The US department store, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July, has filed a lawsuit against its buyers, including funds controlled by Lubert-Adler, Cerberus Capital and Sun Capital, alleging the firms stripped it of its real estate assets in order to leverage the buyout.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Penn National will receive $225m in cash and $1.25bn in preferred shares after the Fortress and Centerbridge-led deal to buy the casino and race-track company was terminated. Penn said a ‘re-negotiated, reduced purchase price was not a viable option.’
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Apollo Global files an IPO for its debut debt real estate platform, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance. ACREFI, which will list as a REIT and be led by Joseph Azrack and Scott Weiner, will target US whole loans and CMBS.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
As private fund managers look to the US public markets to raise capital, one public REIT is looking to a private fund to take advantage of the downturn. By Zoe Hughes
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The private equity real estate firm has agreed to buy the former Harry Macklowe tower outright for $605m in a partnership with George Comfort & Sons. The firms had previously agreed a partnership deal with Deutsche Bank, which was ultimately rejected by the bank’s board of directors as too risky.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The New York-based REIT is reportedly in market with a private equity real estate fund targeting distressed retail and office properties.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Philadelphia-based firm has raised $23 million to date for its second property fund. It will target under- and non-performing first mortgage loans in the region.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Just as Starwood Capital plans a $500m debt IPO, Colony Capital also launches its own debt vehicle, Colony Financial. This is the first time Colony has managed a REIT, according to regulatory filings.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
William Green has left the Greenwich, Connecticut-based firm for family reasons. He joined the firm in late 2007 to oversee Starwood’s debt investment operations.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Richard Levin, president of Yale University, said the investment model designed by David Swensen had performed ‘spectacularly well’ for the endowment despite a 30% decline in value in the last fiscal year, according to a Bloomberg report.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
