Latest reports – Page 2872
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Middle Eastern SWF refinances Carlyle's Freeport subsidiary
Freeport also unveils retail entity providing outsourced asset management services.
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News
Danish pension fund PenSam to enter residential mortgage lending market
Earmarks initial DKK1bn to take second-lien loans from troubled Danish banks.
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PropertyEU Archive
Skanska sells property to pension funds for EUR 35m
Swedish construction and development group Skanska has sold the Attunda office building just outside Stockholm for around SEK 320 mln (EUR 35 mln). The buyer is a consortium of pension funds belonging to seven leading Swedish companies, Atlas Copco, Apoteksbolaget, Ericsson, Sandvik, Skanska, Stora Enso and Volvo.
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Germany overtakes UK as largest retail investment market: CBRE
Germany was the largest retail property investment market in Europe after outpacing the UK for the first time ever in the third quarter of 2011, according to the latest data from global real estate adviser CBRE.
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Investment property to be excluded from leasing rules overhaul
The two main accounting standards bodies globally have made a preliminary decision to exclude all investment property lessors from a proposed major overhaul of rules for how businesses recognise lease transactions, the European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) said on Wednesday.
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PropertyEU Archive
UK bank lending slumps to Lehman collapse levels: JLL
UK bank lending to real estate has dropped back to the levels seen in the period immediately after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, according to global property adviser Jones Lang LaSalle.
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Goodman to build 45,000m[sup]2[/sup] facility for Volkswagen
Global property developer Goodman Group has signed an agreement with Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles for a new built-to-suit production facility in Hanover.
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GTC to invest EUR 160m in new 60,000-m[sup]2[/sup] mall in Warsaw
Listed Polish property developer Globe Trade Centre plans to invest EUR 160 mln to develop a new shopping and entertainment centre in Warsaw.
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PropertyEU Archive
Metro in talks to sell Kaufhof chain
German retailer Metro Group has confirmed it is holding separate talks with two billionaire investors about a potential sale of its Kaufhof department store chain.
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Unibail-Rodamco takes control of Bratislava mall
Unibail-Rodamco, Europe's largest listed property firm, is investing EUR 151 mln in the acquisition of a 50% stake in the Aupark shopping centre in Bratislava, Slovakia. The vendor is local developer HB Reavis Group.
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Zeppelin mall expansion opens in Finland
Helsinki-based listed property company Sponda has announced the inauguration of expanded Zeppelin shopping centre in Kempele, northern Finland.
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IVG snaps up EUR 400m Silberturm in Frankfurt
Listed German property firm IVG has led the consortium acquisition of the iconic Silver Tower (Silberturm) building in Frankfurt's banking district from Commerzbank. Although financial details were kept confidential, the property is said to be valued at over EUR 400 mln.
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Magazine
A helping hand
Real estate fund managers are finding ways to help investors move up the risk curve. Shayla Walmsley reports
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PropertyEU Archive
Union acquires Bethanien Center from Natixis
Hamburg-based Union Investment has bought the Bethanien-Center mall in the northern German town of Neubrandenburg for an undisclosed sum. The vendor is Captiva Capital Partners III fund, which is managed by French investment manager Natixis Capital Partners.
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GPR European index bounces back in October
European listed real estate, as represented in the GPR 250 Europe Index, finished 6.2% higher in October. This follows on from four months of losses.
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Stenham snaps up Hamburg's Alte Post for EUR 110m
An affiliate of UK investor Stenham Property is acquiring the historic Alte Post mixed-use building in Hamburg for more than EUR 110 mln, reflecting a low yield of 4.72%.
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St Martins buys City office from Hammerson - report
Kuwaiti property investor St Martins Corporation is reportedly buying 60 Threadneedle Street in the City of London from UK REIT Hammerson. The transaction is said to amount to over £175 mln (EUR 203 mln), reflecting a record low yield of below 5%, according to a news report in PropertyWeek.
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PropertyEU Archive
PropertyMatch sees EUR 820m of trades since launch
PropertyMatch, the secondary trading portal for unlisted real estate funds, has reported over £440 mln (EUR 514 mln) of trades in the past 12 months, compared to £250 mln in the same period a year before.
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Carlyle's Freeport gets equity injection from SWF
Freeport, the retail outlet operating unit of Carlyle Europe Real Estate, has received financing backing from an unnamed Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund. The funding is in the in the low three-digit million range.
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London City, Prague offices remain 'warm' in double-dip scenario: DTZ
Nearly all European office markets would be unattractive for investors in a double-dip economic recession scenario, according to an analysis by DTZ due to be launched on Tuesday. Non-eurozone office markets would in general be more resilient but the only two exceptions to the general downturn would be London City ...
