Denver real estate investor purchases offices with creative financing

Sean Sjodin spent $5.1 million on a suburban-style office complex in Denver, but in a rather atypical fashion. “This is new age … You have to be very creative to get any office financing in this market,” he said. Sjodin runs local real estate firm Ascent Real Estate Partners. Last year, he zeroed in on … Read more

Indicted Sonoma real estate investor Ken Mattson accedes to personal bankruptcy

The move adds to the string of bankruptcy cases now tied to Mattson, including a business he controlled with his wife, and the partnership most closely associated with his once vast Sonoma Valley real estate empire. A month after Ken Mattson agreed to enter his company, KS Mattson Partners, into bankruptcy, the indicted Sonoma real … Read more

Legal & General acquires real estate investor in private assets push

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Legal & General, the British finance company that is one of Europe’s largest asset managers, has acquired a real estate investor as part of a strategic push into private markets under chief executive António Simões. … Read more