Goldman Sachs acquires Mercure Ambassador: 1st stint with Korean hotels

Goldman Sachs acquires Mercure Ambassador: 1st stint with Korean hotels

Goldman Sachs, in partnership with JB Asset Management Co., has acquired Mercure Ambassador Seoul Hongdae, a prominent mixed-use commercial property...

NPS, LaSalle jointly buy UBS Group London HQ for £1.3 bn

NPS, LaSalle jointly buy UBS Group London HQ for £1.3 bn

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) and global real estate investment firm LaSalle Investment Management Inc. have agreed to acquir...

Korean LPs commit over $94 mn to LaSalle’s $513 mn debt fund

Korean LPs commit over $94 mn to LaSalle’s $513 mn debt fund

South Korean pension and savings funds, including the Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid Fund and the Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (S...

LaSalle develops its first logistics facility in Korea; sees more land purchases

LaSalle develops its first logistics facility in Korea; sees more land purchases

LaSalle Investment Management has built a four-story logistics warehouse near Seoul, its first development of a storage facility in South Korea, and...

LaSalle’s Europe debt fund collects $110 mn from three Korean investors

LaSalle’s Europe debt fund collects $110 mn from three Korean investors

The Military Mutual Aid Association, the Employment Insurance Fund and an unidentified South Korean institutional investor have committed a total of $...

NPS confirms co-investment in Prague office building via LaSalle fund

NPS confirms co-investment in Prague office building via LaSalle fund

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) confirmed a co-investment in an office building in Prague, Czech Republic, through a real estate fund of ...

LaSalle seeks $180 mn-$270 mn from Korea for Europe debt fund

LaSalle seeks $180 mn-$270 mn from Korea for Europe debt fund

LaSalle Investment Management is seeking to raise 200 billion won ($180 million) to 300 billion won ($270 million) from South Korean institutional inv...

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