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Paul Fruchbom
According to proprietary data from Private Equity Real Estate magazine, last year’s record fundraising looks set to continue in 2007.
Ernst & Young veteran and NPL specialist Jack Rodman has joined Westport Capital Partners to help grow the private equity real estate firm’s business in Asia.
For the first time, PERE commemorates the people, firms and deals that shaped the past year in the global private equity real estate industry. And what a year it was.
The Canadian pension fund has teamed up with the asset management arm of the academic retirement system to boost its exposure to the US real estate market.
The Los Angeles private equity real estate firm is leading a management buyout of the casino operator as it continues its activity in the gaming sector.
The US investment firm becomes the second company this year to close on a fund of funds vehicle targeting the European property markets.
Last year, British architect Sir Norman Foster unveiled a giant glass pyramid in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. Now, he is back, this time to build a huge tent that will shield a giant urban park.
The battle to secure the largest leveraged buyout ever continues as Vornado’s revised counter-bid for Equity Office tops Blackstone’s offer by $2 a share.
After months of negotiation, the board of the gaming company has agreed to a sweetened offer from the two private equity firms.
The investment bank has teamed up with Brazilian private equity firm GP Investments to form a $400-million property venture focused on Brazil.