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    Valad fund secures EUR 204m refinancing

    2010-06-28T00:00:00Z

    German nationalised lender Deutsche Pfandbriefbank and Bank of Scotland have renewed a EUR 204 mln facility to V+UK fund for the refinancing of a UK commercial portfolio. The fund is managed by Valad Property Group.

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    F&C launches UK open-ended fund

    2010-06-28T00:00:00Z

    F&C is set to launch a new open-ended UK property fund, managed by F&C REIT, the specialist asset manager founded in 2008 through the merger of REIT Asset Management and F&C Property Asset Management. F&C REIT currently manages some £7.5 bn of property assets, making it one of the largest ...

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    ULI announces Awards for Excellence winners

    2010-06-28T00:00:00Z

    The Urban Land Institute (ULI) Europe has announced four winners for its Awards for Excellence EMEA competition. They are: Citilab in Barcelona; Mumuth Music Theatre in Graz; Palazzo Tornobuoni in Florence and the new district Miasteczkzo Wilanow in Warsaw. The awards were announced on Monday at ULI Europe's Trends ...

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    Barbel Schomberg forms real estate consulting firm

    2010-06-28T00:00:00Z

    Former Degi executive Bärbel Schomberg, together with Dr. Karl Ohl, have launched a new real estate consultancy firm called Schomberg & Co Real Estate Consulting which will provide investment strategy, fund management, and asset management advisory services.

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    Sabadell sells Barcelona property for EUR 50m

    2010-06-28T00:00:00Z

    Spanish banking group Sabadell has reached an agreement with clothing retailer Mango on the sale of a mixed-use asset located in Barcelona on the Paseo de Gracia high street. The transaction price amounts to over EUR 50 mln, representing a capital gain of EUR 30 mln for the financial institution.

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    Unilever pension fund commits EUR 70m to ING Dutch funds

    2010-06-28T00:00:00Z

    Unilever's pension fund Progress has signed an agreement to commit over EUR 70 mln to two ING Dutch funds. The first investment has already been made in the ING Dutch Residential Fund, with an investment in the ING Dutch Retail Fund following later this year.

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    LaSalle appoints Gabbay as CIO Asia Pacific

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    LaSalle Investment Management (LaSalle) has announced the appointment of Mark Gabbay as international director and chief investment officer for Asia Pacific. He will be based in LaSalle's Hong Kong office.

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    Fabege sells office property in central Stockholm for EUR 24m

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Stockholm-listed real estate firm Fabege has divested the leasehold for the office and retail property located at Orgelpipan 4 in central Stockholm for SEK 230 mln (EUR 24 mln). This brings the number of sales transactions by Fabege so far in 2010 to six, with a total volume of EUR ...

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    LGP buys two retail schemes for redevelopment

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Legal & General Property (LGP) has acquired two retail and leisure schemes with development potential in the UK. The assets, which comprise the Blenheim Centre in Hounslow and Castle Place Shopping Centre and St Stephen's Place in Trowbridge, were acquired for £35.5 mln (EUR 43 mln) and £7.8 mln (EUR ...

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    Sponda sells residential land in Helsinki

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Property investment company Sponda has sold a two-hectare land area in the Hakuninmaa district of Helsinki to Skanska Talonrakennus for some EUR 6.5 mln.

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    SLI appoints new head of property investments

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    European fund manager Standard Life Investments has announced the appointment of David Paine to the position of new head of Property Investments. The initiative follows the decision by Alex Watt, managing director of SLI's Property Investments to take early retirement in November this year.

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    CA Immo to acquire Europolis for EUR 272m

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Vienna-listed CA Immobilien Anlagen is acquiring all the shares in CEE real estate firm Europolis from Austian bank Österreichische Volksbankenb (VBAG). The investment volume is EUR 272 mln.

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    Rockspring's EUR 700m UK Value fund carries out acquisitions

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    London-based independent property fund manager Rockspring Property Investment Managers has announced the final closing of its EUR 700 mln UK Value fund. The closed-ended English Limited Partnership focuses on commercial property in the UK which offers scope for near-term capital appreciation and income growth.

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    Real I.S. creates new fund unit

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Real I.S. said that it has received approval from the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bafin) for the launch of a range of real estate investment funds for institutional investors.

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    PHP acquires 14 care properties in EUR 47m deal

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    UK specialist REIT Primary Health Properties has unconditionally agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of Health Investments (HI), a provider of primary care and pharmacy properties with a UK wide portfolio.

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    Pramerica raises EUR 182m for European real estate debt strategy

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Pramerica Real Estate has secured £150 mln (EUR 182 mln) for its European real estate debt strategy. This sum includes capital from a pension fund serviced by APG, the Dutch pension fund manager with more than EUR 240 bn of assets under management.

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    AXA Real Estate launches US distribution platform

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    AXA Real Estate Investment Managers (AXA Real Estate), a leading real estate manager in Europe and 2nd globally with EUR 38.2 bn of assets under management, has announced the opening of its new US distribution platform.

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    Ghelamco awarded first BREEAM cert in Poland for Trinity Park

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Real estate developer Ghelamco has announced that it is the first company in Poland to be awarded the BREEAM sustainability certificate. The certificate is for the Trinity Park III office building in Warsaw.

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    Balder, Forvaltaren buy Swedish assets for EUR 43m

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Swedish property company Balder said that it has purchased three mixed-use properties in the cities of Malmö and Helsingborg for a total of SEK 221 mln (EUR 23 mln). In a statement, the firm said that the assets offer a total of 29,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of residential, office and retail space.

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    Dev Secs acquires central London property

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    UK property firm Development Securities has announced that it has acquired Westminster Palace Gardens, Artillery Row in Victoria, London in a joint venture with Caenwood Ventures.