexico and South America.

The property investment arm of the Government of Singapore has purchased a minority stake in Mexico Retail Properties, an affiliate of Denver, Colorado-based private equity real estate firm Black Creek Group.

The deal was made through private equity real estate firm Hampshire Partners’ $350m property fund, Hampshire Partners Fund VII.