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    Panorama hires Savills to sell two Italian malls

    2010-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Retail group Panorama has mandated Savills to sell two shopping centres in Pistoia and Alessandria, northern Italy, according to well-informed market sources. The schemes are said to be worth a total of EUR 80 mln.

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    EPISO fund sells London office to Hermes at 7.1% yield

    2010-06-11T00:00:00Z

    European Property Investors Special Opportunities (EPISO) has sold an office asset in southwest London to the UK asset manager Hermes Real Estate. The investment volume of £58 mln (EUR 70 mln) reflects a net initial yield of 7.1%.

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    Commerz Real strikes again in Poland

    2010-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Commerz Real has acquired the Harmony Office Center in Warsaw for its open-ended real estate fund hausInvest europa. The total investment volume for the office scheme, which has a gross lettable area of about 19,300 m[sup]2[/sup] and was completed in 2008, approximates EUR 56 mln. It is let in its ...

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    'Silver lining' in property markets hard to find: ULI Germany summit

    2010-06-11T00:00:00Z

    The million-dollar question as to where to find the ‘silver lining’ in the ongoing economic and property crisis in Europe is no closer to being answered, said Bernhard Hansen, chairman of ULI in Germany and CEO of German property group Vivico Real Estate, as he opened ULI Germany’s Urban ...

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    Vastned receives first BREAAM In-use certificate

    2010-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Dutch listed property company Vastned received the first BREEAM In-Use certificate for a building in Germany at the Provada real estate fair in Amsterdam this week. This is the first time that an existing building has been certified under the BREEAM In-Use methodology.

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    Cordea Savills appoints John Luke as director of institutional business

    2010-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Cordea Savills, the international property fund manager, has appointed John Luke as director of institutional business with a focus on distribution in Ireland, the Nordics and the Benelux region. He will be based in the firm's London office and will report to Michael Flynn, executive director of institutional business.

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    Resolution acquires Polish mall for EUR 51m

    2010-06-11T00:00:00Z

    European real estate investor Resolution Property has purchased Galeria Pomorska in the northern Polish city of Bydgoszcz for EUR 50.75 mln, reflecting an initial yield of 10%.

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    Meyer Bergman buys second London retail asset

    2010-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Meyer Bergman has acquired the Exchange Shopping Centre, Ilford from the Mall Fund for around £71 mln (EUR 86 mln). The investment volume reflects a net initial yield in excess of 8.2%.

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    Goodman, CBRE Realty in European alliance

    2010-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Goodman Group, the Sydney-listed logistics developer-investor, has teamed up with CB Richard Ellis Realty Trust for a EUR 880 mln investment drive in logistics assets in the UK and Continental Europe.

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    Hammerson buys Leadenhall Court from receiver for EUR 79m

    2010-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Hammerson is acquiring the long leasehold interest in Leadenhall Court, a City of London office building, for £65 mln (EUR 79 mln). The UK REIT announced on Friday that it had exchanged conditional contracts with Alan Bloom and Alan Hudson of Ernst & Young, joint receivers over the property which ...

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    Interest rate swaps blocking UK disposal pipeline, Savills says

    2010-06-10T13:29:00Z

    UK – The prohibitive cost of unwinding interest rate swaps on real estate debt is preventing financial institutions from offloading a growing volume of distressed UK assets, according to Savills.

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    Draco to invest EUR 50m in Skyline project

    2010-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Italian firm Draco unveiled plans for three new commercial development projects at the Expo Italia Real Estate (EIRE) fair in Milan this week.

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    Savills sees news lenders in UK market

    2010-06-10T00:00:00Z

    New entrants to the UK property lending market in the past 12 months include Aldermore, Bank of China, BSI, M&G, Royal Bank of Canada, Standard Bank and Unity Bank. That is one of the key findings of Savills' annual Financing Property presentation held this week in the City of London. ...

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    Provada examines future of Dutch retail

    2010-06-10T00:00:00Z

    A retail forum was launched on the second day of the Provada Dutch real estate fair this week to examine the future of Dutch retail. A panel of seven Dutch retail specialists, including retailers, developers and investors, discussed a range of topics regarding what lies ahead for the sector. The ...

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    Vacant space manager expands in Germany

    2010-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Camelot Property Management, a firm that specialises in protecting vacant space, has said it will open two new offices in Germany this year. The new locations will be in Hamburg and Düsseldorf, CEO Joost van Gestel told PropertyEU at the Provada real estate fair in Amsterdam this week.

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    Hines to launch new EUR 150m Italian fund by September

    2010-06-10T00:00:00Z

    The Italian fund management unit of US real estate developer Hines is hoping to raise around EUR 100 mln of equity from Italian institutional investors for a new fund targeting Class A office schemes and residential complexes in the country's main urban centres, Hines' Italian head Manfredi Catella told PropertyEU ...

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    Unibail-Rodamco sells retail portfolio in Rotterdam for EUR 150m

    2010-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Unibail-Rodamco has sold a 20,000 m[sup]2[/sup] retail portfolio in Rotterdam to Dutch investor Syntrus Achmea Vastgoed for around EUR 150 mln. The transaction will be effected on 1 July. The portfolio consists of 30 assets located on the Lijnbaan, Korte Lijnbaan, Karel Doormanstraat and Beursplein. The store tenants are mainly ...

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    Dutch government calls for more action on ethics

    2010-06-10T00:00:00Z

    The Dutch housing ministry plans to consult with a number of leading real estate investors in the Netherlands on a drive to improve the image of the Dutch property sector, director-general Chris Kuipers said during a debate at the Provada real estate fair in Amsterdam this week.

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    Klepierre sells off assets worth EUR 73m

    2010-06-10T00:00:00Z

    French listed retail specialist Klépierre has announced the sale of three retail assets for a total value of EUR 72.8 mln (excluding transfer duties). The figure is higher than the appraised value of the assets on 31 December 2009, the company said in a press release. The names of the ...

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    C&W, JLL hired to sell Il Sole 24 Ore's HQ in Milan

    2010-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Italian fund manager Torre Sgr has mandated Jones Lang LaSalle and Cushman & Wakefield to sell the headquarters of Il Sole 24 Ore on Via Monterosa in Milan. The complex offers around 50,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of office space and is valued at well over EUR 200 mln.