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    Thursday people roundup

    2011-02-24T11:45:00Z

    RREEF, TAN-EU Capital, Cushman & Wakefield, Behringer Harvard, Segro, British Land.

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    GPE carries out property swap on Oxford Street

    2011-02-24T00:00:00Z

    Great Portland Estates (GPE) has swapped its freehold interest in 79/89 Oxford Street, London W1 with a private investor in return for a new 250-year leasehold interest at both 79/89 Oxford Street and the adjoining property, 73/77 Oxford Street.

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    IABR calls for projects

    2011-02-24T00:00:00Z

    The 5th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR) has called for submissions of projects that 'advance innovative responses to today's most pressing urban challenges'. Municipal, metropolitan and national governments, cultural organizations, researchers, designers, and other parties are invited to submit design projects that rethink the existing interaction between politics, planning and ...

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    Vosper joins RREEF as head of client relations EMEA

    2011-02-24T00:00:00Z

    RREEF, the real estate investment management business of Deutsche Bank's Asset Management division, has announced that Paul Vosper has joined the company as head of Client Relations, EMEA. In this role he will lead the European client relations team's fund raising efforts in Europe and the Middle East, developing and ...

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    Polish retail property continues to outperform: CBRE

    2011-02-24T00:00:00Z

    Continued interest in defensive retail assets and the completion of some prime transactions in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) resulted in the region's 2010 retail investment turnover reaching EUR 1.8 bn, twice the level registered in 2009, according to research by CB Richard Ellis (CBRE).

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    SEB AM sells 2 office properties for EUR 125m

    2011-02-24T00:00:00Z

    SEB Asset Management has sold two office properties in Milan and Brussels from the SEB ImmoInvest portfolio for a total of EUR 125 mln. The investment volumes is higher than the market valuations of the assets.

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    ECE secures financing for EUR 220m Istanbul scheme

    2011-02-24T00:00:00Z

    German shopping centre specialist ECE has secured financing for its EUR 220 mln project Marmara Park in Istanbul days before the first foundation stone is due to be laid on 1 March. The investor is a closed real estate fund of DWS, which is taking over 50% of the planned ...

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    RBS marks 50% of property loans as 'non-core'

    2011-02-24T00:00:00Z

    Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has designated 52% of its £87 bn (EUR 102 bn) commercial real estate lending portfolio as 'non-core' which is earmarked for repayment or sale by 2014. The financier reduced its overall loan book by about 11% last year from £98 bn (EUR 115 bn) in ...

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    St Modwen submits planning application for £1b project

    2011-02-24T00:00:00Z

    UK regeneration specialist St. Modwen Properties has submitted two planning applications to Newport City Council for its Glan Llyn development, a project to redevelop the former Llanwern steelworks east of Newport, South Wales, into a £1 bn (EUR 1.18 bn) sustainable community.

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    Bouwfonds' residential fund shops in Germany, France

    2011-02-24T00:00:00Z

    Bouwfonds Real Estate Investment Management said that its EUR 315 mln open-ended property fund, European Residential Fund has increased its property portfolio with new acquisitions in Germany and France.

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    BlackRock sets up industial jv in UK

    2011-02-24T00:00:00Z

    Global asset manager BlackRock had established a joint venture with UK REIT Workspace to acquire high income yielding multi-let industrial or office buildings in London and the Southeast. The target lot size range is £5-£20 mln, although larger and smaller deals will be considered. The JV partners will commit up ...

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    ECE appoints Schomberg to sustainability advisory board

    2011-02-23T00:00:00Z

    Bärbel Schomberg, CEO and owner of German advisory firm Schomberg & Co. Real Estate Consulting, has been appointed to the sustainability advisory board of Hamburg-based real estate developer ECE.

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    FdR's NAV rises by 7% in 2010

    2011-02-23T00:00:00Z

    French office group Fonciere des Regions (FdR) posted a 1.3% increase in its recurrent net income to EUR 308 mln in 2010, and said it expects a stable result for 2011. Net Asset Value rose by 7.3% to EUR 4.44 bn in 2010, driven by a 5.3% like-for-like growth in ...

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    Citycon buys 50% of Finland's Espagalleria

    2011-02-23T00:00:00Z

    Finnish retail property manager Citycon said it will buy a 50% share in property management company Espagalleria from Palace Kamp Group. It has also assumed responsibility for the commercial management, including the leasing of retail premises, and marketing of Kamp Galleria, a shopping centre in the heart of Helsinki. The ...

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    DB to issue Blackstone property bond - report

    2011-02-23T00:00:00Z

    Deutsche Bank will be behind the first true UK property securitisation since the onset of the credit crunch, according to the Financial Times.

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    Warburg-Henderson unveils pan-European fund

    2011-02-23T00:00:00Z

    Warburg-Henderson has launched a new pan-European property investment fund backed by an investment mandate from four municipal pension funds. Warburg-Henderson Koop will target EUR 300 mln of investment across Europe.

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    PREI and Panattoni form Western European JV

    2011-02-23T00:00:00Z

    Pramerica Real Estate Investors (PREI) has increased its investment into the European logistics warehouse market through the formation of a new Western European partnership with Panattoni Europe, and the expansion of its existing Central and Eastern Europe joint venture with the company.

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    Deutsche Pfandbriefbank strengthens European real estate finance team

    2011-02-23T00:00:00Z

    European real estate lender pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank is strengthening its European real estate finance team led by managing director Harin Thaker with new hires. Philippe Duvergne, a seasoned originator, and Matthew Stansfield, a well-known French Property Analyst, joined pbb in the Paris office in January.

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    Mirland seals EUR 31m debt refinancing

    2011-02-23T00:00:00Z

    Mirland has become the latest in a string of Russian developers to sign a debt refinancing agreement in the wake of improving market sentiment. The company has refinanced two loan facilities totalling $43 mln (EUR 31 mln) with GazpromBank and Sberbank, two of Russia's leading banks.

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    Large size deals reaches three-year high in Q4

    2011-02-23T00:00:00Z

    European commercial real estate investment activity jumped in the final quarter of 2010 to EUR 38.6 bn, representing a 57% increase compared to the third quarter (Q3) of 2010, fuelled by strong growth in the number of large transactions being completed.