Bridgepoint Group is expanding its U.S. footprint with the acquisition of Boca Raton-based Kayne Anderson Real Estate.
In a deal valued at $1.4 billion, Kayne Anderson shareholders will receive $189 million in newly issued Bridgepoint shares and $759 million in cash, The Real Deal previously reported. KARE co-founder Al Rabil will continue to lead the business under the Kayne Bridgepoint brand. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year.
London-based Bridgepoint Group is a leading mid-market investor specializing in private equity, infrastructure, credit, secondaries and private wealth, according to its website. Led by CEO Raoul Hughes, the firm has roughly $98 billion in assets under management.
Shelley Figueroa joined One Sotheby’s International Realty as a sales director within the brokerage’s new development division. She will lead sales for Anantara Miami Resort & Residences, according to a press release. Figueroa’s 15 years of experience include working on sales at Paramount Miami Worldcenter, Brickell Ten and ArteCity South Beach, closing over $3 billion in transactions. Before joining One Sotheby’s, Figueroa was an executive sales director at OneWorld Properties, according to LinkedIn.
In other news, the family office of Egyptian-British billionaire Mohamed Mansour is expanding to South Florida. London-based Man Capital signed a long-term lease for 3,700 square feet of office space in The Well Bay Harbor Islands at 1177 Kane Concourse, the South Florida Business Journal reported. Move-in is slated for next year.
The deal pushes the 96,000-square-foot office component of The Well, developed by Terra, to 90 percent pre-leased, according to the outlet. Financial details were not disclosed. Forbes estimates Mansour’s net worth at $4 billion. He leads Man Capital as founder and chairman alongside his son, Loutfy Mansour, who is CEO. The firm’s portfolio spans education, healthcare, real estate, technology and sports, according to its website. Man Capital is also the investment arm of Mansour Group, a Cairo-based conglomerate founded and owned by the family.
Scarlett Harper, an AI-native commercial real estate brokerage based in Boca Raton, appointed two senior producers in South Florida. The brokerage hired Sebastian Misiewicz as founding senior vice president and Matthew Lago as vice president, according to a news release.
Misiewicz began his career at Marcus & Millichap, specializing in acquisitions and dispositions of office and industrial property in Miami-Dade County, the release said. He later held positions as a senior associate at CBRE and a principal at Lee & Associates South Florida, according to LinkedIn.
Lago is focused on investment sales across Palm Beach County and brings a background in commercial lending and business banking, the release said. Before joining Scarlett Harper, he served as a business development officer at Wells Fargo, a senior finance manager at BHG Financial and a senior business manager at Paychex. He also currently serves as a vice president at Lee & Associates South Florida, according to LinkedIn.