Starwood Capital Group Closes Two Funds; 2005 Total Capital Raised Tops $3 Billion
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Starwood Capital Group Closes Two Funds; 2005 Total Capital Raised Tops $3 Billion
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Category: Worldwide
This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2006-02-07
Starwood Capital Group Global, LLC today announced the successful closing of two funds, its $1.475 billion Starwood Global Opportunity Fund VII and its $900 million Starwood Hospitality Fund I. The closing of the funds brings Starwood Capital's total capital raised in 2005 to more than $3 billion.
Starwood's Global Opportunity Fund is focused on investing in undervalued real estate and real estate-related assets and operating companies globally across all property types including senior housing, residential, retail, office, land and development. The Hospitality Fund will invest in and develop hotel, resort and related leisure activities and properties throughout the world and at all levels of the capital structure. Investments will include single assets, portfolios and corporate entities.
"2005 was an excellent year for our firm and both of our funds. Major transactions included the acquisition of Societe Du Louvre in France for an aggregate value in excess of $3.2 billion, the acquisition in a joint venture of Meridien, the acquisition of Mammoth Mountain in California, and the acquisition of Harmony, an 11,000 acre master planned community in Orlando, Florida. In total, in 2005 the Starwood Funds acquired interests in more than 250 hotels in the United States, Canada, Europe and the Caribbean," said Barry Sternlicht, Starwood Capital's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Just as importantly, Starwood substantially increased its team adding six new partners and opening three new offices in the United States in Ft Lauderdale, Washington DC, and Phoenix. 2006 promises to be an exciting year for Starwood."
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