Roger Vincent
MarketsZell of a buyout
Blackstone’s acquisition of giant US REIT Equity Office Properties could spark more mega-deals, reports Roger Vincent
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Hollywood and Vine, the once-legendary symbol of Los Angeles' glamour and urbanity, is finally making a comeback with more than $1.2bn of development under way or close to starting. It's been a long time coming.
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Anschutz Entertainment Group, the US company which is handling the makeover of London’s Millennium Dome, has created an enormous sports and music empire by turning its stadiums into year-round venues for all types of events.
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Like a certain blonde Los Angeles heiress, California hotels are hot right now. But, while it’s hard to explain the American media’s fascination with Paris Hilton, the logic of investing in hotels is easier to fathom.
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Many US of the real estate professionals who attended the national meeting of the Urban Land Institute in New York in the first week of November celebrated the news that George W Bush had been elected with enthusiastic high-fives.
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Rodeo Drive, the world-famous shopping district in Beverly Hills, is enjoying a burst of leasing and construction after three years of economic doldrums that followed September 11.
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Los Angeles, the metropolis that came of age with the car, is finally learning to love trains – and developers are scrambling to build around the rails.
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California real estate brokers are watching the impending marriage of CB Richard Ellis and Insignia Financial with more curiosity than fear as they calculate how the collision of cultures at the two giants might spark opportunities for competitors
