With the help of new haircuts, business suits and a fake hypermarket, two documentary filmmakers create a sensation in the Czech Republic.
Dubai World, the investment firm of the Dubai government, is reportedly looking to increase its real estate portfolio in the US and Asia.
Philadelphia-based private equity real estate firm BPG has raised $850m to invest in US real estate.
The private equity arm of US-based REIT Inland Real Estate has acquired a $125m stake in Cobalt Capital Partners’ latest industrial property vehicle.
Goldman Sachs’ Whitehall fund is teaming up with French retail group Casino to build shopping malls in Poland—and possibly Eastern Europe.
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
If there is any sector that demonstrates the difficulties of operating in the Russian property market, it is probably the gaming industry. Though regulated by the government, the sector is still subject to the vagaries of Russian president Vladimir Putin. In an effort to do away with the country's ubiquitous small gaming halls, a recently introduced law says all casinos currently in operation must shut down by June 2009; going forward, casinos will only be allowed in four regional locations. Clive Tilley, the British founder of international gaming management firm Tilley Entertainment, is one of the few foreigners with experience of running a casino in Russia. Here, he discusses his plans to roll out US-style hotel casino complexes in Russia, the market's reaction to the new regulations and the difficulty of finding quality real estate for his projects.
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