The Chicago Transit Authority, the second largest mass transit agency in the US, is looking for private sector partners to fund capital expenditures for an open fare payment system for its 2,222 buses and 8 subway lines. The winning bidder may be given the exclusive right to collect money from the CTA’s 500,000 annual patrons.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Indications are that African risk continues to be overrated and experienced investors will be able to lock in superior risk-adjusted returns. By Alasdair Maclay
8 min read · 08 February 2013
Africa has an enormous need for infrastructure projects. But investors say deals still take too long to get off the ground, and too long to complete – and it’s not the credit crunch they blame. Philip Borel reports.
6 min read · 08 February 2013
Internet traffic is growing rapidly, and so is the need to store data in safe, reliable places. A UK-based fund manager is pursuing an investment strategy based on the trend. Philip Borel reports
5 min read · 08 February 2013
Prudential Real Estate Investors has disposed of a 570,000-sq-ft office to US REIT KBS. It comes as the real estate investment firm also repaid $145m of a $616m credit facility with JV partner Kimco Realty.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The scarcity of lines of credit has hit the operations of small firms especially hard, and those without strong existing ties with banks will likely have to survive without credit sources until 2011.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
These 15 firms have the skills and strategies to dominate the real estate wasteland, say market insiders. PERE Magazine September 2009.
10 min read · 08 February 2013
PERE Magazine September 2009: Although it sits on a massive pile of dry powder, the world’s largest private equity real estate firm has directed its professionals to first spend their time deeply researching macro trends around the world, as well as briefing LPs about their findings. Jonathan Brasse recently interviewed the London-based team that spearheaded this back-to-school effort to learn how they believe the world has changed.
10 min read · 08 February 2013
PERE Magazine September 2009: Barden Gale, recently named CEO of JE Robert Companies, speaks with Zoe Hughes about the challenges and opportunities facing JER and its need to keep ‘constantly evolving’
6 min read · 08 February 2013
PERE September 2009: Two European professionals at US placement agent CP Eaton have left in recent weeks. The firm has been cost cutting, but the changes at CP Eaton mirror wider challenges in the capital raising industry. By Robin Marriott.
3 min read · 08 February 2013