News & Analysis

LaSalle launches Fund III in Europe aiming to acquire up to €5 billion of real estate insisting the Continent still offers a positive economic environment.

The European association acting on behalf of investors in unlisted real estate funds is forging links in Asia with the ultimate aim of introducing a single way of thinking about transparency issues. By Robin Marriott

Sovereign Investment Company's latest deal speaks to the value of sale-leaseback strategies in the current market environment.

The global fund of funds manager has hired former Composition Capital managing director Randy Parker to oversee its private equity real estate investments.

The vehicle, sponsored by New York-based Falcon Real Estate, will seek capital from Europe, Asia and Latin America, but is excluding US investors.

The largest alternative investment firms in the world tend to offer suites of products. In the private equity real estate asset class, the potential for multi-strategy has barely been cracked. By David Snow

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Meet the neighbors 2008-05-01 Staff Writer It's always a good idea to meet the neighbors when you move into a new property. That's especially the case when the home you are developing is set to become the largest single building in London at 131 meters high and sits next to a neighborhood mass of thousands o