The publicly-traded vehicle, which would be seeded from the company’s balance sheet assets and two non-traded REITs, would have $5.5 billion in assets.

The time is right for two major private equity firms to be taking their real estate debt platforms public, writes Meghan Morris.

Rubenstein Partners is planning to build a debt platform, starting with a new hire, Real Estate Capital's sister title, PERE, has learned.

Joe Azelby has joined Apollo Global Management to lead a new global real assets unit, the alternative investment firm said on its first-quarter earnings call.

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System is finding it difficult to deploy capital from its resources, managing investment director Paul Mouchakkaa told Real Estate Capital’s sister title PERE’s Global Investor Forum: Los Angeles. Meghan Morris reports.

CRE lenders in the US are yet to brace themselves for a Dodd-Frank roll-back, writes Meghan Morris, the New York-based reporter of sister title PERE.

Lone Star Funds has closed its latest opportunistic real estate fund in just five months, garnering $5.9 billion, Real Estate Capital's sister title PERE reported. The fund is targeted at both real estate debt and equity investments, the firm said.

AllianceBernstein has closed its second commercial real estate debt fund at $1.55 billion, double the size of its predecessor vehicle, Real Estate Capital's sister publication, PERE, reported.