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PropertyEU Archive
Vacancy rates drop in Moscow: JLL
Vacancy rates in Moscow’s office sector dropped to 15% in the second quarter, according to a report by Jones Lang LaSalle. Buoyed by demand for quality office space, the decrease marks a significant fall from the 19.6% recorded at end-2009 and suggests a general trend towards lower vacancy and market ...
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H&M takes 1,300m[sup]2[/sup] in Galeria Gniezno
Retail brands H&M, Top Secret, Butik and Kolporter have signed lease agreements in Galeria Gniezno in the Polish city of Gniezno for a total of 1,650 m[sup]2[/sup]. Occupying around 1,300 m2, the H&M store is the first in Gniezno.
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AMB boosts European leasing activity by 13,000m2
New York-listed AMB Property Corporation has boosted its leasing portfolio in Europe by 13,000 m[sup]2[/sup] since the start of this year. 'We are encouraged by the recent leasing activity,' said Mo Barzegar, AMB's managing director, Europe. 'Our customers continue to be cautious about making long-term decisions regarding the take-up of ...
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Magazine
Vote independent
Investors need independent directors to represent them, says INREV. Then let them put their money where their mouth is, say fund managers. Shayla Walmsley reports
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When Europe sneezes
The Greek crisis has been not about Greece, but Germany. Faced with a ‘pale, anaemic and drawn out’ euro-zone recovery, investors will head to Poland. Shayla Walmsley reports
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London (still) calling
The UK’s revival continues to gather pace as funds believe the potential value outweighs the potential challenges, while investor sentiment to Asia Pacific is beginning to improve. Richard Lowe reports
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Capital ebb and flow
Lenders are starting to test the waters but views of the outlook for lending remain very mixed, as Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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Stars under observation
IPE Real Estate’s survey of European institutional real estate investors found that the top 100 account for €135bn in real estate AUM globally. Martin Hurst presents some of the findings which show little movement between current and target allocations
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Magazine
Round the world ticket
Swiss pensions might be characterised as heavily focused on domestic real estate. But the 18 pension funds that own AFIAA have an exposure to a globally diversified direct portfolio. Richard Lowe speaks to CEO Hans Brauwers
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Back in play
Dutch pension funds pioneered international investment. Today they are emerging from a period of re-evaluation with sights set on firm goals for their RE portfolios. Richard Lowe investigates
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There’s no place like home
Faced with a desire for more control, Solvency II pressures and an attractive domestic office market, French investors are focusing on their home market. Richard Lowe investigates
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PropertyEU Archive
NCC sells logistics facility in Copenhagen for EUR 20m
NCC Property Development has sold a logistics facility in Greve outside Copenhagen for SEK 193 mln (EUR 20.5 mln). The buyer, Nordic Real Estate Partners (NREP), will take over the facility when it is completed on 1 May 2011.
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Christie + Co markets Swindon hotel development site
Christie + Co, acting on behalf of Hotel Procurement Ltd, is offering for sale the freehold of a hotel development site in a prominent location in Swindon. Detailed planning permission has been granted for a 102 en suite-bedroom hotel to be developed at the Swindon Gateway Leisure Park, which is ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Real I.S. raises EUR 378 mln for first special fund
Real I.S. Investment has successfully carried out the first closing of its BGV IV real estate special fund with capital commitments of around EUR 378 mln at end July. The diversified BGV IV real estate portfolio is the most recent in the series of Real I.S.'s institutional funds and is ...
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Sacyr agrees major debt refinancing to keep business afloat
Spain's Sacyr Vallehermoso (SyV) said that its real estate development unit has reached an agreement with its banks in a bid to deal with its financial woes.
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Lending terms becoming more competitive in Continental Europe: CBRE
Lending terms are becoming more competitive in some European markets, in particular in Germany, the Netherlands and France, according to CB Richard Ellis’ forthcoming Capital Markets Report. At the same time, average key lending terms have remained relatively unchanged since Q1 2010 across most major European markets, the report concludes.
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Raven Russia sells warehouse unit for EUR 32m
Warehouse specialist Raven Russia has signed contracts to sell its subsidiary, RR Baltiam, to Cypriot-registered company Casebre Holdings for $42 mln (EUR 32 mln). RR Baltia is the owner of a 28,000 m[sup]2[/sup] warehouse property at Baltia, Moscow. Raven Russia said that the purchase price represents a 48% premium to ...
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PropertyEU Archive
ING Real Estate losses narrow to EUR 4m in Q2
The real estate arm of Netherlands-based financial group ING saw its losses narrow to EUR 4 mln in the second quarter of 2010 from a loss of EUR 580 mln in the same period last year following an improvement in valuations.
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Berlin Hyp provides EUR 1b of new lending in H1
Berlin Hyp announced on Wednesday that its volume of new lending exceeded EUR 1 bn for the first six months of 2010, 20% up on the same period last year. Including extensions of loans by one year or more, the volume comes to EUR 1.3 bn.
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Private equity groups eye stake in MSREF: report
US private equity firms KKR and TPG are believed to have expressed interest in buying a stake in Morgan Stanley's Real Estate Fund (MSREF). Colony Capital has also reportedly approached the company, according to a report in the Financial Times.
