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    Prime Office plans to list as G-REIT

    2011-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Germany's Prime Office said on Monday that it is planning to launch an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the Frankfurt and Munich stock exchanges this summer beforing converting to a tax-transparent real estate investment trust (REIT).

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    Minerva confirms takeover talks

    2011-05-23T00:00:00Z

    London-listed property company Minerva has confirmed it is in 'advanced discussions' with a number of parties regarding a possible takeover of its £1bn struggling development business.

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    British Land's profit rises 3% to £256m

    2011-05-23T00:00:00Z

    UK REIT British Land saw its profit rise 3% year-on-year to £256 mln in 2010, from £249 mln a year before.

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    Sonae Sierra to manage Italy's Le Isole mall

    2011-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Portuguese retail specialist Sonae Sierra has reached a property management service agreement for Le Isole shopping centre, located in Gravellona Toce, Italy.

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    Siemens and HIH agree sale-and-leaseback deal

    2011-05-23T00:00:00Z

    German closed-end fund manager HIH has acquired an office property in Hamburg's Lindenplatz district on behalf of an unnamed institutional investor from electronic giant Siemens. The companies agreed not to disclose the purchase price in the sale-and-leaseback transaction.

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    IVG places structured private placement

    2011-05-23T00:00:00Z

    IVG Private Funds has created a closed-end fund for the European headquarters of Hermes Logistics Group in the fund manager's first structured private placement. IVG has retained a long-term minority interest in the building and will be responsible for the commercial management of the property and asset management. The financial ...

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    FdR places EUR 550m worth of bonds

    2011-05-23T00:00:00Z

    French SIIC Foncière des Régions (FdR) has announced the issue of EUR 550 mln worth of convertible bonds due on 1 January 2017.

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    Hesse Newman buys in Brussels for EUR 62m

    2011-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Hamburg-based closed-end fund manager Hesse Newman has acquired an office building in the Leopold district of Brussels from an unnamed party for around EUR 62 mln.

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    UK CPT acquires leisure scheme for EUR 58m

    2011-05-20T00:00:00Z

    UK Commercial Property Trust has acquired the Rotunda Leisure Scheme in Kingston upon Thames, UK from Curo Property Funds for £51 mln (EUR 58 mln). The investment volume reflects an initial yield of 6.5%.

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    Pbb posts 3rd profitable quarter in a row

    2011-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, the core bank of Germany's HRE Group, has posted a pre-tax profit of EUR 52 mln in the first quarter of the year, marking the bank's third profitable quarter in a row, against a backdrop of restructuring that is largely completed.

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    Soric seeks manager for new hotel in Marbella

    2011-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Specialist hotel real estate broker, Soric International, is seeking a luxury brand and management deal for the 105-room Mountain Spa Marbella, a proposed luxury mountain resort development in Istan, 15 minutes from the Mediterranean coast. The site has spectacular views across Lake Concepcion to the hills of the Unesco-protected Sierra ...

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    IPD European Property Investment Awards 2011: the winners

    2011-05-20T00:00:00Z

    The Investment Property databank (IPD) presented the 17 winners of its European Property Investment Awards, after the gala dinner reception at its annual European Conference last week. The awards - presented by financial journalist and author Jeroen Smit at Amsterdam's Okura Hotel - recognise outperformance over a three-year period ...

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    SEB ImmoPortfolio Target Return Fund wins IPD award

    2011-05-20T00:00:00Z

    SEB Asset Management's SEB ImmoPortfolio Target Return Fund was one of the winners of this year's IPD European Property Investment Awards. The open-ended real estate fund has delivered the highest average performance in Germany over the past three years. It has now received the coveted award for the fourth year ...

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    Redevco wins two IPD investment awards

    2011-05-20T00:00:00Z

    International retail property specialist Redevco has won two awards at the IPD European Property Investment Conference 2011.

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    Immofinanz sells 30% stake in self-storage arm

    2011-05-20T00:00:00Z

    A subsidiary of Immofinanz has sold its 30% stake in the Austrian self-storage business arm, SelfStorage-Dein Lager Lagervermietungs, to local operator MyPlace SelfStorage Holding for around EUR 34 mln. The closing is scheduled for end-July 2011.

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    SFL issues EUR 500m worth of bonds

    2011-05-20T00:00:00Z

    French property company Société Foncière Lyonnaise has completed its first EUR 500 mln bond issue. The 4.625% inaugural bond issue is due on 25 May 2016.

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    Peakside fund acquires London office project

    2011-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Peakside Capital, a specialist European real estate private equity firm, has acquired 80 Hammersmith Road, London from Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society.

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    Echo gets permit for 25,000m[sup]2[/sup] project in Wroclaw

    2011-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Echo Investment has obtained a building permit for a 25,000-m[sup]2[/sup] A-class office development in the centre of the Polish city of Wroclaw. The Polish-based development company said that Aquarius Business House offers a range of the latest high-end information and communication technology links, security and access control systems as well ...

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    Pluto and Mountgrange launch resi debt fund

    2011-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Pluto Capital and Mountgrange have launched a new fund to help finance residential developments in London and the south-east of England. The fund was established through Mountgrange's real estate opportunity fund MoREOF and will be managed by Pluto Finance. It is expected to deploy £50 mln (EUR 57 mln) over ...

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    Strabag issues EUR 175m corporate bond

    2011-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Austrian property and construction company is issuing a EUR 175 mln corporate bond to be used for general business purposes and improve the company's financing structure. The fixed-interest bond has a term to maturity of seven years and a coupon of 4.75 % per annum.