RREEF’s Karstadt investment in peril

The German government has rejected a request from Arcandor for €650 million of assistance from the national rescue fund, which would have helped keep the owner of store group Karstadt afloat. RREEF teamed up with Italy’s Pirelli Real Estate, Generali and the Borletti Group last year to buy a 49 percent stake in Arcandor’s Karstadt real estate portfolio of 164 stores. Goldman Sachs owns the other 51 percent.