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The Carlyle Group and UK developer Skelton Group are teaming up for a real estate JV with a focus on the UK.

MIPIM, the annual property fest held in Cannes each March, had its biggest gathering yet—PERE paid a visit.

In yet another hospitality megadeal, several private equity and real estate firms are taking Kerzner International private.

Following a spate of new hires and fund closings, Starwood has hired William Jandrisits as director of finance to help manage its rapid expansion.

Equity International, the private equity firm affiliated with Sam Zell, has closed its second fund, focusing on Brazil and beyond.

Two very different real estate conferences took place last month in San Francisco—one featuring Madeleine Albright, the other Donald Trump— but both generated buzz. By Paul Fruchbom

THE 4 FOOD GROUPS 2006-04-01 Staff Writer <strong>RESIDENTIAL<br /> Saving Hollywood</strong><br /> No one was more surprised than the Los Angeles City Council when, in 2002, a private equity partnership called Fox River Land Co. purchased Cahuenga Peak, a tract of land just west of

The hotel merchants of Venice 2006-04-01 Staff Writer The city of Venice, Italy is auctioning off 13 palaces and villas in some of its most famous neighborhoods, including prime real estate overlooking the Grand Canal, as well as properties situated on the 11-mile-long sandbar Lido and on the island of Muran

Allied Capital has made a $28.5 million capital infusion in DVS Intelestream, a services and software provider to television and movie studios.

Selling gangland and Guinness in the East End 2006-03-01 Staff Writer The first thing a visitor might notice about The Blind Beggar pub, located on Whitechapel Road in London's East End, is the color red. Everything in the interior is shaded a deep blood red: the ceiling, the walls, even the lightbulbs emit