Evelyn Lee
The Los Angeles-based investment manager continues to be most focused on opportunities in the asset class, including a new real estate debt fund for which the firm is finalising an initial commitment.
The Atlanta-based private equity real estate firm, in a joint venture with Evolution Capital Management, will invest more than $250 million in US commercial real estate over the next two years.
Following a first close and roughly $300 million in pending commitments, the Chicago-based private equity real estate firm will be about halfway to its equity target for its latest opportunistic vehicle.
The San Francisco-based real estate fund manager has raised about half of its $400m to $500m target for its latest opportunistic vehicle and is expected to conclude its capital raise by early 2013.
After issuing an RFP in July, the $27.4 billion pension plan has agreed to invest with eight new value-added and opportunistic managers, including AEW and Blackstone.
The former director of real assets at the North Carolina-based multimanager is starting up a fund of funds platform for Chicago’s Oak Street Real Estate Capital.
Private equity real estate funds are being challenged by liquidity issues, not only from the lack of financing in the capital markets but also from rising costs related to other significant shifts in the industry, according to a new report from the accounting and advisory services firm.
The New York-based real estate multi-manager has named a new co-chief investment officer and three new partners as the firm expands its international reach.
Lynda Shillaw, currently a managing director of corporate real estate at Lloyds Banking Group, will join the £138 billion UK asset manager on 1 January.
Following the record $13.3bn close for its global real estate opportunity fund, the New York-based private equity and real estate giant is now targeting another major real estate capital raise, this time in the debt arena.