The New York Times revealed that Alex Witkoff pitched a $4 billion real estate fund to sovereign wealth funds of Qatar, UAE, and Kuwait while his father Steve Witkoff served as Trump’s special envoy negotiating Gaza ceasefire with those same nations. The proposed ‘Special Situations Real …
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Elon Musk completed a $44 billion acquisition of Twitter Inc. with significant funding from Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal’s Kingdom Holding Company and Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, raising critical questions about foreign influence over global communication …
Brookfield Asset Management, with Qatar Investment Authority as second-largest investor, paid $1.28 billion for 99-year lease on Kushner’s troubled 666 Fifth Avenue property. Deal came after Charles Kushner’s April 2017 request for Qatari financing was rejected, followed by Jared …
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Jared Kushner’s underwater 666 Fifth Avenue property received a $1.28 billion bailout from Brookfield Property Partners, where Qatar Investment Authority held a 7-9% stake, just months after Trump reversed U.S. support for the Saudi-led Qatar blockade. The Kushners had desperately sought …
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Brookfield acquired a 99‑year leasehold on the office portion of 666 Fifth Avenue from
Kushner Companies, resolving a distressed financing situation. Public records and press
accounts note that Qatar’s sovereign fund (QIA) was a major investor in Brookfield Property
Partners, while Brookfield …
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