The London-based firm has closed its largest fund so far after receiving commitments of nearly €900 million from a range of US and European investors.
The Euronext affiliate of KKR has committed to the largest ever proposed buyout both as a co-investor and limited partner, contributing $500 million to the deal.
The investment bank has invested in retail and residential developer RBI Holdings, which has already formed a separate $500m joint venture with RREEF, as Morgan Stanley marks its first property investment in St. Petersburg.
J. Michael O’Brien is joining the alternatives firm to oversee its property investments on the East Coast.
The US investment bank has teamed with French property company Atemi to buy Coeur Defense in Paris for €2.1bn from joint owners Whitehall Funds and Unibail.
Macquarie Global Property Advisors, the private equity real estate arm of the Australian bank, has acquired the Temasek Tower in Singapore in a $660m transaction.
The European real estate investment management firm has closed a fund targeted towards French institutional investors €100m ahead of its original target.
Mezzanine specialist Intermediate Capital has appointed a new head of investor relations, as it looks to enhance its transparency to institutional backers.
US buyout firm GI Partners has backed a £440 million secondary buyout of Park Resorts, a UK mobile home park operator owned by ABN AMRO Capital.
Details of Blackstone’s IPO filing show, among many other things, that real estate investment is outperforming its core private equity business.