Take a look at a very informative article appearing in the July 2010 Shopping Center Today describing the recent activity of several sovereign wealth funds shopping for distressed real estate to acquire. Perhaps this is the cash we have been hearing about which has been sitting out the downturn ?
Recently, the news about the $300 billion China Investment Corp. (“CIC”) invested an additional $500 million in Blackstone’s Fund-of-Funds unit and earmarked about $800 million for investing in a Morgan Stanley Global Property Fund has stirred up another round of excited discussions about China’s money pouring into the U.S. Lately, the Wall Street Journal reported that