Deals

At the 2006 INREV conference in Rome, real estate practitioners gathered to discuss the state of the European property markets and the need for corporate governance. PERE sat in on the proceedings.

Apollo Real Estate has turned a 1993 investment in property-backed bonds into a $1.3 billion New York City deal.

Los Angeles-based firm CB Richard Ellis Investors is hoping Mark Karlan has what it takes for Asian real estate.

Philadelphia-based Rubenstein Partners has closed its first real estate fund with a little help from its sister firm Lubert-Adler.

Infrastructure has become the “hot” new alternative asset class. But are real estate LPs the right investors to take advantage? By Paul Fruchbom

THE 4 FOOD GROUPS 2006-06-01 Staff Writer <strong>RESIDENTIAL<br /> Where the grass is greener</strong><br /> In the movie <italic>Caddyshack</italic>, Rodney Dangerfield's character proclaims that the two biggest wastes of real estate are golf courses and cemeteries. Th

Das Kapitalism 2006-06-01 Staff Writer Fans of the North London soccer club Arsenal may not be in good spirits these days. The Gunners, as they are affectionately known, finished fourth in this season's English Premier League, well behind rivals Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea. In the final of the E

Always the dollars 2006-06-01 Staff Writer At the end of the movie <italic>Casino</italic>, Nicky Santoro, the Las Vegas mob enforcer played by Joe Pesci, is lured to a cornfield outside Chicago where he and his younger brother are buried alive. In a voiceover sequence just prior to that ill-fate

As part of a major push into Asia, Switzerland-headquartered private equity investment specialist Capital Dynamics is to open shop in Hong Kong.

Kuwaiti investment bank Global Investment House has launched its second vehicle aimed at pre-IPO and IPO opportunities in the Middle East, North Africa and Asia.