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    Barrondo to manage EUR 4bn GE portfolio

    2011-02-28T00:00:00Z

    GE Capital Real Estate has announced the promotion of Xabier Barrondo to Western Europe cluster leader and managing director for France. In this new position based in Paris, Barrondo will manage GE Capital Real Estate's EUR 4 bn regional portfolio and lead France, Spain and Italy with a direct oversight ...

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    Bestseller Retailer to expand in Ireland

    2011-02-28T00:00:00Z

    Bestseller Retailer Group has launched a search for 30 new stores across Ireland, a venture which will create over 200 jobs in the next 12-18 months and shows confidence in the Irish market, according to Savills. The international real estate advisor has been appointed by the Danish group, which ...

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    Gecina in talks to buy EUR 239m of nursing homes

    2011-02-28T00:00:00Z

    French listed property group Gecina is in exclusive negotiations to buy a portfolio of 31 nursing homes, operated by Group DVD and Korian, for a total of EUR 239 mln. The transaction is expected to generate a net yield of 6.35%.

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    Italian fund industry enters crisis mode

    2011-02-28T00:00:00Z

    Serious market unrest prompted by proposed new rules for Italy's real estate funds is hampering the sector's profitability and reputation with international investors, market experts have warned. Luigi Pischedda, country manager Italy at IPD, says uncertainty reigns among Italian fund managers after the government failed to clarify the intent and ...

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    Pramerica-Panattoni jv to build Stuttgart warehouse

    2011-02-28T00:00:00Z

    Panattoni Europe, a leading developer of warehouse and logistics space, has begun to develop a new 16,400-m[sup]2[/sup] warehouse near Stuttgart, Germany as part of its new joint venture with Pramerica Real Estate Investors. The project is being built for Lakner Spedition und Logistik. Pramerica Real Estate Investors is the European ...

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    Goodman to develop logistics centre for Amazon in Germany

    2011-02-28T00:00:00Z

    Goodman Group has signed a contract with Amazon, one of the world's leading online e-commerce providers, to develop an 110,000-m[sup]2[/sup] logistics centre in Rheinberg, near Duisburg in Germany. Amazon plans to create up to 1,000 long term jobs in Rheinberg.

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    OVG tops ranking office developers

    2011-02-28T00:00:00Z

    OVG, the Rotterdam-based developer led by Coen van Oostrom, heads this year's PropertyEU ranking of leading office developers in Europe thanks to new projects in markets outside its home country including Düsseldorf, Zaventum, Vienna and Grenoble. The bulk of the projects involve office or mixed-use developments, with the exception of ...

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    Magnat to focus on Black Sea region

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Frankfurt-based listed Magnat Real Estate said that it is narrowing its focus to three to four rapidly-growing core markets in Eastern Europe, from the nine currently being served. The company plans to concentrate on the Black Sea region, and in particular on Ukraine, Turkey and Georgia.

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    Eurohypo's loss widens to EUR 785m in 2010

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    German real estate lender Eurohypo saw its pre-tax loss rise by over 50% in 2010 to as much as EUR 785 mln, mostly due to 'higher than expected loan loss provisions'. The figure compares to a pre-tax loss of EUR 515 mln in 2009.

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    Dutch investors should look at Europe: SLI

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Other European countries offer better opportunities at present for real estate investment than the Netherlands, according to Standard Life Investments (SLI).

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    North-south economic divide widens in Europe: Invista

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Europe's economic recovery is gaining momentum but within the EU competitiveness is diverging, with northern Europe generally doing better than the south, according to the latest research report, produced by Invista Real Estate Investment Management. In order to readdress this, Invista says that reforms are urgently needed in some ...

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    Mepham to join King Sturge investment team in Warsaw

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Rory Mepham has been appointed by King Sturge as a director of the broker's investment department in Warsaw. Mepham graduated from the University of Reading with a BSc (Hons) in 2000 and then later in 2009 from Cranfield University with an MBA. He was also elected a member of the ...

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    PropertyEU expands Who's Who 2011 with RICS members

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    The print edition of PropertyEU Who's Who 2011 is available this week with a larger number of listings of Europe´s leading investors, developers, advisers and financiers than in the previous year. This year's edition has undergone a number of major changes to make it even more accessible, comprehensive and user-friendly. ...

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    AXA RE to fund UK distribution centre development

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    AXA Real Estate Investment Managers (AXA Real Estate) is to forward fund the development of a distribution centre in Avonmouth, near Bristol, which has been pre-let to The Co-operative Group.

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    Leg&Gen's new fund secures further ERU 136m of equity

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Legal & General Property (LGP) announced on Friday that it has secured a further £117 mln (EUR 136 mln) of equity for its Income Property Fund from three corporate pension schemes, including a substantial commitment from the Michelin Pension Plan. The further investment brings its total commitments to nearly £180 ...

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    Partners Group awarded new investment mandate

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Swiss investment manager Partners Group has been awarded a mandate for global real estate investments by the Swiss Investment Foundation Pensimo Management. This new investment programme focuses on value-added and opportunistic investment strategies in the private real estate market on a global basis.

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    Rockspring buys UK office portfolio for EUR 56m

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Rockspring Property Investment Managers has acquired a portfolio of five office buildings from St Martins for a total consideration of nearly £48 mln (EUR 56 mln), reflecting a blended net initial yield of 8.81%.

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    Ireland's NAMA could take 10 years to sell real estate loans

    2011-02-24T15:00:00Z

    Organisation pledges to be part of solution no neighbouring Northern Ireland's problems.

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    Invista highlights European north-south divide

    2011-02-24T13:00:00Z

    Company predicts south will lag behind north due to slower GDP growth over next five years.

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    US property rebounds to double digit returns, led by apartments – IPD

    2011-02-24T12:30:00Z

    Total return rises to highest level in five years, up from 18.7% loss in 2009.