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Finalists announced for MIPIM Awards
The MIPIM real estate fair has announced the list of 15 finalists selected by the MIPIM Awards Jury. Belgium makes a strong showing in the MIPIM Awards this year with four projects in competition. Brussels-based ASSAR Architects has three of its projects selected.
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ULI keynote: buildings can play big role in combatting climate change
The potential of buildings to mitigate climate change is 'huge,' claims Belgian climatologist Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, who will deliver a keynote speech entitled 'The Truth about Climate Change' to the ULI conference in Paris on 3 February.
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Aberdeen fund buys shopping centre in Germany
Aberdeen Property Investors said its Aberdeen European Shopping Property Fund has acquired the Löhcenter shopping centre in Viersen, Germany
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ULI keynote: 'grim' outlook for European property industry
The outlook for the European real estate industry next year is, in a word, 'grim', says Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at research bureau High Frequency Economics and the opening keynote speaker at the ULI Paris conference on 3 February.
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Sonae Sierra obtains safety certs for 6 malls in Portugal
Sonae Sierra concluded in 2009 the Safety & Health certification, under the OHSAS 18001 standard, of five of its shopping centres in Portugal. The centres are Centro Vasco da Gama, NorteShopping, GaiaShopping, ArrábidaShopping and Estação Viana.
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Signs of cautious optimism in European occupier markets: JLL
Europe's economies continue to show encouraging signs of economic recovery, according to Jones Lang LaSalle's Q4 2009 European Property Clock. However, the time lag between the wider economy and European office occupier markets remains evident. There are also significant differences between markets in terms of their position in the rental ...
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Rise in European volumes indicates broad-based recovery: DTZ
There are clearer signs of recovery across Europe, as investment volumes increased for the third consecutive quarter in the fourth quarter of 2009 to EUR 20.6 bn. This represents a 26% increase on the EUR 16.4 bn recorded in the third quarter, according to DTZ's European Quarterly report.
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Munich and Hamburg dominate ULI city rankings
Munich and Hamburg occupy leading positions in ULI's 2010 rankings of European cities offering the best investment and development prospects. The two German cities again top the league for existing property performance and are ranked second and third in the list for new property acquisitions. They also rank second and ...
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Helaba finances CBREI office development near Paris
German lender Helaba has announced it is financing the development of two buildings in Noisy-le-Grand, near Paris with a loan of EUR 85.6 mln. The project is owned by CB Richard Ellis Strategic Partners Europe Fund III (SPE III), a pan-European fund managed by CBRE Investors.
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UK real estate recovery looking shaky - experts
UK – Economic forecasters and property market analysts have warned the recovery in UK commercial real estate market could be unsustainable.
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Europe heading for 'slow' real estate recovery
EUROPE – European real estate faces a “long, slow haul” to recovery, according to the latest report from the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
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PensionDanmark widens its real estate ground
DENMARK – Danish pension provider PensionDanmark has acquired commercial real estate let to other pension funds in Denmark, and plans to increase its property exposure significantly over the next three years.
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Pension funds called on to invest in infrastructure
UK – The UK government has called on pension funds to consider investing in infrastructure, as officials admit hundreds billions of pounds of investments is needed over the next 10 years.
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New Jersey to tap structured credit...while it can
UNITED STATES – The New Jersey Division of Investment has established a $300m (€212m) separate account with Och-Ziff Capital Management to invest in structured credit investment products.
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Kansas PERS puts $150m into preferred REIT securities
UNITED STATES- Kansas Public Employees Retirement System has allocated $150m (€106m) to US preferred REIT securities through an existing REIT manager, Brookfield Redding.
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NY Common signs up to public-private programme
US – The New York State Common Retirement Fund has invested in the US government’s Public-Private Investment Program (PPIP) via to third-party real estate fund managers.
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Metrovacesa closes sale of Metropark to Fortis
Spanish property company Metrovacesa said that it has completed the disposal of its Metropark park car unit to Interparking Hispania, a 90%-owned subsidiary of Fortis Real Estate. The company agreed on the sale of the subsidiary in December for a price of nearly EUR 100 mln.
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Orient-Express buys 2 hotels in Sicily for EUR 81m
Global luxury brand Orient-Express Hotels has signed a binding agreement to purchase the Grand Hotel Timeo and the Villa Sant'Andrea Hotel in Taormina, Sicily, from Italy's Franza Group, the owner of the Framon hotel chain.
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Odelstam named president of Skanska Commercial Development Nordic
Jan Odelstam has been appointed new president of Skanska Commercial Development Nordic (CDN), the Skanska business unit that develops office premises, volume retail properties and logistics properties in Sweden, Denmark and Finland.
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Luecking named MD at Develica's fund manager
Develica Deutschland (DDL), the AIM-listed German property investor, announced that its fund manager, Develica Deutschland Management Limited (DDM), has appointed Lars Luecking as managing director with effect from 1 February 2010. Luecking joins DDM from Citi Global Markets and Hypo Real Estate (formerly HypoVereinsbank) where he spent 10 years collectively ...
