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
As interest in Latin America heats up, rumors are circulating that the global private equity firm is establishing a real estate operation in the region, primarily focused on Brazil.
The Dallas-based firm has acquired B-Line, which purchases and services bankrupt consumer receivables.
The private equity real estate firm has signed a pre-let with Zurich Italia in what has been billed as the most important leasing transaction in Italy in the last five years.
San Francisco-based Belveron Real Estate Partners will target interests in funds, single asset partnerships and mezzanine debt positions.
The partnership will allow the Texas-based real estate investor, which made its first buy outside the US earlier this year, to ramp up its European presence, and represents a move toward a more opportunistic real estate strategy for Hamburg-based HCI.
Through its partnership with New York-based Brookfield Properties, the private equity giant has taken one of North America’s largest office landlords private and intends to expand its CarrAmerica platform on the West Coast.
The partnership between NRDC and Apollo has also hired Christina Johnson, the former chief executive of Saks Fifth Avenue, in the latest example of top retail talent making the jump to private equity.
The acquisition of an 18 percent stake in Grupo Pinar increases the private equity firm’s exposure to European real estate.
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