Pet supplies retailer Petco announced that it has agreed to be acquired by private equity firms Texas Pacific Group and Leonard Green & Partners in a cash deal valued at $1.8bn.
The Boston-based firm has partnered with Colliers International to provide advice on its European investment strategy.
Britain and Germany are set for a wave of hotel REIT flotations led by private equity firms, according to a report by real estate advisor Jones Lang LaSalle.
The New York-based firm will acquire the publicly traded owner of ski resort Whistler Blackcomb, a host for the 2010 Olympics.
Private equity firm GI Partners is thought to be among those approaching the European factory outlet center developer.
The world’s largest global property services firm takes full control of Noble Gibbons.
The $90m acquisition may represent South Florida’s largest industrial transaction for the year.
Esporta eyed by private equity firms and property investors for up to £500m.
The New-York based firm intends to convert the three luxury buildings in Greenwich, which it bought for $50m, from rental units to condominiums.
The fund closing by Europe’s largest property fund manager comes as research shows €95 billion was invested in European property in the first half of 2006.