All articles by Julie Henderson – Page 6
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Washington State commits to Brazil
UNITED STATES - Washington State Investment Board has decided to allocate $100m (€68.4m) into a commingled fund providing debt and equity investments in Brazilian real estate.
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Segro deal to realise Berlin airport city
GERMANY - Berlin Airport Authority and Segro have agreed the development of a 38-hectare business and logistics park next to Berlin’s Schönefeld airport after the London-listed property investor acquired the land for €34m.
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'Mid-sized funds charge more' - INREV
GLOBAL - The larger the fund, the lower the management fee is the conclusion of an INREV survey of fees charged by 160 European non-listed real estate funds, except in funds with assets of €100—299m, as they levy the highest fees.
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Alaska Permanent Fund resettles in Chicago
UNITED STATES - Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation has moved back into investing in the Chicago real estate market for the first time in several years, through the purchase of The Shops at North Bridge.
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CBRE "confident" on Ireland, bar housing
IRELAND - Activity in the Irish residential market will stagnate in 2008 as economic growth drives up office, retail and industrial, suggests a market report published by CB Richard Ellis.
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ING gets keys to ABP property
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension fund giant ABP has signed the biggest real estate deal The Netherlands to date, and is transferring the assets of its €1.6bn KFN non-listed real estate investment trust to ING Real Estate.
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Enfield mulls real estate update
UK – Concerns about the performance of the UK and European property markets mean the London Borough of Enfield is now looking closely at whether to further diversify its pension fund’s real estate allocation.
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Real estate sought through IPE-Quest mandate
SWITZERLAND – A search has been launched for an investment manager to look after a €10m European real estate mandate, using IPE Quest.
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MagazineGet in on the pensions talk: infrastructure
A debate has emerged among pensions and investment experts questioning what pension funds define as an ‘infrastructure’ investment and whether it should have its own asset class, separate to real estate.
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Norway seeks real estate expertise
NORWAY – The Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global has effectively confirmed its intention to invest in real estate by tendering for a real estate investment consultant.
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Pension funds "could power Reits growth"
UK – Assets held by the UK Reits market could double over the next few years if investors such as pension funds sold their real estate assets to the listed market, according to First State Investments.
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BA supports pensions flight with office block
UK – Pension fund of the airline British Airways has bought a recently-completed office development in Birmingham city centre, in a bid to help diversify its asset allocation.
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BT pension fund backs UK developer
UK - The BT Pension Fund has given UK property which is currently seen as a rare vote of confidence and upped its shareholding in UK developers Development Securities.
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Shorenstein buys into mezzanine gap
UNITED STATES - Shorenstein Properties plans to increase its appetite for mezzanine debt deals on office buildings over the next couple of months, to take advantage of the dislocation in the debt markets.
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BT pension fund to sell £240m portfolio
UK – Hermes Real Estate has placed 10 property vehicles on the market, in the hope of generating £240m (€346m) for the BT Pension Scheme.
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Ohio Police & Fire sells separates
UNITED STATES - Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund has voted to approve the transfer of seven separate account assets and move them into a commingled fund.
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Shareholders vote to keep F&C trust open
UK – Investors in the F&C Commercial Property Trust have voted overwhelming for the continuation of the company, despite an earlier drop in its performance.
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Sustainability to split real estate pricing - DTZ
EUROPE – Real estate manager DTZ is predicting Europe will eventually develop into a two-tier property market which prices less energy-efficient real estate at a discount.
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Irish pension fund sells retail stores
IRELAND – The Irish Property Unit Trust is selling some of its retail investments in Cork and Limerick, as well as an office block in Dublin, to finance its stake in a new Cork retail property project.
