Private Equity

Report: RE Investors to Eye Small Equity Funds and LPs in 2007 

On the heels of last year’s privatization of some of the largest public REITs, the strong flow of equity capital into real estate will continue in 2007 – but in a different direction, according to Stan Ross, chairman of the board at the University of Southern California Lusk Center for Real Estate. Ross said some investors who previously had been targeting public REITs will shift to smaller private equity funds and hedge funds as well as limited partnerships, joint ventures and direct investments in niche properties.