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Real Estate, Gaming & Lodging

Greenhill has considerable transaction experience and a global network of corporate relationships in the Real Estate, Gaming & Lodging sector.  Our managing directors and professionals in North America, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe have executed many of the most significant and complex transactions for some of the leading companies in the industry.

Our experience in the Real Estate industry encompasses the following sub-sectors: REITs; real estate finance and investment; lodging; leisure; and gaming.

Below we highlight a few of the transactions on which we have advised in this area:

DATE $   COMPANY/ASSET ACQUIRED   ACQUIROR
10-Jun-2010
$580 million Tishman Speyer Washington D.C. Portfolio
Advised term loan and credit facility lenders to the Tishman Speyer partnership holding a portfolio of 28 office buildings in Washington D.C. and the surrounding area on a restructuring which resulted in payoff of the facilities in full
 
10-Mar-2010
Pending
$576 million Camelot Group plc
Advising the shareholders of Camelot – Cadbury, De La Rue, Fujitsu, Royal Mail and Thales – on the sale of their shareholdings in Camelot, the operator of the UK National Lottery, to Ontario Teachers’ Pensions Plan
Ontario Teachers’ Pensions Plan
08-Jan-2010
$134 million Minerva plc
Advised Minerva plc, a UK real estate development company, on its successful defence following an unsolicited offer from KiFin Limited, a company that makes investments for the benefit of Mr Nathan Kirsh
KiFin Limited
08-Oct-2009
$455 million Ladbrokes Plc
Acted as Joint Financial Adviser to Ladbrokes plc, a leading UK based betting and gaming company, on its rights issue
 
16-Nov-2007
$203 million Oakland Mall LLC
Advised the Kogan Family on the sale of Oakland Mall, a regional shopping mall in Troy, Michigan anchored by JC Penney, Sears and Macy's
California State Teachers' Retirement System and Urban Retail Properties
05-Nov-2007
$3.4 billion American Financial Realty Trust
Advised American Financial Realty Trust, a real estate investment trust that acquires properties from and leases properties to regulated financial institutions, on its sale to Gramercy Capital Corp., a commercial real estate specialty finance company
Gramercy Capital Corp.
04-Jun-2007
$2.9 billion Slough Estates USA (subsidiary of Slough Estates plc)
Provided oversight of the process and an informal second opinion to the senior management of Slough Estates plc
Health Care Property Investors
22-May-2007
$6.5 billion Crescent Real Estate Equities Company
Advised Crescent Real Estate Equities Company, a REIT holding a diversified portfolio of office properties, hotels and resorts and luxury residential developments on its sale to Morgan Stanley Real Estate
Morgan Stanley Real Estate
10-Aug-2006
NA Forest City Ratner
Advised Forest City Enterprises, Inc. on the restructuring of its business relationship with its New York City affiliate Forest City Ratner
Forest City Enterprises Inc.
03-Aug-2006
$6.0 billion Reckson Associates Realty Corporation
Advised the independent directors of Reckson, a real estate investment trust specializing in properties located in New York City and the surrounding Tri-State area, on the sale of Reckson to SL Green
SL Green Realty Corporation
06-Jan-2006
$164 million Acadia Realty Trust (selected assets)
Advised GDC Properties on its acquisition of a 77.8% interest in a one million square foot Wilmington, Delaware shopping center portfolio previously held by institutional investors in Acadia Realty Trust Fund I
GDC Properties
29-Aug-2004
$3.8 billion LNR Property Corporation
Advised the Special Committee of the Board of Directors and the Board of Directors of LNR Property Corporation, one of the US’ leading real estate investment, finance and management companies, on its sale to Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. and its real estate affiliate, Blackacre Institutional Capital Management, LLC
Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.
11-Oct-2001
$1.3 billion Regal Cinemas, Inc.
Advised Regal Cinemas, the largest theatre chain in the United States, on its prepackaged bankruptcy plan and acquisition by The Anschutz Corporation
The Anschutz Corporation
10-Aug-2000
$750 million Radisson Group, Inc. (subsidiary of Carlson Companies, Inc.)
Advised Carlson Companies, Inc., the owner of the Radisson Hotels brand, on the formation of a $750 million Radisson Hotel acquisition fund, Radisson-Olympus Capital Partners.
Olympus Real Estate Fund (Hicks, Muse)
16-Jun-1999
$2.5 billion TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.
Advised TriNet on a stock for stock merger with Starwood Financial, creating a leading player in the specialty real estate finance area
Starwood Financial Trust
14-Apr-1999
$1.3 billion Berkshire Realty Company, Inc.
Advised investor group led by Berkshire Realty Chairman, Goldman Sachs and The Blackstone Group on the buyout of Berkshire Realty, a multi-family REIT that owns 82 apartment communities located in Florida, Texas and the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern U.S.
Berkshire Chairman, Goldman Sachs and The Blackstone Group
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