A consortium of investment firms including Starwood Capital, Sixth Street Partners, SSW Partners, the Qatar Investment Authority and Warburg Pincus has made a binding offer to buy out ESR which values the industrial developer and fund manager at nearly $7.1… Read More>>
Qatar Investment Authority Joins Consortium for Proposed ESR Buyout
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has joined an investor group seeking to acquire industrial builder and fund manager ESR, with the expanded consortium representing about 40 percent of the issued shares of the Hong Kong-listed company.
The Qatar Investment Authority, which… Read More>>
Starwood-Arrow Capital JV Offloads Aussie Logistics Assets for $110M
A joint venture between an affiliate of Starwood Capital and Sydney-based Arrow Capital Partners has divested a portfolio of seven logistics properties near Sydney and Melbourne for A$166.8 million ($110 million), after average prime net face rents of Australian industrial… Read More>>
Starwood, Sixth Street, SSW Consortium in Talks to Buy Out ESR
A consortium of investors including Starwood Capital has made a preliminary proposal to buy out HKEX-listed developer and fund manager ESR, according to a statement by the company today.
The private equity firm led by financier Barry Sternlicht has teamed… Read More>>
China Vanke Selling Off Shenzhen HQ Site at a Loss and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
China Vanke leads Mingtiandi’s headline roundup today as the distressed developer plans to sell an unfinished project in Shenzhen. Also in the news, embattled Country Garden seeks help from a state-backed programme to pay bond interest and Princeton Digital Group… Read More>>
Sternlicht’s Starwood Capital Acquiring 10.7% Stake in ESR From Co-Founders
Two co-founders of Hong Kong-listed ESR have agreed to sell an equity stake in the industrial giant to Barry Sternlicht’s Starwood Capital for an undisclosed price.
The stake held by Redwood Investment, an offshore vehicle controlled by co-CEO Stuart Gibson… Read More>>
Starwood Raises $10B for Latest Fund and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Fund raising leads the way as we start off another investment week in Asia, with Barry Sternlicht’s Starwood Capital announcing that it has raised $10 billion for a distressed opportunity fund aimed at properties worldwide.
Also hoping… Read More>>
Starwood Recommits to A$485M Buyout of Aussie REIT Despite Keppel JV
Starwood Capital Group has recommitted to its A$485 million ($326 million) bid for Australian Unity Office Fund (AOF), despite a move late last week by the REIT’s sponsor and Keppel Capital that appeared to frustrate the hostile takeover attempt.
Investor… Read More>>
Keppel Australian JV Blocks Starwood’s A$485M Bid for Office REIT
Keppel Capital has set up a partnership with the sponsor of an A$688 million ($464.8 million) Australian office REIT that will allow the Temasek-backed asset manager to dig deeper into Australia’s metropolitan office market, according to a disclosure to the… Read More>>
Starwood Capital Hires Lone Star Veteran to Head Asia Real Estate Business
Private equity investor Starwood Capital has brought on board a new lead executive for its property business in Asia, Mingtiandi has learned.
Kevin Lee, formerly a Managing Director with Lone Star Funds based in Tokyo, joined Starwood last month in… Read More>>