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    Deal Analysis: CMBS deals creep back

    2011-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Despite continuing concerns about the economic fundamentals, activity in the European real estate investment market is picking up. January and February saw more and bigger deals in the real estate market, the return of creative financing and strong interest in alternative property investments and secondary markets.

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    MAB sells Haarlem Raaks shopping area to Generali

    2011-04-07T00:00:00Z

    MAB Development and Generali Real Estate Investments have signed a sales agreement for the Raaks project in the centre of Haarlem, the Netherlands. The investment volume was not disclosed.

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    Standard Life fund buys Gateway shopping centre

    2011-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Standard Life Investments (SLI) has announced the freehold acquisition of The Gateway Shopping Park, Trowbridge in the UK from developer Parkridge. The £21 mln (EUR 24 mln) transaction reflected an initial yield of 5.7% and was carried out on behalf of SLI's UK Property Fund.

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    Castellum buys and sells in Gothenburg

    2011-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Listed Swedish real estate group Castellum has acquired a 10,800-m[sup]2[/sup] mixed property the area Lindholmen, Norra Älvstranden in Gothenburg for SEK 183 mln (EUR 20 mln) and sold land in the Kallebäck region of Gothenburg for SEK 21 mln.

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    MSREF sells EUR 450m European hotel portfolio

    2011-04-06T00:00:00Z

    Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds (MSREF) has sold a portfolio of European hotels to Lebanese businessman Toufic Aboukhater for around EUR 450 mln, well-informed market sources confirmed to PropertyEU.

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    GOEFs carry out EUR 10.9b of transactions in 2010

    2011-04-06T00:00:00Z

    German open-ended real estate funds (GOEFs) took advantage of favourable conditions in 2010 to increase their trading activities, particularly in cross-border transactions. In all, the funds bought and sold 173 assets for a total of EUR 10.9 bn, according to a new report published by the German fund association BVI.

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    ECE to manage Modoo shopping centre in Oviedo

    2011-04-06T00:00:00Z

    Auxideico, the Spanish subsidiary of German shopping centre specialist ECE, has taken over the management of Modoo centre in Oviedo, the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain.

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    Spanish commercial property returns to positive territory

    2011-04-06T00:00:00Z

    Spanish commercial property delivered a positive total return in 2010 of 4.9%, a substantial improvement on a negative result of 9.3% in 2009, according to the IPD Spain Annual Property Index.

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    Unibail-Rodamco gets green light for Triangle in Paris

    2011-04-06T00:00:00Z

    Unibail-Rodamco has been given the green light to go ahead with the development of a 180-metre high Triangle-shaped office tower in Paris. The construction costs for the 'Triangle' project are estimated at around EUR 500 mln.

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    Union Investment sells top Parisian hotel for EUR 215m

    2011-04-06T00:00:00Z

    German fund manager Union Investment has announced the sale of the 5-star Marriott Champs-Elysées hotel in a deal worth some EUR 215 mln to an undisclosed buyer.

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    Investors will opt for smaller deals to minimise risk, Gilbertson predict

    2011-04-06T00:00:00Z

    In April, professor Barry Gilbertson retires as a partner specialising in strategic advice on real estate assets at PricewaterhouseCoopers and become a non-executive consultant at Knight Frank. A leading property receiver, Gilbertson (60) was involved in the workout of $15 bn (EUR 10.6 bn) in real estate assets owned and ...

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    Column: Pension fund reforms could boost REITS

    2011-04-06T00:00:00Z

    With defined contribution (DC) gradually taking over from defined benefits (DB) as the pension scheme of choice, the European listed property sector has an excellent opportunity to deliver its potential, writes Gareth Lewis, director of finance at EPRA.

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    SLI predicts near double digit returns for RE

    2011-04-06T00:00:00Z

    Standard Life Investments, a leading investment house and one of the largest real estate investors in Europe, predicts close to double digit annual returns for global commercial real estate markets over the medium term.

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    Aedes names new CEO

    2011-04-06T00:00:00Z

    Italian real estate fund manager Aedes Immobiliare has appointed Filippo-Maria Carbonari as new CEO of the group, following the departure of Francesco Montescani.

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    GE Capital sells 50% of Mercuriales towers

    2011-04-06T00:00:00Z

    French management group Colbert has acquired the remaining 50% stake it did not own in the Mercuriales twin towers in Bagnolet, in the eastern suburbs of Paris from GE Capital. The financial details were not disclosed.

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    PropertyEU Magazine April 2011 edition

    2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

    The April 2011 edition of PropertyEU Magazine, published this week, looks at the top 50 European real estate fund managers. PropertyEU's overview examines the strategies of leading players, together with profiles and fact files on their top investment deals in 2010. Key trends in the sector include the formation of ...

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    RREEF poised to move up the risk curve

    2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

    RREEF, the real estate investment vehicle of Deutsche Bank, is gearing up to move up the risk curve, Gianluca Muzzi, managing director of RREEF Europe (excluding Germany) told PropertyEU. 'Investment has been mainly focused on the UK, and core countries in Continental Europe like France and Germany. But we are ...

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    Westimmo sees 47% drop in new business in 2010

    2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Westdeutsche ImmobilienBank (Westimmo) saw its new business volumes plunge 47% to EUR 3.3 bn in 2010 from EUR 6.2 bn the year before. The German lender blamed the fall on market conditions and a European Commission order to financial group WestLB to sell the Westimmo real estate financing unit.

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    RREEF sells Gothenburg property to Swedish pension fund

    2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

    RREEF Deutschland, the German real estate fund management arm of Deutsche Bank, has sold the Gullbergs Vass office and retail scheme in Gothenburg, Sweden's second largest city to the Swedish pension fund Alecta Pensionsförsäkring for SEK 422 mln (EUR 47 mln). The property was owned by RREEF's open-ended property fund, ...

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    Panattoni to build new Polish facility for Tech Data

    2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Logistics group Panattoni Europe will start construction this month of a second 17,000-m[sup]2[/sup] building in its Park Swiecice distribution centre near Warsaw following the signing of a lease with IT distributor Tech Data. The new agreement brings the total occupancy rate at the Panattoni Park Swiecice development project to 100%.