The Chicago-based real estate investment management firm has created three senior roles for its European platform, including regional chief investment officer and country heads for Germany and France. Each role has been filled internally.
The UK insurer has promoted Bill Hughes to head of real assets as it seeks to boost synergies between its real estate and infrastructure direct investment teams.
Douglas Smith will be the head of investment services for the global real estate services firm’s operations in Japan.
The firm’s former head of Europe will become Jonathan Gray’s deputy as he takes on a new chief investment officer role for the New York private real estate investment giant.
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In addition to making multiple appointments, the London-based private equity firm has also exited one of its investments for over £46 million (€59.45 million; $69.99 million).
Unlike previous years, all of the real estate professionals promoted by the Washington, DC-based private equity firm this year were based in the US.
The real estate arm of the private investment firm has acquired a $2.5 billion property loan book as well as an 11-person team from Deutsche Bank.
As tipped by PERE last June, the founder of Park Hill Real Estate’s European business, Audrey Klein, has joined Ærium, the Europe-focused real estate fund manager, as senior managing director and head of fundraising and business development.
The New York-based private equity firm is launching the new effort with a major team lift out from Rialto Capital.
London-based property company Chelsfield has confirmed its appointment of Asia veteran Nicholas Loup, who has led London neighbour Grosvenor in the region for the last 20 years.