September 2013 Issue

    STATESIDE: Core complex

    A growing number of US investors are exploring or pursuing lower-risk strategies in international real estate, but such strategies are neither easy to pull off nor easy to understand. PERE Magazine, September 2013 issue

    IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK: An ever-changing tune

    A building whose name still calls up nostalgic memories of America’s pop music history is now looking to private equity real estate firms to spruce up its image. PERE Magazine, September 2013 issue

    EUROZONE: Position of strength

    With a commingled fund coming to an end, the GP presents some options to its investors, including liquidation, and then walks out the door, leaving the LPs to decide its fate. That could surely only happen if the performance of the fund was good. PERE Magazine September 2013 issue

    FEATURE: The definition of influence

    PERE selects the 10 most influential people in global private equity real estate over the past year. PERE Magazine September 2013 issue.

    FEATURE: Some strings attached

    The lifting of the ban on general solicitation offers private fund managers a new path for fundraising, but fresh compliance considerations and proposed additional rules could offset some of the benefits. PERE Magazine, September 2013 issue

    EUROPE NEWS: Rigny’s TwentyTwo vision

    A former co-head of opportunistic funds at RREEF in Europe and ex-partner at Perella Weinberg is building a pan-European real estate platform of his own. PERE Magazine September 2013 issue.

    EUROPE NEWS: More still to come

    Corestate has seen one of its funds transferred to Tristan Capital, but it won’t be the last example of change of control for funds. PERE Magazine September 2013 issue.

    EUROPE NEWS: Private capital says ‘hola’

    After five years of denial by banks, Spain is finally alive with real estate investment deals. PERE Magazine September 2013 issue.

    EDITOR'S LETTER: Wind in the sails

    PERE Magazine, September 2013 issue

    EUROPE NEWS: Here come the boom

    Investors are taking on development in London, hoping to cash in on the city’s recovery.PERE Magazine September 2013 issue.

    BLUEPRINT: The son also rises

    Greg Goodman, son of industrialist Sir Patrick Goodman, set out to make his fortune at an early age. Despite some bumps along the way, he now leads one of the world’s largest industrial property companies as it prepares for significant growth. PERE Magazine September 2013 issue.

    ASIAVIEW: Defiance on the playground

    LaSalle has a point to prove after being one of a handful of opportunity fund managers in Asia not to have been touched by a summer of love in terms of fundraising. PERE Magazine September 2013 issue.

    ASIA NEWS: Birds of a feather

    With the support of institutions clubbing together, Alpha was able to blast through its equity target and equal the biggest capital haul in Asia since the global financial crisis. PERE Magazine September 2013 issue.

    ASIA NEWS: A faithful friend

    CalPERS recently increased its backing of ARA, putting an extra $300 million behind a relationship that has become its most significant in Asia. PERE Magazine September 2013 issue.

    ASIA NEWS: Making things official

    One of Blackstone’s most senior real estate executives has relocated to Singapore in an effort to meet the firm’s appetite for more investments in Southeast Asia. PERE Magazine September 2013 issue.

    AMERICAS NEWS: Foreign policy

    After two years of due diligence, the Sunshine State could begin making investments in non-US real estate funds this fiscal year as it plans to further diversify its property portfolio. PERE Magazine, September 2013 issue

    AMERICAS NEWS: Deal that started a business

    After building platforms in other major property types, Blackstone has set its sights on apartments – and gotten a boost from a recent acquisition. PERE Magazine, September 2013 issue

    AMERICAS NEWS: Alternative exits

    Private equity real estate firms continue to exit their property investments in Mexico, but not always in the way that they were expected. PERE Magazine, September 2013 issue