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IPE Forum: Retail threatened by internet, austerity and demographics
GLOBAL – Retail property assets have become increasingly popular for institutional investors, but the sector is fraught with challenges, listeners heard during IPE Real Estate's Investor Forum webcast last week.
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Hobbs leaves RREEF to partner Ternisien at IPD
GLOBAL – Investment Property Databank (IPD) has hired RREEF's Peter Hobbs to form one half of a new strategic partnership to succeed founders Rupert Nabarro and Ian Cullen.
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Strathclyde drops Aberdeen, makes first global real estate allocation
UK – The Strathclyde Pension fund has replaced the manager of its £750m (€906m) direct UK property portfolio for the first time in 20 years and made its first strategic allocation to global real estate.
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Global real estate transactions faltering, says RCA
GLOBAL – Preliminary data suggests the growth in global real estate transactions slipped significantly in the second quarter of 2010, as the sovereign debt crisis and fears of a double-dip recession took hold, according to Real Capital Analytics (RCA).
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AFI Development obtains premium listing on LSE
Shares in AFI Development, a real estate company focused on developing property in Russia and the CIS, have begun trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange.
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Invista acquires Edinburgh Academy Boarding Houses from administrators
Invista Real Estate Opportunity Fund has purchased what it describes as one of the most high profile, prime development sites in Edinburgh from administrators PWC. The investment volume for the acquisition of the Edinburgh Academy Boarding Houses, was not dislosed. Scottish Land Holdings advised Invista in the deal.
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Unibail-Rodamco sells Dutch assets for EUR 156m
Unibail-Rodamco has sold three retail assets in the Netherlands for about EUR 156 mln. The buyer was Altera Vastgoed, a private real estate investment company based in the Netherlands. Altera announced on Monday that the main asset is the 17,000-m[sup]2[/sup] Sint Jorisplein shopping centre and its 460-space parking garage in ...
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Peter Hobbs joins IPD to develop business
Investment Property Databank (IPD) announced on Monday that Peter Hobbs is joining the research and index company as senior director and head of business development from the beginning of September. He joins from RREEF, the real estate investment management business of Deutsche Asset Management.
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Bauwert acquires plot in Berlin for EUR 85m residential scheme
German developer Bauwert Investment Group announced on Monday that it has acquired a property in downtown Berlin from the Liegenschaftsfonds Berlin property fund for a EUR 85 mln apartment project. The transaction volume for the site at Württembergische Straße 40-49 was not disclosed.
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BNP Paribas Real Estate expands client solutions team
BNP Paribas Real Estate has expanded its international Client Solutions team to 25 people across five countries: France Germany, UK, Italy and Spain. The global real estate adviser has also announced the expansion of the team into Belgium.
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Bouwfonds buys German housing developer
Netherlands-based Bouwfonds Property Development has reached agreement with Dutch engineering firm Grontmij on the acquisition of German housing developer Kontrola. The takeover sum was not disclosed. The deal also includes the acquisition of 49% of the shares in the OolderVeste area development by Bouwfonds subsidiary Nouville Ontwikkeling.
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Unibail-Rodamco deal runs into regulatory snag in Warsaw
Unibail-Rodamco’s planned acquisition of two shopping malls in Warsaw has run into a regulatory snag in Warsaw, according to reliable sources. The transaction was expected to close by the end of June 2010, 'subject to customary closing conditions and antitrust approval’.
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Jones Lang LaSalle announces National Director promotions
Jones Lang LaSalle has announced the promotion of 25 employees from across the English business and England-based pan-European and global business units to the role of National Director.
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Role of corporate RE manager could be outsourced: CoreNet
The role of the corporate real estate manager is being reshaped by new ways of working and the growing trend towards outsourcing of property services.
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NSI acquires retail passage from Unilever pension fund
Amsterdam-listed real estate firm Nieuwe Steen Investments (NSI) has acquired the Sterpassage, part of shopping centre 'In de Bogaard' near The Hague from the 'Progress' pension fund for EUR 38.7 mln. The gross contractual rent for Sterpassage comes to EUR 3 mln, reflecting a higher yeild than NSI's target of ...
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Townsend Group appoints principal in London office
The Townsend Group has appointed Damien Smith, former Chief Investment Officer of ING Real Estate Select, as a Principal in their London office to focus on portfolio management and investment underwriting in the European region.
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Trigranit develops new transport hub in Poznan
Trigranit Development Corporation and Polish Public Railways have signed an agreement to develop a new transportation complex in Poznan. Construction of the EUR 160 mln investment is scheduled for early next year with the first phase of the hub - a large retail centre - due to be opened in ...
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Denmark's AP Pension targets UK through Rockspring
EUROPE – Denmark's AP Pension has invested in Rockspring Property Investment Managers' new UK real estate fund.
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CBRE Investors' pan-Asian fund of funds to target 'club deals'
GLOBAL – CBRE Investors' global multi-manager business, which has just raised $269m (€218m) from European pension funds for its new Asian fund of funds vehicle, expects to invest increasingly in 'club deals' in the future.
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CalSTRS makes pair of real estate investments in first quarter
GLOBAL – The California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) has made two real estate investments totaling $215.5m (€177m) during the first quarter, as market transactions slowly increased from historically low levels.
