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European real estate set to recover from 2013: RREEF

2012-03-20T00:00:00Z

Real estate performance across much of Europe will likely weaken further in 2012 and recover slowly from 2013 onwards, according to RREEF’s European Real Estate Outlook published on Tuesday.
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Industry leaders urge UK government to introduce debt REITs

2012-03-20T00:00:00Z

Real estate industry leaders in the UK are calling on the government to introduce mortgage REITs as a way of making the property debt market more liquid and freeing up banks to lend. The calls come ahead of the presentation of the 2012 UK budget on Wednesday.
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Amsterdam opts for Motel One in Zuidas business district

2012-03-20T00:00:00Z

Amsterdam city council has contracted Dutch developer COD (Cradle of Development) to develop a 280-room hotel in the Zuidas business district for German three-star hotel chain Motel One.
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Deka bags four-star hotel in Amsterdam

2012-03-19T00:00:00Z

German fund manager Deka Immobilien has acquired the four-star American Hotel in Amsterdam in a sale-and-leaseback deal with Hampshire Hospitality.
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Cordea Savills hires duo to lead debt market drive

2012-03-19T00:00:00Z

Property investment manager Cordea Savills has appointed Keith Davidson and James Tarry to lead its entry into the European real estate debt market. Both join from Palatium Investment Management, where Davidson was managing director and Tarry was director.
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Catalunya Caixa puts EUR 150m Spanish assets on the market

2012-03-19T00:00:00Z

Catalunya Caixa is seeking a buyer for EUR 100-150 mln of retail assets in Spain, PropertyEU has learned.
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Patron Capital appoints former Lloyds executive

2012-03-19T00:00:00Z

European private equity group Patron Capital Partners has appointed Mark Collins to spearhead its £1 bn (EUR 1.2 bn) spending spree in the UK market over the next 12 months.
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Hearthstone appoints Hawkins as assistant fund manager

2012-03-19T00:00:00Z

Hearthstone Investments, a UK residential property fund manager, has appointed Lucy Hawkins as assistant fund manager.
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Czech retail park market set to grow: C&W

2012-03-19T00:00:00Z

Developers plan to create 63 new retail parks in the Czech market in response to strong demand among retailers for such space, according to a new report published by Cushman & Wakefield.
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Property investors cite London as top target in 2012

2012-03-19T00:00:00Z

Property investors in Europe view the UK as the most attractive market for purchases in 2012, while London stands out as the single most attractive city, according to research by global property adviser CBRE.
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Hannover Leasing buys green office scheme in Essen

2012-03-19T00:00:00Z

Hannover Leasing has acquired a new office building in Essen from a joint venture between Bauwens Development and Hochtief Projektentwicklung.
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Russia propels rental income and occupancy improvements at Atrium

2012-03-19T00:00:00Z

Russia accounted for the biggest rise in gross rental income at Atrium European Real Estate last year, according to the company's annual report released last week. Lower discounts, new rental agreements and indexation and higher turnover rent lifted gross rental income on a like-for-like basis by 22% to EUR 45 ...
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Swedish funds turn in stellar performance: IPD

2012-03-19T00:00:00Z

Swedish funds turned in the best performance last year of those included in IPD's Pan-European Property Fund Index, delivering a return to investors of 7.2% and direct property returns of 14.6%. This compares with an investor return for European funds as a whole of 4.1%, reflecting underlying direct property returns ...
Analysis
News analysis: Is like-mindedness a red herring for investors?

2012-03-16T16:00:00Z

Are investors focusing on the wrong thing when they fixate on the risk associated with fellow investors?
News
BNP Paribas unveils niche funds, announces third-party expansion

2012-03-16T15:45:00Z

Company launches Italian solar panel, hotel and office development funds.
News
Weak house price growth could turn negative in 2012 – Knight Frank

2012-03-16T15:15:00Z

House price growth worldwide weaker than at any time since second quarter of 2009.
News
Sovereign wealth funds' strategies 'limited by talent issue'

2012-03-16T15:00:00Z

Alpha and alternatives strategies hampered by lack of time and talent, think tank says.
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Testa offloads Barcelona office scheme for EUR 53m

2012-03-16T00:00:00Z

Testa Inmuebles en Renta, part of Spanish construction group Sacyr Vallehermoso, has sold an office building in Barcelona for EUR 53.5 mln, generating a gross profit of nearly EUR 22 mln.
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Savills doubles losses on European business as revenue shrinks further

2012-03-16T00:00:00Z

UK-listed property adviser Savills booked underlying losses of £8.8 mln in 2011 (2010: £4.3 mln loss) on its European transaction business after revenue from its Continental European commercial unit contracted by 14% to £26 mln in 2011 from £30.2 mln the year before. After two years of restructuring, Savills made ...
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German open-ended funds see performance gap widen

2012-03-16T00:00:00Z

German open-ended real estate funds as a whole returned 0.1% in February, but returns on funds with a global focus dropped to a negative result of 0.4%, according to the recently published OFIX-monthly report of Investment Property Databank.