Real Estate

GTIS Partners announced that it will expand into infrastructure investing in Brazil. Eduardo Klepacz, formerly CEO of Cubico Brazil, one of the country’s largest renewable energy generators, will lead GTIS’ new team based in Sao Paulo.

ALIGNMEX Capital is planning to issue a second CKD vehicle in less than 14 months through the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV). The vehicle will seek to raise up to MXN$3 billion, and will invest in its BosqueReal real estate project, which is located in Huixquilucan, Mexico.

Inmobilia, a Yucatecan real estate development company, successfully listed its debut CKD vehicle for up to MXN$6 billion on the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV). The firm plans to invest in 28 residential and commercial real estate projects.

Grupo Zap, which merged with VivaReal last year, is opening a co-working space for startups in São Paulo along with other real estate players.

Grupo Pegasus will inject US$35m to build the first headquarters of El Viajero Hostels in Bogota, Medellin, and Buritaca, Colombia. 

Logistics-focused global real estate investor Prologis targets new projects in Brazil.

Némesis Capital plans to raise up to MXN1.4b via a CKD for three real estate projects including mixed-use and housing in Mexico.

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has committed up to US$50m to Avenida Capital’s Colombia Real Estate Fund II (CREF II) to support the development of low and middle-income housing and sustainable commercial and mixed-use projects in urban parts of Colombia.

Over the last few years, coinciding with a period of political uncertainty in major Latin American economies, private capital investors including international…

LAVCA spoke with Brian Finerty, CIO of Equity International, about the opportunity for real estate investment in Latin America, including…