Latest reports – Page 2021
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PropertyEU ArchiveInvestors cannot afford to bypass Europe, industry heads say
Global real estate investors will continue to target Europe despite the market upheaval in the wake of the UK’s vote to exit the EU. That is the firm conviction of the heads of two of Europe’s leading real estate associations.
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PropertyEU ArchiveThree views on Brexit: US, CEE and UK perspectives
PropertyEU held its bi-annual series of Outlook Investment Briefings in London, Hamburg and New York in recent weeks. Here is an overview of the three different regional perspectives.
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PropertyEU ArchiveA 'bright future' for CEE real estate
The low-hanging fruit has been picked in Central and Eastern Europe, but savvy investors can still reap a rich harvest, delegates heard at a PropertyEU’s CEE Investment Summit which was held in Warsaw recently.
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PropertyEU ArchiveEuropean outlook remains strong despite Brexit, says Savills head
The UK real estate investment market is set for a major drop in volumes this year in the wake of the Brexit referendum vote, but the European perspective is ‘pretty much undiminished’, according to Mark Ridley, CEO UK and Europe at London-based advisor Savills.
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PropertyEU ArchiveBrexit vote poses a threat to uniform standards, INREV chief warns
The UK referendum vote in favour of an exit from the EU could pose a threat to processes underway to improve market transparency in the real estate sector, Matthias Thomas, CEO of the European association of investors in non-listed real estate vehicles (INREV), has warned.
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PropertyEU ArchiveCapMan wins €400m Nordic resi mandate from BVK
Scandinavian asset manager CapMan Real Estate has signed an agreement with Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK), Germany's largest pension scheme group, to invest up to €400 mln in residential real estate in the Nordics on behalf of the institutional investor.
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PropertyEU ArchiveHCI takes majority stake in €540m WestFonds
German listed asset and investment manager HCI Capital has announced the acquisition of a 95% stake in WestFonds from workout bank Erste Abwicklungsanstalt (EAA).
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PropertyEU ArchiveFloreat, Cornerstone ink value-add deal in Duesseldorf
The Real Assets Global Opportunity Fund I, a vehicle focused on core income-producing assets and value-add opportunities in the UK and Germany, has acquired the Büropark am Flughafen office complex in Duesseldorf, Germany, from Varia-Bau & Co. and Parsevalstrasse & Co.
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PropertyEU ArchiveSpanish bank Popular evaluates €4b property spin-off
Spanish bank Popular has announced it is evaluating a number of options to dispose of its bad assets including a potential spin-off of at least €4 bn in real estate properties.
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Aberdeen lifts suspension on €3.7b UK property fund
Aberdeen Fund Managers has lifted a two-week trading suspension on its £3.2 bn (€3.7 bn) Aberdeen UK Property Fund introduced last week to contain a rush by retail investors to redeem their cash following the Brexit vote in the UK referendum last month.
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PropertyEU ArchiveDutch pension funds invest €60m in Amsterdam’s Red Light District
Amsterdam’s efforts to regenerate the oldest part of the city centre that includes the Red Light District, an area known for its sex and drugs trade, have received a €60 mln boost following investment by two Dutch pension funds advised by institutional property manager Syntrus Achmea Real Estate & Finance.
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Hahn Group launches €500m German retail fund
German group Hahn's DeWert Deutsche Wertinvestment unit has announced the launch of a new special retail investment fund with a target volume of €500 mln.
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PropertyEU ArchiveING finances Och Ziff's Dutch retail portfolio buy
ING Real Estate Finance said on Thursday that it has financed the acquisition of a portfolio of over 30 Dutch retail assets by HS Group, a company linked to US private equity firm Och Ziff Capital Management.
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PropertyEU ArchiveBrexit and real estate - read the PropertyEU Outlook edition online
The July 2016 edition of PropertyEU magazine is out now and available online for subscribers. This special edition is packed with exclusive commentary and analysis by leading US, UK and European experts on the outlook for real estate following Brexit; sector reports on the ecommerce, logistics, retail and alternative sectors, and ...
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PropertyEU ArchiveUK fund crisis is a different animal to Germany’s former fund crisis
Despite the raft of UK property funds that have either suspended redemptions or marked down the value of their fund in the past two weeks following the shock UK vote to leave the EU, comparisons to Germany’s open-ended fund crisis in 2009 are premature, according to James Beckham, head of ...
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PropertyEU ArchiveUK investment to drop by 25% due to Brexit, says C&W
The UK’s decision to leave the EU will trigger lower real estate investment volumes in the UK but the rest of Europe is on target to see growth of 10%, according to a new report from Cushman & Wakefield.
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PropertyEU ArchiveIndustry heavyweight joins Colliers as EMEA director of Client Services
Property agent Colliers International has announced the appointment of Peter Leyburn as EMEA director of Client Services.
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PropertyEU ArchiveConsortium secures €385m loan for London resi tower project
The international consortium of investors behind the development of London's Pinnacle tower has obtained a £320 mln (€385 mln) development financing for what is arguably the tallest consented residential tower in Europe.
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PropertyEU ArchiveMeyer Bergman wins consent for 18,000 m2 London redevelopment
Retail investor Meyer Bergman has been granted planning permission for a 197,786 sq ft (18,375 m2) mixed-use redevelopment of the former Vinopolis wine-tasting venue in Bankside, in the London Borough of Southwark.
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PropertyEU ArchiveCOMMENT: Ignore pundits, no knee-jerk reaction, do homework
Brexit? Discount the torrent of words from those talking their own book. Ignore pundits, including this one.
