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What distress? Dry powder piles up with few discounts in sight
After raising billions of dollars to spend on commercial real estate, distress investors are having a difficult time spending...
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Landlords take on short-term debt to spruce up struggling assets
Landlords are increasingly taking on short-term debt to fix up their empty stores, hotels and apartment buildings. JPMorgan found...
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Blackstone to buy Interior Logic for $1.6B
Blackstone is targeting another recession-resistant business. The private equity behemoth plans to buy the design technology company Interior Logic Group for about $1.6 billion including debt, according to Bloomberg. Blackstone acquired the company from...
Real estate investments cost NYC pension funds $370M
In a big investment portfolio, some part of it will inevitably underperform. For the city’s biggest pension fund, that...
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Blackstone: “We don’t need financing to get things done”
Blackstone wants investors to know that it is ready to pounce on investment opportunities. In a first quarter earnings...
Pols take aim at private equity with plan to tax mezz debt
A new bill seeks to raise money for public housing while bringing more transparency to the complex world of...
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Bed Bath & Beyond is selling its real estate to private equity
Bed Bath & Beyond will sell about half of its real estate to a private equity firm and then...
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Private equity bigwig makes CRE play
Private-equity firm Insight Venture Partners has made its latest bet in the commercial real estate technology space, acquiring a New York-based software company focused on building operations. Through Property Brands, a holding company in...
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Swedish private equity firm closes huge infrastructure fund
Swedish private equity firm EQT closed its largest infrastructure fund to date, as market experts worry that the industry...
Private equity’s newest asset class:
real estate litigation
Life insurance settlements and litigation finance are gaining steam in the private equity market, and some investors are focusing...
real estate litigation