Eva Poon

The chairman and co-founder of Equity International is considering selling the landmark headquarters of the Chicago Tribune for a reported $200m after buying the media company last year. The Los Angeles Times headquarters could also be sold by the real estate magnate.

The energy investment unit of Starwood Capital Group has raised its first fund targeting investments in the energy and power sectors in North America.

Former Bank of America executives will help the real estate investment firm's newly launched division to target investments in public infrastructure bonds.

The private real estate investment firm is purchasing two office towers in New York City from Deutsche Bank, which seized the assets from New York-based Macklowe Properties.

The global asset manager has appointed former JP Morgan Chase global treasurer Mark Kleinman as a senior managing director in a bid to expand the firm.

The Carlyle Group’s $1.1bn infrastructure fund has done its second deal and joined the growing trend of private equity firms targeting the logistics space.

Private equity firms Colony Capital and Eurazeo plan to increase their stake in the hotel group Accor, which owns the Pullman and Ibis hotel chains, to 30 percent.

The global fund of funds manager has hired former Netherlands-based Composition Capital managing director Randy Parker to oversee private equity real estate investments.

The New York Common Retirement Fund has taken a 51 percent stake in Shurgard, the European arm of US company Public Storage.

Former Goldman Sachs managing director Joseph Stecher is tasked with heading Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners’ new real estate fund of funds business.