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    Union Investment purchases shopping centre project in Belgium

    2009-12-11T00:00:00Z

    Union Investment Real Estate has signed a purchase agreement for the shopping centre 'K' located in Kortrijk, Western Flanders, Belgium. Foruminvest, the vendor and developer of the centre, remains responsible for the scheme until the opening and will remain involved in the management of the centre afterwards.

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    Panattoni leases 7,200 m[sup]2[/sup] of space in Polish park

    2009-12-11T00:00:00Z

    Industrial group Panattoni Europe said it has leased a further 7,200 m[sup]2[/sup] of space in Blonie park near Warsaw to pharmaceutical company Poltraf. Panattoni Park Blonie II provides over 24,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of space and is leased to a number of tenants including Logus, Indykpol, OSG and MPM Product.

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    CBRE Investors' Le Mermoz wins Simi award

    2009-12-11T00:00:00Z

    CBRE Investors' Mermoz office building located in Bourget, France was named the best development of the year in the category of new office buildings at the Simi property fair in Paris. Designed by architects Joël Friant et Jacques & Eric Haour, Le Mermoz offers nearly 21,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of office space ...

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    The Crown Estate buys 50% of Land Sec's Princesshay mall

    2009-12-11T00:00:00Z

    The Crown Estate has exchanged contracts to acquire a 50% stake in Princesshay Shopping Centre in Exeter, UK from Land Securities for close to £100 mln (EUR 111 mln).

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    Skanska to build hotel in Trondheim for EUR 65m

    2009-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Swedish construction giant Skanska has secured an assignment from Star Property to build a Clarion Hotel in Trondheim, Norway. The contract value is NOK 550 mln (almost EUR 65 mln). The new hotel will comprise 31,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of space, have 400 rooms and a large conference hall. Construction will ...

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    Crossrail acquires 18/19 Hanover Square in compulsory purchase

    2009-12-10T00:00:00Z

    London's Crossrail has acquired 18/19 Hanover Square in London from Great Portland Estates plc (GPE). The acquisition was carried out via a compulsory purchase order (CPO) under the Crossrail Act 2008 to enable the development of the Bond Street Crossrail station.

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    Mirax trims Federation Tower from 94 to 64 floors

    2009-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Mirax Group Corporation has announced it is to reduce Tower East of the Federation business center in Moscow from 94 to 64 floors. The original plan for the Federation Tower envisaged it becoming the tallest tower in Europe.

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    Altarea-Cogedim teams up with Orion to build Paris mall

    2009-12-10T00:00:00Z

    French property developer Altarea-Cogedim is joining forces with private equity group Orion Capital Managers to develop a new shopping centre in Villeneuve-La-Garenne, north of Paris. The project is a 50/50 joint venture between Altarea-Cogedim and a fund managed by Orion.

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    Property looking cheap relative to other asset classes: API

    2009-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Property markets in Europe have reached a turning point as the performance outlook continues to recover, largely driven by improving capital market conditions, and with the UK setting the trend for the rest of Europe, according to Aberdeen Property Investors (API).

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    Tashir invests $75m in Rio mall in Russia

    2009-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Development company Tashir said it has opened a new shopping and entertainment centre in Belgorod, on the Russian border with Ukraine. The new 45,000 m[sup]2[/sup] complex, named The Rio mall, offers nearly 30,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of net leasable area and is anchored by a Nash food hypermarket. The company has invested ...

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    Unibail-Rodamco buys Le Sextant in Paris from CNP Assurances

    2009-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Franco-Dutch listed property group Unibail-Rodamco has acquired Le Sextant office building in the 15th arrondissement of Paris from insurer CNP Assurances for an undisclosed amount. AEW Europe brokered the transaction on behalf of the seller.

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    Frey's Parla Natura retail park opens its doors in Madrid

    2009-12-10T00:00:00Z

    French listed commercial property company Immobiliere Frey said that its Parla Natura sustainable retail park has opened its doors in the Spanish capital. With around 18,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of photovoltaic panels on its roof, the property represents the largest green retail asset developed so far in Spain, Frey said. The project ...

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    SLI buys West End office buildings for EUR 45m

    2009-12-10T00:00:00Z

    UK property fund manager Standard Life Investments has purchased two properties in the West End of London on behalf of its Pooled Property Pension Fund. The leasehold interest of the properties - 42, 44-48 Wigmore Street and 5 Welbeck Street - was acquired from Minerva (City) for £40.75 mln (EUR ...

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    Ikea to invest EUR 106m in Russian mall

    2009-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Sweden furniture manufacturer Ikea has unveiled plans to invest $155 mln (EUR 106 mln) in the development of a new shopping and entertainment centre in the Voronezh region of Russia, newspaper Kommersant has reported. The 176,000 m[sup]2[/sup] shopping centre will be built on a 100-hectare land site in the region's ...

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    Hannover Leasing buys office building from MAB

    2009-12-10T00:00:00Z

    German property fund manager Hannover Leasing said it has acquired an office building in Amstelveen near Amsterdam in the Netherlands for one of its closed-end property funds. The transaction price amounts to around EUR 19 mln. The property was bought from Dutch property development company MAB Development.

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    German property professionals cautious on recovery: King Sturge

    2009-12-10T00:00:00Z

    The King Sturge Real Estate Economy Index shows another increase of almost every climatic indicator for November. As with the October survey, the real estate experts polled are reticent in their assessment of the market situation because of the constant threat of more bad news.

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    SEB adds Frankfurt and Rotterdam properties to ImmoInvest portfolio

    2009-12-09T00:00:00Z

    SEB Asset Management has added two development projects in Germany and the Netherlands to the assets of the SEB ImmoInvest fund. Following the addition of Werfthaus, which was built on the banks of the river Main in Frankfurt, and the Maastoren office tower in Rotterdam, the open-ended real estate fund ...

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    Private investor acquires Canary Wharf office property for EUR 230m

    2009-12-09T00:00:00Z

    A private investor based in Bermuda has contracted to acquire the long leasehold interests in 5 Churchill Place on the Canary Wharf Estate in London for £208 mln (about EUR 230 mln).

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    Cushman & Wakefield predicts retail rental growth in 2011

    2009-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Cushman & Wakefield is predicting that retail rental falls in most European markets should bottom out by mid-2010 although sustained rental growth is unlikely to be achieved until 2011.

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    Direct investment in UK property to reach EUR 25b in 2009: JLL

    2009-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Jones Lang LaSalle has said it expects total direct investment in commercial real estate in the UK to total around £22 - £23 bn (EUR 24-25 bn) by the end of 2009. This is comparable with turnover in 2001 and would represent a 10% increase on last year's total of ...