Already the owner of 100,000 hotel rooms globally, the buyout firm is adding another 480,000 to its portfolio through the acquisition of legendary hotel group Hilton.
The Finland-based firm has acquired a shopping center development in Turku from the Hartela Group.
Lubert-Adler recently acquired Central Parking, the largest parking company in the US, in a $1 billion transaction with a view towards capitalizing on the company's real estate portfolio. By Paul Fruchbom, P.J. Yeatman and Michael Trachtenberg
The past few years have seen a number of private equity-backed REIT privatizations in the US. As opportunistic investors increasingly move overseas, could the public-toprivate trend spread to the UK? By Dave Keating
After weathering the threat of low-cost production in Asia, mexico's manufacturing sector is booming amid rising domestic consumption and a growing economy—both of which are driving the Mexican logistics real estate market. By Aaron Lovell
St. Petersburg may not have the size or stature of Moscow, but Russia's second largest city is starting to attract a growing number of yield-hungry real estate investors. By Paul Fruchbom
To access the red-hot Russian real estate market, foreign private equity firms are pursuing a number of platform-building strategies, from minority stake investments to roll-up plays. But not everyone is sold on the approach. By Robin Marriott
As the Russian economy booms, the country's real estate market is attracting private equity property investors with a taste for high returns and a bit of adventure.
After 25 years of investing in US real estate, the property arm of Investcorp is looking towards its next stage of growth. Here, John Fraser and Jonathan Dracos, the co-heads of the firm's real estate group, talk about opening a new office in Los Angeles, courting US investors and possibly expanding into Europe. By Aaron Lovell
Bahrain-based Capivest has partnered with Kuwait Investment Company and Kuwait Finance House to launch an Indian real estate fund.