Goldman Sachs real estate fund to buy Equity Inns
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Equity Inns Inc. , which owns mid-market hotels, has agreed to be acquired by Goldman Sachs'  real estate fund, Whitehall, in a deal worth $2.2 billion, including assumed debt, the company said on Thursday.
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc , the conglomerate headed by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, said on Tuesday it planned to buy 60 percent of manufacturing and services group Marmon Holdings Inc. for $4.5 billion.
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The Blackstone Group  raised its bid for Equity Office Properties Trust  to $23 billion in cash on Tuesday after rival bidder Vornado Realty Trust  sweetened its own offer in the latest round of the fight to control the top U.S. office landlord.
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A new Goldman Sachs Group  stock  hedge fund could be launched with more than $6 billion, with  some investors expecting the fund to attract as much $10  billion, people familiar with the fund said.
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LONDON/NEW YORK  - InterContinental Hotels Group  Plc IHG.L said on Friday it was selling 13 hotels to  Hospitality Properties Trust HPT.N for $450 million, as part  of its strategy to sell hotels it owns and focus on franchising  and managing instead.
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Tishman Speyer Properties and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. are close to a deal to acquire the real estate investment trust Archstone-Smith Trust , the online edition of The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.
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Host Marriott Corp. said Wednesday that it is selling a majority of its stake in Courtyard hotels to an institutional investor for $92 million in a move to divest a noncore asset.
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PARAMUS, N.J. -- A group led by Vornado Realty Trust boosted its offer for Equity Office Properties Trust to $23.24 billion, or $56 per share, in cash and stock on Thursday, topping a private equity firm's buyout bid.
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TOKYO/HONG KONG  - U.S. private equity fund Blackstone Group is raising $10 billion for one of the biggest ever global property funds, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N), the  conglomerate headed by billionaire investor Warren Buffett,  said on Tuesday it planned to buy 60 percent of manufacturing  and services group Marmon Holdings Inc. for $4.5 billion.
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Real estate investment trust  Archstone-Smith  has agreed to be acquired by Tishman  Speyer and Lehman Brothers Holdings  for $22.2 billion,  including debt, the companies said on Tuesday.
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Private equity firms Madrone Capital  Partners and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners agreed to invest $1  billion in closely held Global Hyatt Corp, the hotel company&#39;s  chairman, Tom Pritzker, said on Wednesday.
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Hotel operator Wyndham International Inc. (WBR.A: Quote, Profile, Research) on Friday said it agreed to sell 25 hotels for $366 million to a private investment fund managed by Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
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A New Jersey private investment firm said yesterday it bought Domain Home, the upscale Norwood furniture chain, and plans on opening as many as 15 new stores in the coming years.
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Global Hyatt, the hotel company controlled by the Pritzker family of Chicago, said Wednesday that it would sell a minority stake to a group of investors, including Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, for $1 billion. The deal, which is the latest step in the familyâs restructuring of its holdings, seemed to damp speculation that Hyatt is headed [...].
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Blackstone Group said it would buy GSO Capital Partners, a fund manager focused on leveraged finance, for as much as $930 million in cash and Blackstone units.
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InterContinental Hotels Group Plc (IHG.L: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday it was selling 13 hotels to Hospitality Properties Trust (HPT.