Latest Real Estate News – Page 764

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    CalPERS invests in ‘master-planned’ residential

    2008-07-17T15:40:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Newland Communities has made another investment in a residential land for a partnership with the California Public Employees Retirement System.

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    Florida plans up to $1.1bn investment in infrastructure and timber

    2008-07-17T15:35:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Florida State Board of Administration has approved commitments to infrastructure and timber for as much as $1.1bn (€691.6m).

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    Gdansk hosts Poland’s first PPP

    2008-07-14T16:20:00Z

    POLAND - The regeneration of Gdansk shipyards – the iconic launch site of Lech Wałęsa’s anti-Communist Solidarity movement in the early 1980s – is to be Poland’s first full private-public partnership.

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    SWFs avoid infrastructure, opt for funds

    2008-07-14T16:15:00Z

    GLOBAL - Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) will shy away from direct investment in global infrastructure to avoid allegations of ‘political’ investment, according to analysts at the McKinsey Global Institute, an economics thinktank.

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    Property funds target Italian market, investors

    2008-07-14T16:10:00Z

    ITALY - LaSalle Investment Management last week opened an office in Milan under former Redevco chief acquisitions officer Francesco Coviello.

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    Developer bags ABP for European reach

    2008-07-14T16:05:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - APG, the investment arm of ABP, has acquired a 5.77% shareholding in French shopping centre developer Altarea.

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    Capri goes international

    2008-07-11T09:50:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Capri Capital Partners has expanded its efforts to international real estate with its plans to develop a $2bn (€1.27bn) mixed-use project in Saudi Arabia.

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    Virginia places capital in real estate debt securities

    2008-07-11T09:45:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Virginia Retirement System has created two new investment entities to investing in real estate debt securities.

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    Pramerica creates investment platform for India

    2008-07-11T09:40:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Pramerica Real Estate Investors has created an investment platform for investing in India.

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    Starwood Land creates $150m JV

    2008-07-11T09:35:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Starwood Land Ventures has setup a $150m (€95.3m) joint venture with Riverway Properties to invest in residential land acquisition and new project development in Houston.

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    Sacramento County works on international REIT manager search

    2008-07-11T09:30:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Sacramento County Employees’ Retirement System is carrying out an international REIT manager search.

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    SWF to invest $150bn in real estate – DEGI

    2008-07-07T16:33:00Z

    GLOBAL – Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF) will increase their property exposure to 15% over the next few years, German real estate company DEGI estimates in an analysis of the market.

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    Immofinanz and Immoeast buy parent's property

    2008-07-07T16:21:00Z

    AUSTRIA – Constantia private bank is giving up its real estate business and selling to its sister firms, Immofinanz and Immoeast, for €440m.

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    Investors to raise real estate holdings

    2008-07-07T16:00:00Z

    EUROPE – A study of European institutional investors reveals one in four expect to increase their allocation to real estate this year, while one in 20 expect to reduce their weighting.

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    Landmark move predicted on real estate FoFs

    2008-07-07T15:45:00Z

    EUROPE –European institutional investors are likely to see a significant growth in more liquid real estate fund-of-funds in the market as a result of demand from investors, Landmark Partners has suggested.

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    Sweden sells €4.4bn real estate arm to AP

    2008-07-07T10:00:00Z

    SWEDEN – The Swedish government has agreed to sell the state-owned real-estate company Vasakronan to AP Fastigheter in a deal valued at SEK 41.1bn (€4.4bn).

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    Manchester seeks property agent

    2008-07-03T18:06:00Z

    UK – The £9.6bn (€12bn) Greater Manchester pension fund is seeking a new property management firm to manage part of its real estate portfolio.

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    German fund seeks up to $1bn in US core

    2008-07-03T17:22:00Z

    UNITED STATES - The Deka Global investment fund is looking to invest in United States’ core real estate, to the tune of $500m (€317.4bn) to $1bn.

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    LaSalle raising shows less pensions capital in real estate

    2008-07-03T17:20:00Z

    UNITED STATES - The recent capital raising by LaSalle Investment Management for its Income & Growth Fund V is further proof that pension funds in the United States are not as keen to move capital into real estate.

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    US pension funds face slow activity

    2008-07-03T17:16:00Z

    UNITED STATES – Pension funds have found activity in the buying and selling of real estate is slowing considerably in the United States, as a result of the downturn in prices and sentiment in the property markets.