James Comtois

The New York-based private equity and real estate giant has bought the leasehold interest in the Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach from a venture between Goldman Sachs’ Whitehall Street funds and Hyatt Hotels.

In separate transactions, the Greenwich, Connecticut-based real estate investment firm has bought an office tower in Charlotte and a portfolio of eight multifamily properties in Florida.

Marc Perrin has left the Barry Sternlicht-led firm to form The Roxborough Group, a San Francisco-based real estate investment company specializing in US opportunities.

The Beverly Hills-based real estate investment firm has raised in excess of $300 million on behalf of its latest US real estate fund, Kennedy Wilson Real Estate Fund IV.

The chief investment officer of Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies says that, because of improving fundamentals, there’s good reason why more money is coming into the commercial real estate debt space.

The Armonk, New York-based firm’s latest opportunistic vehicle, which will target US student housing investments, is anticipated to close oversubscribed after launching earlier this year.

The transaction represents the largest multifamily investment made by the real estate investment arm of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.

The Greenwich, Connecticut-based firm led by Barry Sternlicht has closed its latest distressed opportunity investment vehicle well above its initial target of $2 billion to $3 billion, making it the largest fund that Starwood has raised to date.

The Los Angeles-based fund manager has raised nearly half of its target for Latitude Management Real Estate Capital III.

The former head of HSBC’s Asia-Pacific real estate & lodging advisory group will now head up the Chicago-based firm’s Americas operations, replacing Peter Schaff, who announced his decision to step down from the position last year.