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PropertyEU Archive
AXA Real Estate steps up focus on development
AXA Real Estate plans to increase its focus on development as a way of diversifying its strategy in a market where core investments are thin on the ground, CEO Pierre Vaquier told PropertyEU in an interview.
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PropertyEU Archive
MWB agrees EUR 99m hotel leaseback with Deka and LGP
London-listed hotel group MWB has sold four of its Malmaison hotel projects at a big discount to pay down debt in a sale-and-leaseback deal with funds managed by Germany's Deka Immobilien and UK-based Legal and General Property (LGP). Deka and LGP paid £86.8 mln (EUR 99 mln) in cash for ...
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PropertyEU Archive
CEE investment volume hits EUR 5.3b in H1: CBRE
Real estate investment turnover in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) reached EUR 5.3 bn in H1 2011, reflecting continued strong growth in the prime segment, according to the latest data from CB Richard Ellis (CBRE). The H1 figure brings the year-to-date investment volume in the region close to the full-year ...
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PropertyEU Archive
German office take-up rises 19% in H1: Colliers
Office take-up in the six biggest markets in Germany was up almost 19% at around 1.42 million m² in the first six months of 2011 compared with the year-earlier period, new figures from Colliers International show.
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PropertyEU Archive
Pembroke acquires Munich office property
Boston-based Pembroke Real Estate has acquired the Altstadt Palais office building in Munich for an undisclosed price. This is the second acquisition by Pembroke on behalf of its investors this year, following the purchase of the Lorenzistock building in January.
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PropertyEU Archive
EMEA hotel investment rebounds
Hotel investment volumes in the EMEA region reached EUR 3.4 bn during the first six months of 2011, a 73% increase on the same period last year (EUR 1.94 bn), according to Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels.
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PropertyEU Archive
Union Investment buys redeveloped complex in Wiesbaden
German fund manager Union Investment has acquired the ‘Dern’sche Höfe’ mixed-use property in the centre of Wiesbaden for its institutional fund DEFO-Immobilienfonds 1. The purchase price was not disclosed. The vendor is German property company Quantum Immobilien.
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PropertyEU Archive
JLL announces senior director promotions
Global real estate adviser Jones Lang LaSalle has announced international and regional director promotions across Central and Eastern Europe.
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PropertyEU Archive
Unibail-Rodamco sees strong rental growth in H1
Unibail-Rodamco, the largest listed property company in Europe, has reported EUR 647 mln in net rental income for the first half of 2011, a like-for-like increase of 5.5%.
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PropertyEU Archive
Alstria acquires office building in Stuttgart for EUR 16m
Hamburg-based Alstria Office REIT has acquired a property in Stuttgart for EUR 15.9 mln, reflecting an initial yield of 8.2%. The investment volume for the 8,340 m[sup]2[/sup] property comes to EUR 1,903 per m[sup]2[/sup]. The identity of the vendor was not disclosed.
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Magazine
Innovate to accumulate
It is still a tough capital-raising market for real estate fund managers. But success can be had, especially where strategies are focused and innovative. Richard Lowe reports
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Magazine
In a hole, stop digging
Southern European investors stuck in an economic hole are likely to stop digging and hold on until the worst is over, as Shayla Walmsley reports
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Magazine
The push for sustainability
How much are real estate investors doing to promote and encourage sustainability? Richard Lowe talked to some of the organisations involved
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Magazine
The ‘triple bottom line’
The concept of sustainability is now deeply embedded in TIAA-CREF’s real estate investment activities. Nick Stolatis tells Richard Lowe why it is essential to address the topic on multiple fronts
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Magazine
Tall order
NAEV is planning to ‘green’ its entire residential property portfolio in Germany. Hermann Aukamp tells Richard Lowe why and how the issue becomes more complicated for commercial and international real estate
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How much is enough?
A more pragmatic approach is required if the industry is to make serious progress on sustainability issues, as Shayla Walmsley reports
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Walking the talk
Sustainable property investment has attracted considerable debate but what are fund managers doing on the ground? Andrew Szyman reports
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Peer pressure
Pick the low hanging fruit: something as simple as seeing on a utility bill how one’s own energy efficiency compares with the norm can have a dramatic impact on usage, as Dirk Brounen reports
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Magazine
Value: how sustainable?
Risk management has been at the centre of much debate but on the subject of sustainability significant risks are still being taken. Anne Sophie Blin and Julie Hirigoyen consider what action should be taken
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Sustainable as standard
US privately-held developer Hines is a major player in the market for sustainable property in the US, Europe and emerging markets. Jerry Lea, head of sustainability initiatives, tells Shayla Walmsley why pragmatism pays
