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PropertyEU Archive
Multi wins Dutch-German trade award
Multi Germany has received the 2009 Economy Award from the German-Dutch Chamber of Commerce for its innovative approach and substantial contribution to cross-border business between the two countries.
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PropertyEU Archive
European fund returns reflect currency and leverage effects: IPD
The European real estate funds held by institutional investors delivered negative euro returns for the year to June 2009 of -24.5%, as measured by the IPD European Pooled Property Fund Indices (e-PPFI).
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Filip Rerko rejoins Colliers International.
Czech office market specialist Filip Rerko is rejoining Colliers International after a six-month break. He will be responsible for tenant representation in a newly formed department. Rerko, 25, comes from consulting company King Sturge, which he joined earlier this year on leaving Colliers International.
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DG Hyp steps up business in Nordics
German lender Deutsche Genossenschafts-Hypothekenbank (DG Hyp) announced on Tuesday that it has provided a SEK 415 mln (EUR 40.3 mln ) facility to Aberdeen Property Investors (API). The loan will be used to finance the acquisition of two properties in Sweden by a fund managed by API. The assets are ...
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Sovereign wealth funds hit by US property tax
GLOBAL - Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have been dealt “a significant blow” by changes to the US tax regime, according to Steve Renna, president of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers (NAREIM).
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INREV sees continued delays to fund terminations
EUROPE – Investors in unlisted real estate vehicles are more often than not opting to delay fund terminations due in the next two to three years.
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Sacramento County votes against fund extension
UNITED STATES – The Sacramento County Employees’ Retirement System has said it will not support proposals to extend the investment period of the Hines US Office Value Added Fund II commingled fund.
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Liability-driven investment ‘should contain property’
UK – Liability driven investment (LDI) portfolios should include commercial real estate, according to Pramerica Real Estate Investors.
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USS disposes of industrial space
UK – The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has sold 11 industrial assets from its recently acquired Equiton portfolio to Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Property (SWIP) Trust.
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Aberdeen pension fund goes shopping in East Anglia
UK – Aberdeen Property Investors has purchased five retail units in the UK on behalf of the Aberdeen City Council Pension Fund.
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BBC pension fund moves out of London’s Regent Street
UK – CB Richard Ellis Investors has confirmed the sale of Mutual House, owned by the pension scheme of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), for £30m (€32.1m), reflecting a yield of 5.4%.
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Tesco continues property deals with pension funds
UK – Tesco has formed a fourth joint venture with a UK pension fund to sell and leaseback property assets, in an effort to release value from its property portfolio.
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Heitman buys into shopping venture
UNITED STATES – Heitman, the real estate asset manager, has formed a joint venture with Macerich, the US shopping centre owner, and bought a major stake in two US regional shopping centres.
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PropertyEU Archive
Risanamento obtains new EUR 76m loan
Italian debt-laden property company Risanamento announced it has obtained a new credit line of up to EUR 76 mln from a consortium of five Italian banks. The syndicate comprises lenders Intesa Sanpaolo, UniCredit, Banca Popolare di Milano, Banco Popolare and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena.
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PropertyEU Archive
Overseas buyers drive Q3 London investment higher: C&W
Overseas investors were the dominant factor in the third quarter of this year as investment activity in London's commercial property market rose again for the second consecutive quarter, according to new figures from Cushman & Wakefield.
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PropertyEU Archive
IGD buys EUR 82m shopping centre in Faenza
Bologna-based real estate investment trust IGD Siiq has acquired Le Maioliche shopping centre in the northern Italian city of Faenza. The vendor was Italian retail group Coop Adriatica.
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PropertyEU Archive
JC Flowers files suit against squeeze-out at HRE
A group of investors led by US private equity firm JC Flowers has filed a suit with a court in Munich in an attempt to prevent Germany's bank rescue fund Soffin from squeezing out minority investors in Hypo Real Estate.
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PropertyEU Archive
Germans zero in on EUR 1bn of assets in France
German investors are in talks to acquire up to EUR 1 bn of French property assets, according to Stephan Von Barczy, head of Capital Markets France at Jones Lang LaSalle.
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PropertyEU Archive
SFL secures new EUR 300m loan
French property investment company Societe Fonciere Lyonnaise (SFL) has reached agreement with a consortium of eight banks on a new EUR 300 mln financing facility.
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PropertyEU Archive
UK professionals see 'significant improvement' in sentiment
More than half of the panel of property experts taking part in Reita's quarterly Property Investment Perspective have seen a 'significant improvement' in investor sentiment towards UK property investment conditions in the past quarter.
