Eva Poon

The joint venture between an affiliate of Chicago-based Heitman and US self-storage REIT Sovran Self Storage has acquired a portfolio of 21 self-storage facilities located in markets throughout the US. The properties will be branded under Sovran's Uncle Bob's Self Storage brand.

Henderson Global Investors’ purchase of three retail properties in the UK represents one of the largest commercial property deals this year. The properties will be the basis of the firm's new UK Outlet Mall Fund.

The Boston-based real estate investment firm has acquired the 355 Alhambra Circle office building in South Florida's Coral Gables submarket.

The deal was made through the Miami, Florida-based private real estate investment firm’s third real estate fund, Parmenter Realty Fund III.

Grubb & Ellis Realty Investors, the real estate investment and asset management arm of Grubb & Ellis Company, has appointed former founding principal of Meridian Value Partners John Caley as senior managing director at the firm.

Private equity firm MML Capital Partners and an affiliate of New York Life Insurance Company have made a $75m mezzanine investment in Yonkers Raceway, home to a 140,000-square-foot gaming facility.

US private equity firm Sun Capital is keeping afloat on its investment in the bankrupt retailer, thanks largely to sale-leasebacks of several of the chain’s department outlets. Sun Capital and Cerberus, which sold its stake last year, bought Mervyn's for $1.2bn in 2004.

The School Employees Retirement System of Ohio is committing up to $50m to Beacon Capital’s latest $6bn fund, Beacon Capital Strategic Partners VI.

The Chicago-based real estate investment company has acquired a 160-unit waterfront multifamily property in Boca Raton, Florida.

Real estate, mezzanine debt and public equities are on the agenda for KKR, according to an investor presentation released in conjunction with the firm’s plans to go public.