Latest reports – Page 3113
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News
Standard Life Investments makes pair of direct buys in Brazil
GLOBAL – Standard Life Investments (SLI) has built up its global fund's exposure to the Brazilian office sector with two direct acquisitions.
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Union Investment sells prime UK office building after 12 months
UK – Union Investment has sold a prime London City office building to Hammerson and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) after buying it only 12 months ago, netting more than £34m (€41m) in capital appreciation in the process.
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Luxembourg Fund Partners to launch high-tech fund for CEE region
EUROPE – Luxembourg Fund Partners is set to launch a fund focusing on high-tech real estate in central and eastern Europe (CEE).
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Oregon scheme makes $100m commitment to pan-Asia fund
GLOBAL – The Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (PERF) has approved a $100m (€75.6m) commitment to the Angelo Gordon Pan Asia Real Estate Fund II.
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Oklahoma Teachers to invest $425m in core strategy
GLOBAL – The Teacher Retirement System of Oklahoma is planning to invest $425m (€324.1m) into a core, open-ended commingled fund strategy.
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PropertyEU Archive
CEE office market turns the corner, says CBRE
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) office investment turnover totalled over EUR 760 mln in the first half of 2010, a 310% increase on the EUR 185 mln recorded in H1 2009. The figures confirm views that the CEE office market has turned the corner, CB Richard Ellis said in a ...
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PropertyEU Archive
RBS sells 318 bank branches to Santander
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is selling 318 branches and associated assets to Santander UK for a total of £1.65 bn (EUR 1.9 bn). RBS said in a statement on Wednesday the sale reflects a £350 mln premium to net assets. The transaction is expected to be completed by ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Commerz Real buys office property in Helsinki for EUR 41m
Commerz Real has acquired the Lintulahti Office Building in Helsinki on behalf of its hausInvest europa open-ended real estate fund for a total investment of EUR 41 mln. The vendor is Swedish construction and development firm Skanska.
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PropertyEU Archive
London & Stamford prepares to become REIT
AIM-listed Guernsey closed-ended investment firm London & Stamford Property (LSP) has announced plans to move its listing to the main board of London Stock Exchange and to convert to a tax-transparent real estate investment trust (REIT).
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PropertyEU Archive
Germans upbeat about real estate: King Sturge
Sentiment in Germany's real estate industry is surging in the wake of upbeat data on the national economy, property advisor King Sturge has reported.
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PropertyEU Archive
Five leave JLL in the Netherlands
Jones Lang LaSalle has announced that Martijn Smits and Sander van Winterswijk are to take charge of the Agency Team Amsterdam from 1 September. The pair are replacing the current team leaders Tammo Donker and Dennis Storms who are leaving the company at the end of August.
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PropertyEU Archive
Exhibitor numbers remain stable for EXPO REAL 2010
The 2010 edition of EXPO REAL is set to welcome the same number of exhibitors as last year, organiser Messe München said on Thursday in a press release. Around 1,600 companies will be presenting their products and services at the three-day real estate trade fair, the organiser said.
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PropertyEU Archive
AMB Europe Fund I acquires 13,000-m[sup]2[/sup] facility near Heathrow
Global industrial real estate firm AMB has announced that its Europe Fund I has acquired a 13,000-m[sup]2[/sup] logistics facility in the vicinity of Heathrow Airport in the UK. The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Magazine
Maximise the global dividend
The case for international diversification is a powerful one. But what is the most efficient route? Stephen Ryan argues that investors should consider all the tools at their disposal
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Magazine
Pushing potential as uncertainty abounds
In his new role as global head of property at Aberdeen Asset Management, Andrew Smith has a packed agenda, and his appointment comes at a critical time for the company’s £23bn (€28bn) real estate business, as new opportunities emerge in an investment climate still fraught with uncertainty. He talks to ...
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Magazine
Tooled up for success
Research is a vital ingredient in risk management the pursuit of outperformance – and in the wake of the downturn its importance is all the greater. Henri Vuong reports
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Magazine
Open to interpretation
Understanding the language of real estate is not always straightforward because in many cases there is no standard agreed definition. But is standardisation a goal worth pursuing? Christine Senior investigates
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Magazine
Sustainability score-draw
Paul McNamara explains how measuring environmental depreciation must, for the time being, rely on qualitative analysis
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Magazine
Thorny issue
A survey of commercial landlords and tenants about their views of green leases reveals significant differences of opinion. Seth Love-Jones reports
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PropertyEU Archive
HB Reavis set to develop 20,000 m[sup]2[/sup] building in Prague
Slovak property developer HB Reavis has acquired a plot of land in central Prague to develop a new office building. In a statement, the company said that it has acquired the River Garden Office West project in the Karlín business area of Prague and intends to develop an eight-storey office ...
