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PropertyEU Archive
Banks are 25% through deleveraging process: Morgan Stanley
European banks have completed 20-25% of the commercial real estate deleveraging process, a faster pace than expected, according to a new research report published by Morgan Stanley.
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PropertyEU Archive
Cultural and legal issues challenge maturing Turkish property market
Turkey’s lenient planning laws can still thwart foreign developers and investors keen to build up a position in this emerging country on the fringe of Europe, Barlas Balcioglu, partner, head of Istanbul real estate at Salans, told the PropertyEU Turkey Investment Briefing hosted on Thursday by Aberdeen Asset Management at ...
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Time is right for German listed sector evolution, says EPRA
The lack of a large listed real estate sector in Germany means Europe's largest economy is only benefitting to a limited extent from the strong investment flows and professional services that listed companies can bring to the urban landscape, the European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) argues.
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Obama win a relief for European property investors: Colliers
Barack Obama’s election victory will impact positively on business sentiment in Europe, feeding into occupier markets and, in turn, lifting confidence among property owners and investors, comments Walter Boettcher, director of UK/EMEA Research at Colliers International.
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Russian retail sector sparks race for talent
Earlier this week, Jones Lang LaSalle announced it had poached a team of 25 retail experts from Colliers International in Moscow to strengthen its own Russian retail team. The move comes hard on the heels of the news that Cushman & Wakefield has hired a nine-strong retail team in Moscow ...
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PropertyEU Archive
AIK acquires residential property in Berlin
German real estate investment company AIK has acquired a 3,000 m[sup]2[/sup] residential building in Berlin-Mitte on behalf of a single-investor fund.
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Makro acquires 17,800m[sup]2[/sup] property in Madrid
Cash-and-carry specialist retailer Makro, a Spanish affiliate of the Metro group, has acquired a 17,800 m[sup]2[/sup] property in Madrid for an undisclosed sum. CBRE acted for the vendor in the sale of the property on Paseo Imperial in the Spanish capital. The property was bought from interior furnishings retailer Radisa.
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PropertyEU Archive
Kennedy Wilson poised to close new Irish buy
US real estate investor Kennedy Wilson is set to finalise the acquisition of another Irish multi-family residential portfolio after signing a preliminary agreement in late October, PropertyEU has learned.
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SES Spar joins sustainability alliance
European shopping centre developer SES Spar has become the latest member of the International Sustainability Alliance (ISA), a global network of real estate owners, occupiers, developers and investors which collectively control commercial real estate assets worth some EUR 150 bn.
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PropertyEU Archive
Real estate investment slows in Western Europe: BNPPRE
Commercial real estate investment activity in Western Europe dropped by 9% over the first nine months of 2012 compared to same period in 2011 and continues to slow, property adviser BNP Paribas Real Estate (BNPPRE) said.
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Starwood links up with CWI to launch European finance platform
US-based investor Starwood Capital Group has announced the launch of Starwood European Finance Company (StarFin), a real estate finance platform designed to take advantage of financing opportunities arising from banks' retreat from property lending.
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Mirland secures financing for phase II of St Petersburg project
Russian real estate company Mirland has secured a loan of $47.5 mln (EUR 37 mln) via its Petra subsidiary to finance the construction of 630 apartments in the second phase of the Triumph Park mixed-use development in St Petersburg.
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Spanish market fails to attract new lenders
Core investors like insurers and private equity houses are becoming more willing to provide financing in the larger, stable markets of Western Europe, but Spain remains an exception, Jesus Varela, partner and head of Real Estate Spain at law firm Salans told the PropertyEU Debt Finance Investment Briefing at Expo ...
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ICSC Europe plans EU push
The International Council of Shopping Centres (ICSC) is gearing up to hold an event in Brussels next May that would bring together EU officials and the national shopping centre councils which fall under the European organisation, ICSC Europe’s new managing director Mike Morrissey, told PropertyEU.
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Tuesday people roundup
GLOBAL – First State, SWIP, Baird, RREEF, Metropolitan, REC, Carey Olsen
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LGPS could see infrastructure allocation boosted by 15%
UK – Government consultation proposes new upper threshold on limited partnerships.
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BA Pensions joins ranks of Pension Infrastructure Platform investors
UK – Scheme listed as founding investor together with Strathclyde, BAE and BT, among others.
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PGGM makes follow-on investment in shopping centre joint venture
NORTH AMERICA – New commitments with partner Inland Real Estate come to $250m.
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Russia poised to rev up retail deal engine
A number of big-ticket shopping centres are currently in the deal pipeline in Russia, according to brokers active in the region. In terms of investment, Maxim Karbasnikoff, C&W’s recently appointed retail agency partner in Moscow, expects 2012 will match last year’s record of $7.5 bn (EUR 5.8 bn) with a ...
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Segro seeks to bring urban logistics concept to Warsaw
Segro is considering rolling out its 'urban logistics' concept in Warsaw alongside it larger logistics facilities in Poland. The urban logistics strategy involves multi-unit estates of 2,500 to 7,500 m[sup]2[/sup] located in the inner ring of major cities.
