Who Are The Largest Firms Investing Internationally For US Clients? Here’s The Top 10
November 6, 2009
Tweet We previously posted a top ten list of the largest firms who handle investments in US real estate for foreigner. Somebody emailed us wanting to know who the top 10 money management firms were who invested internationally on behalf of US investors. Here they are below, ranked by tax-exempt status as of about mid-2009. [...]
Read More >>Who Do Foreigners Give Their Money To When Investing In US Real Estate? Here’s The Top 10
October 21, 2009
Tweet We’ve heard about and are beginning to see an increase in foreign money coming into the US real estate market, particularly on the residential and multi-family side as the prospect of a recovery happening is expected to occur in this sector first. So want to know who these foreign individuals, pension funds, investment firms, [...]
Read More >>Speaking of Colony Capital; Tom Barrack on Transitioning
June 4, 2009
Tweet Colony Capital’s chairman, Tom Barrack, has some excellent thoughts on the state of the market, economy, and where things are headed. He’s put these on paper. He’s also linked to a great video (which I’ve also embedded below) that really underscores the fundamental shift that’s taking place right now. I’ve indicated before that the [...]
Read More >>Colony Capital Going After Corus Bankshares
June 4, 2009
Tweet Colony Capital and the Related Companies have expressed interest in possibly pursuing the assets of one of Southern Florida’s most prolific lenders during the condo boom, Corus Bank. The bank was well known for providing large non-recourse loans to developers and converters of condominiums. As the market fell apart the bank has come under [...]
Read More >>Thomas Barrack on Commercial Real Estate
January 8, 2009
Tweet About two months ago I watched an interview of Thomas Barrack on CNBC. In case you don’t know who Tom Barrack is, he is the chairman of Colony Capital, and arguably one of the best real estate investors active today. A few years ago, Fortune Magazine wrote a pretty in-depth article about him and [...]
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