Deals

Gunz 'n Apollo 2006-02-01 Staff Writer How far has gentrification come in New York? A neighborhood once “shouted out” in a classic gangsta rap track is now the site of a major deal led by Apollo Real Estate Advisors (see p.14). Last month, the New York private investment biggie announced it would lead an inv

Maison de Donald 2006-02-01 Staff Writer At $125 million (€102 million), Donald Trump's estate, Maison de l'Amitie, on “Billionaire's Row” in Palm Beach, Florida is far and away the most expensive house for sale in the US, according to <italic>Ultimate Homes</italic> magazine. The list, which fea

Littlejohn & Co. has inked a deal to buy fuel transport company Kenan Advantage Group.

Texas Pacific Group is to sell the majority of its stake in the Italian bike firm to European private equity firm InvestIndustrial.

Crestview Partners, the new firm launched by Goldman Sachs veterans Barry Volpert and Thomas Murphy, has yet to formally announce a final close for its debut fund, but in statement announcing its first deal, the firm said it had amassed $1.4bn in commitments.

Flying nuns and fresh princes 2005-12-01 Staff Writer In the early 1920s, when Hollywood was still getting started in what writer Nick Toshes called “the dirty business of dreams,” movie studio tycoon Harry Cohn purchased a small studio situated on Sunset Boulevard, between Gower Street and Beachwood Drive.&

To sell or not to sell 2005-12-01 Staff Writer trend was really only seen in a handful of US markets. In fact, the term “Las Vegas Condo” became, in certain circles, crude shorthand for the exact sort of bets most private equity real estate firms do not want to make: expensive, risky, highly speculative and

Government of Singapore Investment Corporation takes a diverse attitude to real estate.

Following in his father's footsteps, Carmel Partners founder Ron Zeff has made a name for himself in the multifamily sector. He spoke with PERE about the influence of his father, his company's expansion and why repositioning an asset means more than new carpet and a paint job. By Aaron Lovell

A global look at the numbers that shaped the industry in 2005