News & Analysis

The US buyout firm has appointed Walid Musallam to head its Middle East hybrid investing business, which is due to hit the fundraising trail for up to $1 billion.

A notorious prison in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood is being converted into an upscale hospitality property, the ironically named Liberty Hotel.

A partnership between CapitaLand and Maybank Group is planning to raise a $250m private equity real estate vehicle for Malaysia.

Via its Eurocastle subsidiary, the alternative investment giant has acquired 61 office properties throughout Germany from DB Real Estate.

Philadelphia-based private equity real estate firm Rubenstein Partners has hired the former chief investment officer of Trizec to help acquire assets for its debut fund.

The Greenwich, Connecticut-based private equity real estate firm has paid a reported $825 million for the Pacific Shores Center, a $500-million development that saw half of its buildings go vacant in the wake of the dot-com collapse.

A new JPMorgan survey has found that roughly one-third of US public pension funds will increase their allocations to real estate.

The New York City-based private equity real estate investor has raised $590m for its second vehicle focused on the North American office market.

Private equity firms RREEF and H&Q Asia Pacific have teamed up with Hilton Hotels to build more than 20 hotels in China.

One of the largest financial services companies in the world is adding to the wall of money chasing European real estate with the final closure of its first pan-European fund.