VENTURE CAPITAL POST

Real estate firm Ledermann Immobilien cancelled its planned IPO today because of low demand.

Fubon Life Insurance Co would be buying real estate overseas after the Taiwanese regulator eased restrictions for insurance firms on property investments.

The Carlyle Group purchases the Metropolitan Real Estate Equity Management LLC.

Real estate firm Foxtons debuted strong in the London bourse, with early trading placing the firm's value at GBP 788 million or USD 1.27 billion.

Sources told ChicagoRealEstateDaily.com that Adventus Realty Trust would buy Crossings for a price tag of USD 35.5 million.

The Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) would be investing MYR300 million of its money to construct a large campus at Educity, Nusajaya.

Philippine real estate developer Megaworld Corporation would be adding PHP10 billion to its PHP25 billion development fund for the 72-hectare Iloilo Business Park located in the Visayas region.

The CBRE Group Inc said Chinese insurance companies could spend USD 14.4 billion in commercial real estate investments overseas.

propertyfinder.ae CEO and founder said that another property price bubble is in the making in Dubai.

Zillow Inc. announced acquisition of StreatEasy for USD50 million as it moves to expand in the New York market.

A Thai-based fund manager announced that two leading real estate firms in Thailand plan to raise THB 28 billion or USD 891 million in an initial public offering scheduled by the end of this year.

Wheelock Street Capital announced that they have acquired a six hotel portfolio located in Ohio and in Texas, Tennessee from Lingate Hospitality Group.

India’s Road Minister Oscar Fernandes said that unless major lands are handed over, financial institutions that would lend for the construction of expressways in the country could possibly shy away.

Four Springs Capital Trust announced today a completed acquisition of a 19,530 square foot property in Michigan.

The UK NEST gave Legal and General Investment Management mandate over real estate asset allocation.