News & Analysis

Investment bank Barclays Capital has provided a ‘substantial’ anchor commitment for the credit-oriented vehicle which will focus on the North American primary issue market.

The insurance company’s real estate investment arm, PRUPIM, has appointed a former retail executive to boost the performance of their business parks and shopping centers.

The Washington DC-based private equity real estate firm argues there are too few distressed commercial real estate debt opportunities to satisfy the number of fund managers entering the space.

Two London-based private equity firms have made a partial exit from CI Traders, the Channel Islands retail and hospitality company acquired last year.

Johan van der Ende, who serves as chairman of the European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles, has been officially unveiled as chief investment officer at Dutch fund PGGM.

A survey suggests that financial chaos from the US is affecting real estate investment in Asia, though investors are still keen to access the region for the growth and diversification it offers.

The world’s second largest sovereign fund’s recently launched capital strategies group will invest five percent of its assets in private real estate deals, but says private equity is ‘not part of the investment universe’.

Keith Lindsay, the former global head of hospitality and leisure at AIG Global Real Estate, has been appointed to oversee Orco's hospitality investments in Central Europe.

Colorado-based SV Capital has appointed former president and chief executive officer of industrial giant ProLogis’ North America division John Seiple Jr. as a partner to focus on the firm’s capital markets activities.

Less than a month after opening offices in Brazil and Mexico, the McLean, Virginia-based firm has appointed a former MIRA executive to assess the risks of investing in Latin American residential and commercial real estate.