Real Estate
Dickson, Mishcon advise in REIT Takeover Paid Members Public
In Short: U.S. investment firm Starwood Capital is buying British property trust Balanced Commercial Property Trust Ltd. (BCPT) for £674 million, offering shareholders a 21.5% premium. The deal aims to take the REIT private amid a tough real estate market.
Linklaters, Simpson Thacher, and Devonshires Advise on USS’s £405 Million Strategic Housing Investment Paid Members Public
In Short: The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), the UK's largest private pension fund, has acquired 3,000 shared-ownership homes from Sage Homes, a joint venture majority-owned by Blackstone Inc., for £405 million.
UK homebuilders can create M&A boom Paid Members Public
Homebuilders are teaming up to become the biggest and best just as the general election looms.
China's Secret Plan to save its Housing Market Paid Members Public
Spoiler alert: It involves the government scooping up homes.
