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    Wipro leases 4,500 m[sup]2[/sup] in Timisoara's business centre

    2010-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Jones Lang LaSalle's Romanian office said this week that it has leased around 4,500 m[sup]2[/sup] of office space in the newly-developed City business centre in Timisoara, Romania to international IT services group Wipro Technologies. The City business centre is currently being developed by local builder ModaTim Investment. The project will ...

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    SDLL teams up with Goodman to develop UK distribution park

    2010-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Severnside Distribution Land (SDLL) is joining forces with Austrialian property group Goodman for the development of a large distribution park in Severnside, Bristol. This agreement will see the initial development of 85 acres which can accommodate up to 1.6 million sq ft (149,000 m2). In the future SDLL expects to ...

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    Multi Development receives EUR 98m loan for Czech project

    2010-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Multi Development said that it has received a financing facility of over EUR 98 mln for the development of its Nova Karolina shopping centre in the centre of Ostrava, Czech Republic. The five-year loan was provided by a syndicate of banks comprising Ceska Sporitelna, Sob, Hypo Investmentbank and KBC Bank.

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    London office rents set to rise in 2010: Savills

    2010-01-20T00:00:00Z

    London's office market will see headline rents rise in its City location this year to £56 (EUR 64) per sq ft, and to as much as £98 per sq ft in the West End in 2011. This compares to 2009 levels of £47.50 per sq ft and £88 per sq ...

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    Commerz Real purchases Birmingham scheme for EUR 130m

    2010-01-20T00:00:00Z

    German open-ended fund manager Commerz Real has continued its European investment drive with the acquisition of the One Snowhill office scheme in Birmingham from Irish project developer Ballymore. The property was acquired on behalf of Commerz Real's hausInvest europa fund for over EUR 130 mln.

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    Arab Investments buys mixed-use scheme in Berlin for EUR 57m

    2010-01-20T00:00:00Z

    London-based Arab Investment has purchased the Quartier am Auswärtigen Amt mixed-use property in Berlin-Mitte from developer Strabag Real Estate for around EUR 57 mln.

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    Lammerting Immobilien sells Domkarree portfolio in Cologne

    2010-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Cologne-based Lammerting Immobilien Gruppe (LIG) said that it has sold the Domkarree Koln portfolio located in the city centre of Cologne to the pension fund of the Bavarian cities, BVK Bayerische Versorgungskammer. The transaction details were not disclosed but the asset is estimated to be worth over EUR 100 mln. ...

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    Immac to launch 2 new funds this year

    2010-01-20T00:00:00Z

    German investment firm Immac said that it has started the marketing and placement of two new property funds focused on nursing homes, Pflegezentren Baden-Württemberg II and Pflegezentren Austria VII.

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    Starwood, Hilton to open new hotels in Greece

    2010-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide is launching its first Sheraton hotel in Greece with the opening of a Sheraton Rhodes Resort in the spring. The resort will be located a few kilometres from the city's historic old quarter district and will feature 401 rooms.

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    NCC sells hypermarket in Uppsala for EUR 17m

    2010-01-20T00:00:00Z

    NCC Property Development has sold the Coop Forum hypermarket at Stenhagen Centrum, west of Uppsala in Sweden. The property was acquired by the German property fund LB Immo Invest, representing its first investment in the Swedish property market. The transaction price amounts to slightly more than SEK 168 mln (EUR ...

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    AFI Development resumes construction of Russian projects

    2010-01-20T00:00:00Z

    AFI Development has unveiled plans to resume construction of its main projects in the country due to improving market conditions. The Russian property developer said this week it has decided to re-start the development of the Paveletskaya project as well as Phase III of the Ozerkovskaya Embankment project in Moscow. ...

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    Patrizia appointed to manage VPV's real estate in Germany

    2010-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Patrizia Immobilien's asset management arm, Patrizia Kag has been appointed to manage a new fund which will be created through the spin-off of VPV Lebensversicherungs' real estate assets.

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    Conwert in EUR 131m bond placement

    2010-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Austrian listed property company Conwert Immobilien Invest said on Wednesday that it is to launch an offering of senior convertible bonds with a volume of EUR 131 mln. The offering, with an over-allotment option of up to EUR 19 mln, is aimed at selected institutional investors in Austria and internationally.

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    Canary Wharf buys 1 Park Place out of administration

    2010-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Canary Wharf Group (CWG) has acquired the long leasehold interest in 1 Park Place adjoining the Canary Wharf Estate. The site was purchased for £17.5 mln (EUR 20 mln) from Park Place acting through its receivers.

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    CS Group to open 10 hotels in Portugal

    2010-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Portuguese hotel group CS has unveiled plans to open 10 new premises in the Algarve, Lisbon and Alentejo regions of Portugal this year. According to president Carlos Saraiva, the new centres represent a total investment of EUR 440 mln and will bring the number of hotels managed by the group ...

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    Deutsche Healthcare Property to launch IPO next year

    2010-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Deutsche Healthcare Property, which is being set up by founder and CEO Hubert Bonn, has unveiled plans to launch an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the German stock exchange in the spring of 2011. The company, which focuses on the management of healthcare properties, will seek a listing on the ...

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    Inarcassa appoints Fabrica to set up EUR 600m fund

    2010-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Inarcassa, the Italian pension fund for self-employed engineers and architects, has mandated fund manager Fabrica to create and manage a new EUR 600 mln real estate investment fund. The appointment of Fabrica follows a bidding process launched by Inarcassa in the summer of 2009 for the management of the pension ...

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    Prime yields under downward pressure across Europe

    2010-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Widespread declines in prime yields were seen across the main European real estate markets in the final quarter of 2009, according to the latest data from CB Richard Ellis.

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    Affine divests EUR 26m worth of property

    2010-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Affine has divested EUR 26 mln worth of property in France as part of its strategy to dispose of non-strategic assets. The French real estate investment trust, or SIIC, sold six 'mature' office buildings located in Avignon, Bailly, Nantes, Sèvres, Paris and Sophia Antipolis. This brings the group's total sales ...

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    Henderson to re-open New Star International Property

    2010-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Henderson Global Investors is re-opening the New Star International Property Fund for dealing. The £290 mln (EUR 332 mln) vehicle was closed in November 2008 following 'unusually heavy redemptions' in the wake of the credit crisis.