Dave Keating

Though investment by domestic firms in Chinese real estate rose dramatically in the first half of 2008, investment by foreign firms fell sharply. Have Western investors fled from Chinese real estate for the time being? PERE Magazine December 2008/January 2009 issue

In what could be a sign of things to come, the firm has made the first tender offer for a J-REIT in Japan as the publicly listed vehicles continue to be undervalued.

Though property sales are healthy in Japan, the balance sheets of many Japanese developers are not.

As the New York-based private equity real estate firm prepares its European debt fund, it has added additional capital to its US debt vehicle.

The number of recent private equity investments in wind farms has been head-spinning.

German department store chain Hertie is on the brink of collapse after failing to raise cash in crisis talks with banks over the past several weeks.

The Somerfield supermarket chain, which was acquired by a consortium led by Apax Partners and Barclays Capital in 2005, has been sold to the Co-operative on a cash-free, debt-free basis.

The Somerfield supermarket chain, which was acquired by a consortium led by Apax Partners and Barclays Capital in 2005, has been sold to the Co-operative on a cash-free, debt-free basis.

The UK's Somerfield supermarket chain, acquired for £1.8bn in 2005 by an Apax- and Barclays-led consortium, has been sold on a cash-free, debt-free basis. The sale reportedly resulted in a 2x exit for the syndicate.

The firm has hired former AXA REIM professional Fabio Donato for its Italian office and has made a new acquisition in the country, investing in an unoccupied site in Rome.