SWD
Advisors
SWD manages and
co-invests in the $400 million real estate
investment program. Together with SWD the
investment platform will be capitalized by
Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners, which
is the real estate merchant banking arm of
Lehman Brothers Private Equity. Capital &
Counties U.S.A., Inc., a subsidiary of a
major public European real estate investor,
will provide additional capital.
Lehman Brothers
Lehman Brothers
(ticker symbol: LEH), an innovator in global
finance, serves the financial needs of
corporations, governments and
municipalities, institutional clients and
high-net-worth individuals worldwide.
Founded in 1850, Lehman Brothers maintains
leadership positions in equity and fixed
income sales, trading and research,
investment banking, private investment
management, asset management and private
equity. The Firm is headquartered in New
York, with regional headquarters in London
and Tokyo, and operates in a network of
offices around the world. For further
information about Lehman Brothers’ services,
products and recruitment opportunities,
visit the Firm's Web site at
www.lehman.com.
Lehman Brothers’
Private Equity business, started in 1984,
manages $26 billion in 23 different
investment strategies across six asset
classes: merchant banking, venture capital,
real estate, fund-of-funds, credit and
infrastructure. Lehman Brothers Real Estate
Partners manages a full-service real estate
merchant banking business with two global
equity funds aggregating $4.0 billion of
equity capital and one mezzanine investment
fund aggregating $1.1 billion of equity
capital.
Lehman Brothers
Inc. Member SIPC
Capital &
Counties U.S.A., Inc.
Capital and
Counties USA Inc. (C&C) is a wholly owned
subsidiary of London based public REIT with
a market capitalization of £9B (approx $18B
at current exchange). C&C’s parent is the
third largest property owner/developer in
the UK. Retail is by far the predominant
asset class in the portfolios of both C&C
(community centers and a regional mall) and
its parent (primarily regional malls). The
company seeks to diversify its portfolio
through increased foreign investment
(including the US) and opportunity driven
joint ventures.