Tishman Speyer

Tishman Speyer and Lehman Brothers have purchased Colorado-based REIT Archstone-Smith for $22.2 billion, in one of the largest private equity real estate take-privates since Blackstone’s Equity Office acquisition.

Tishman Speyer and Lehman Brothers have purchased Colorado-based REIT Archstone-Smith for $22.2 billion, in one of the largest private equity real estate take-privates since Blackstone’s Equity Office acquisition.

Tishman Speyer and Lehman Brothers have purchased Colorado-based REIT Archstone-Smith for $22.2 billion, in one of the largest private equity real estate take-privates since Blackstone’s Equity Office acquisition.

Tishman Speyer and Lehman Brothers have purchased Colorado-based REIT Archstone-Smith for $22.2 billion, in one of the largest private equity real estate take-privates since Blackstone’s Equity Office acquisition.

The acquisition of Archstone-Smith, the second largest publicly traded apartment owner in the US, will be one of the largest REIT privatisations in history.

GSC Partners and Tishman Speyer have launched a Chinese real estate joint venture, marking GSC’s first move into real estate.

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More GPs are welcoming smaller commitments from private wealth investors to initiate a long-term relationship.

Starwood Capital’s Barry Sternlicht gets specific about the firm’s plans for India—which could include $500 million in investment in real estate on the subcontinent. By Aaron Lovell.

Apollo and Centerbridge reportedly lost out to Fortress for the US’ second-largest special servicer, which was expected to fetch $200m.

Over the past five years, the top 30 private equity real estate firms in the world have raised more than $211 billion -10 percent more than when PERE last counted capital raising efforts by the industry. Read on to discover the firms garnering the most. PERE Magazine May 2009.

As the parent company of CWCapital searches for a buyer, Apollo Global and Centerbridge Capital have reportedly made competing bids, while Warren Buffett is also eyeing the US’ second largest special servicer.

A study of US CMBS deals reveals that more than 3,500 loans currently have debt service coverage ratios of 1.0x or less. That figure could quickly grow to $75bn as less than half the CMBS universe has reported 2009 financials.