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  • Glimmers in the gloom
    Magazine

    Glimmers in the gloom

    September 2009 (Magazine)

    There is not much good news around unless you are cash rich. Opportunities are ripening but many buyers are waiting for distress to worsen as Stephanie Schwartz-Driver reports

  • New kids hold their own
    Magazine

    New kids hold their own

    September 2009 (Magazine)

    Niche sectors benefited in the boom years as the mainstream became saturated. In the downturn niche have held up well compared to mainstream sectors and some boast excellent long-term prospects, as Lynn Strongin Dodds reports

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    Australian fund buys Land Secs' stake in Bullring mall for EUR 232m

    2009-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Land Securities announced on Monday that it has sold its one third ownership of the Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham to the Future Fund, an investment fund for the Australian government, for £210 mln (about EUR 232 mln). The transaction volume reflects a net yield of 6.85% after settlement of ...

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    Gide Loyrette Nouel advises Neinver on Katowice project

    2009-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel has said it advised Spanish retail developer Neinver in connection with the construction of a shopping and office centre fully integrated with the main railway station in the Polish city of Katowice. The French-based adviser said it had advised Neinver during tender proceedings and negotiations ...

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    TMW Weltfonds to re-open by year-end

    2009-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Pramerica Real Estate Investors said on Friday that it expects to re-open its TMW Immobilien Weltfonds by the end of 2009 after having raised the fund's liquidity ratio to about 20%. The fund's increased liquidity is the result of the sale of two properties in Switzerland and the US, it ...

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    LaSalle launches co-investment fund with US pension fund

    2009-09-21T00:00:00Z

    LaSalle Investment Management announced on Monday that it has entered into an agreement with the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) to invest an initial $205 mln (EUR 139.6 mln) in real estate opportunities in North America and, eventually, around the globe. The discretionary investment fund will be managed by ...

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    BBVA confirms sale-and-leaseback plans

    2009-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) has confirmed plans to sell and lease back some of its branches as part of an effort to raise capital. The Spanish bank said in a statement to the Spanish financial market watchdog CNMV that it is holding negotiations to sell the properties but no ...

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    Pramerica launches UK real income fund

    2009-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Pramerica Real Estate Investors is to launch the Pramerica UK Real Income Fund, an open-ended, commingled strategy to invest in a portfolio of UK commercial real estate on behalf of institutional investors. Pramerica is the European arm of Prudential Financial's (global real estate investment and advisory business, headquartered in the ...

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    Situs launches loan servicing business in Germany

    2009-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Global commercial real estate advisory firm the Situs Companies has boosted its European business with the acquisition of GSSG, a German loan servicing company. The German firm is now part of Situs Global Servicing (SGS).

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    Reyal Urbis forced to sell EUR 300m of assets

    2009-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Cash-strapped Spanish property company Reyal Urbis has put some of its trophy assets on the market in a move aimed at raising capital and reducing its debt mountain, according to Spanish business newspaper Expansion. The company, which is headed by Rafael Santamaría, has put a number of shopping centres, office ...

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    Jaguar/Land Rover appoints Cushman as global partner

    2009-09-18T00:00:00Z

    Cushman & Wakefield has been appointed by Jaguar Land Rover as its global real estate partner for the next three years. The account is managed by C&W’s Client Solutions team and services provided include strategic consulting, transaction management, office and industrial agency, planning, valuation, rent review/lease renewals and building consultancy.

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    Codic's Atlantis awarded first BREEAM office label

    2009-09-18T00:00:00Z

    European property developer Codic has announced that it has been awarded the first BREEAM certificate for an office building for its Access and Bridge buildings in the Atlantis project in Brussels.

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    Sistema-Hals sheds $111m in H1 2009

    2009-09-18T00:00:00Z

    Russian real estate developer Sistema-Hals has posted a net loss of $110.8 mln (EUR 76 mln) in the first six months of 2009 as a result of 'depressed conditions in the Russian real estate market.' The figure compares to a net profit of $8.7 mln for the same period in ...

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    Pinnacle changes name into PointPark Properties

    2009-09-18T00:00:00Z

    Arcapita's logistics property arm Pinnacle said it is changing its name into PointPark Properties as to 'clear up any public confusion about its identity and increase the recognition of its assets'.

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    ETC seals Bulgaria's largest office lease

    2009-09-18T00:00:00Z

    Bulgaria's European Trade Centre has announced the leasing of 30,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of office space in its ETC business park development in Sofia. The developer has leased around 23,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of space to the Bulgarian telecom operator Vivacom and a further 7,000 m[sup]2[/sup] to the French supermarket chain Carrefour. The tenants ...

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    Land Secs poaches GPE's Noel to head London portfolio

    2009-09-18T00:00:00Z

    Land Securities has appointed Robert Noel as managing director of its London Portfolio. The appointment will take effect from 1 January 2010.

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    Switzerland's Partners Group raises EUR 275m for opportunity fund

    2009-09-18T00:00:00Z

    Swiss alternative asset manager Partners Group said it has raised EUR 275 mln for a new fund targeting distressed properties in emerging markets worldwide. The Global Real Estate 2008 vehicle, which is already 40%-invested, has completed its first acquisition with the purchase of eight properties in China at a 50% ...

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    Insurer reportedly buys HQ from Unibail-Rodamco for EUR 120m

    2009-09-18T00:00:00Z

    Dutch insurance giant Aegon has reportedly acquired its 40,000 m[sup]2[/sup] headquarters in The Hague from real estate group Unibail-Rodamco for about EUR 120 mln.

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    OVG leases 15,000 m[sup]2[/sup] to Commerzbank in Frankfurt

    2009-09-18T00:00:00Z

    OVG Investment Management has leased 15,000 m[sup]2[/sup] to Commerzbank, on behalf of IVG Institutional Funds, in Frankfurt. As a result of this transaction the Pollux building occupancy rate exceeds 50%.

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    Russian bank says PIK unable to service loan

    2009-09-18T00:00:00Z

    Russian property developer PIK Group is out of funds to service the $262 mln (EUR 178 mln) loan that it received last autumn from Vnesheconombank (VEB) , the bank's chairman Vladimir Dmitriyev told the Russian newspaper Kommersant.