Jonathan Brasse
Jonathan Brasse is the Senior Editor, Real Estate for PEI Media’s real estate publications. He oversees the editorial output and leads the reporting team behind the sector-leading private real estate publication PERE as well as Real Estate Capital, the group’s real estate credit markets publication. Jonathan joined PEI in 2009 from UK commercial property magazine Property Week where he oversaw international news and analysis coverage.
Bain Capital has taken out a 15-year lease in New England’s tallest tower, boosting its Boston office space by 154,000 square feet.
Qatar Holding, the direct investment division of the Qatar Investment Authority, has purchased the world famous Harrods store in London for £1.5bn.
Despite the departure of a number of senior executives from RREEF’s Asia business, the firm maintains expansion in the region is still on the cards. PERE magazine May issue 2010.
A focus on alternative assets by Australia’s A$67bn Future Fund led to an increase in real estate exposure from 1% to 4% in the year to March 31 2010. The state wealth fund also increased its exposure to infrastructure investments.
A bid by UK charitable foundation The Wellcome Trust and The Blackstone Group to buy 318 branches owned and operated by UK bank The Royal Bank of Scotland, has been withdrawn.
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority has named Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed al Nehayan as managing director to replace his deceased brother Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed al Nehayan.
RREEF promotes asset and portfolio management head Paul Keogh to chief investment officer for its Asia Pacific business. Keogh, who has also held other roles at RREEF, replaces Mark Fogle who resigned at the end of last month.
A note to all those seeking contact details for Chaucer Alternative Asset Management. Stop now. The firm does not exist.
Mark Fogle, who was chief investment officer for Asia at the Deutsche Bank-owned alternative investment and asset management platform, has confirmed his departure from the firm. Fogle joined RREEF at the start of 2007 after a spell with AIG.
The body of ADIA’s managing director, Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nehayan, has been recovered four days after a glider accident.