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UK student bed investment breaks records
A record £2 bn (EUR 2.5 bn) was invested in student accommodation in the UK in the first three quarters of 2012 – an increase of 145% on that invested in the first nine months of 2011, new research from CBRE has revealed.
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Insurance model to open riskier CEE markets to pension funds
GLOBAL – First non-US insurer to offer Lloyds-backed title insurance across European markets.
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UK pension funds should 'shun' commercial property for alternatives
UK – Expert at IPD alternatives conference says investors should target 'population' opportunities.
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Separate account pension funds at mercy of 'idiot' property operators
EUROPE – Alternatives manager warns schemes lacking nous to identify credible partners.
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Virginia Retirement invests $200m into apartment JV
NORTH AMERICA – Pritzker to identify new development opportunities for scheme.
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Echo buys development site in Warsaw
Polish listed real estate developer Echo Investment has acquired a development site at Taœmowa Street in Warsaw. The transaction volume came to PLN 60 mln (EUR 15 mln).
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Klépierre more than halfway past EUR 1b disposal target
Listed French real estate company Klépierre has completed or agreed disposals totalling just under EUR 650 mln so far in 2012. This is more than half of the company's target of EUR 1 bn of disposals in 2012-13.
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GE Capital to build $5 bn UK loan portfolio within 5 years
GE Capital Real Estate Europe is hoping to build a $5 bn UK loan portfolio within the next four to five years, according to the company’s Paris-based European president Lennart Sten. ‘The UK is our number one target market, where we are focusing on debt financing,’ he told PropertyEU. ‘You ...
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Gagfah sells 1,244 apartments to LEG
Gagfah, the European real estate company majority-owned by US-based Fortress Investment Group, has sold 1,244 apartments in Bocholt, Western Munsterland to German residential property company LEG NRW. The financial details were not disclosed.
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Union Investment buys office asset in Vienna
Union Investment Real Estate has acquired the fully-let Euro Plaza 4 office building in Vienna as the company continues to invest in core markets in Europe. The property was purchased on behalf of UniImmo: Deutschland open-ended real estate fund for EUR 150 mln.
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German property investment still on target to hit EUR 20b: Colliers
Colliers International is sticking to its prognosis that German real estate investment volumes could reach EUR 20 bn for full-year 2012. Transaction volume on the commercial investment market in Germany stood at some EUR 14.5 bn at the end of the third quarter of 2012.
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Hines Global acquires 5th logistics asset from Prologis Europe
US investor Hines has acquired its fifth logistics asset from Prologis European Holdings. Hines Global REIT purchased the two-building logistics facility in Sosnowiec, a town in the Upper Silesia area of Poland, for $25.8 mln (EUR 20 mln).
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CBRE GI secures 70,000m[sup]2[/sup] warehouse leasing deal
CBRE Global Investors has secured what it says is one of the largest warehouse lettings in the UK this year at Nimbus Park, Thorne, Doncaster.
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Domestic buyers dominate top German investments in Q3
Cross-border real estate investors remain keen on the German market but domestic buyers dominated activity in the third quarter, according to research by PropertyEU.
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Deutsche Post and Alpha unveil plans for German parcel centre
Alpha Industrial has said it is making one of the largest investments in the German logistics market with postal and logistics giant Deutsche Post/DHL.
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Poland, Czech Republic drive CEE property investment
Poland and the Czech Republic remain the most active markets in Central & Eastern Europe (excluding Russia) in terms of commercial real estate investment transactions.
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Mitsui Fudosan and Stanhope start spec development in City of London
Japanese real estate giant Mitsui Fudosan and UK developer Stanhope have started building work on a £110 mln (EUR 137 mln) speculative office development in the City of London.
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German roundup: Bayern LB, GBW, Union Investment, Japan-Spezialfonds, Secinvest
GERMANY – Regional bank Bayern LB kicks off bidding process for real estate division GBW.
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Brussels should allow DC pensions to invest in 'illiquid' funds – AREF
EUROPE – Association urges EC to keep illiquid real estate funds open to retail investors.
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Unite completes Camden student housing site acquisition
Unite Group has completed the purchase of a site in Camden, north London for a 563-bed student housing scheme.
