THE 4 FOOD GROUPS 2006-11-01 Staff Writer <strong>RESIDENTIAL<br /> Mixed emotions greet landmark property sale</strong><br /> It all depends on your perspective.<br /> <br /> Either the acquisition last month of 110 residential buildings in downtown Manhattan represen
Wheel of real estate 2006-11-01 Staff Writer US television personality Merv Griffin has dabbled in all manner of pursuits over the years: movies, the record business, daytime and late-night television, game shows. But he has long been involved in another business line as well—real estate.<br /> <br
Influencing history 2006-11-01 Staff Writer Last month, alongside new memoirs by such well-known names as US Senator Barack Obama, <italic>The Corrections</italic> author Jonathan Franzen and humorist and travel writer Bill Bryson, another less-anticipated book hit the shelves at Barnes & Nob
When private a faded hotel in Japan, there By Alison Granito
Private equity real estate firms are looking to capitalize on Hong Kong's recovery. But as China's development continues unabated, will the mainland's economic emergence eventually threaten the city's prosperity? By Robin Marriott
The hotelier 2006-11-01 Staff Writer In early 1991, 31-year-old Barry Sternlicht was out of a job. Seven years later, he was the chief executive officer of the largest hotel company in the world. Along the way, Sternlicht not only completed one of the most dramatic comebacks in the history of the asset class
The philanthropist 2006-11-01 Staff Writer There is no shortage of interesting stories in the world of real estate—Joe E. Robert Jr. is proof of that. Robert got his start in the business when the builder he was working for went bankrupt in the middle of several projects. Seizing upon the opportunity, Robert
The frequent flier 2006-11-01 Staff Writer James Quille has always been a man on the move—and for good reason. The firm he currently heads, Macquarie Global Property Advisors, is one of the most active foreign players in Asia, a region that Quille himself has been investing in since the early 1990s.<br
The young gun 2006-11-01 Staff Writer Chad Pike , still in his thirties, is running Blackstone's real estate operations in Europe, making him one of the youngest stars in the asset class. Though he is often compared to two other young guns—his counterpart in the US, Jon Gray, and the co-head of Morgan Stanl
The market maker 2006-11-01 Staff Writer Globalization has to start somewhere. In the case of European private equity real estate, it arguably began when US investment banks moved their principal real estate investment arms across the Atlantic—in other words, it began with Roger Orf .<br /> <br /&