Starwood to Start Pitching New Distressed Real Estate Fund

  • Company is in preliminary talks with potential investors
  • Sternlicht has said firm is eyeing potential distress

Barry Sternlicht

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Starwood Capital Group, the firm led by Barry Sternlicht, is in preliminary talks with potential investors for a new opportunistic real estate fund, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

A new vehicle, which hasn’t formally launched, would follow the company’s Starwood Distressed Opportunity Fund XII, which closedBloomberg Terminal in October 2021 with more than $10 billion in commitments, said the people, who asked to remain anonymous citing private information.