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For the past 40 years, Sam Zell has been one of the biggest and most successful players in the US real estate market. Always opinionated, never boring, Zell recently sat down with PERE to discuss his views on the global real estate market, his unconventional holiday gifts and why he likes Libya and Brazil. By Paul Fruchbom

Lukewarm holiday sales in the US retail sector betray the increasingly picky purchasing habits of shoppers.

New York-based alternative assets firm GSC Partners and property group Tishman Speyer are teaming up to invest in Shanghai and Beijing.

The biggest pension fund in the US likes China. How does the hype compare to the risk? By Aaron Lovell

The global private equity group has created a joint venture with Spanish firm GED to help develop the Romanian real estate market.

With the addition of two new managers, Rockpoint is the latest US private equity real estate firm to set up shop in Europe.

Six of Paris' most luxurious hotels, including one owned by Starwood Capital, have been fined for anti-competitive practices.

Continuing its investing spree in the five boroughs of New York City, Apollo Real Estate has paid $100 million for an apartment complex in the Bronx.

Keeping busy in retirement, Hicks, Muse founder Tom Hicks recently announced a joint venture with luxury hotel developer Gatehouse Capital.

Los Angeles-based CBRE Investors, the private equity investing arm of the international real estate group, recently closed its fourth diversified, USfocused value-add property vehicle.