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    Deutsche Euroshop eyes two Karstadt stores

    2009-06-23T00:00:00Z

    German shopping centre investor Deutsche Euroshop is considering taking over two of insolvent retail group Arcandor's Karstadt stores in Viernheim und Dessau, the MDAX-listed company told Thomas Daily news service on Tuesday.

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    European investment plunges 74% in Q1

    2009-06-23T00:00:00Z

    European investment volumes in the first quarter of 2009 plunged 74% year-on-year to just EUR 11.4 bn, according to the latest investment update from Cushman & Wakefield. No market was unscathed, the adviser said.

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    Panattoni Europe signs lease in Poland

    2009-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Torfarm, a Polish pharmaceuticals distribution company, signed a lease agreement with Panattoni Europe for delivery of two modern built-to-suit warehouse buildings of approx. 35,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of total space. Colliers International Poland acted for Torfarm.

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    Deka Immobilien buys office in Milan

    2009-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Deka Immobilien said it has bought an office property in Milan for around EUR 28 mln from BNP Paribas REIM SGR for its Deka-S-PropertyFund No. 1. The acquisition was executed through a joint venture with Henderson Global Investors specialising in Italian investments.

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    Four Vivacon subsidiaries file for insolvency

    2009-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Troubled German property company Vivacon has confirmed that four of its subsidiaries have filed for insolvency at the local court in Cologne. The four subsidiaries are focused on residential properties in Salzgitter and Kassel, and account for almost 4,000 of the 10,000 residential units held by the Vivacon group.

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    BNP's Crescita fund completes divestments

    2009-06-23T00:00:00Z

    BNP Paribas' Portfolio Immobiliare Crescita fund in liquidation said it has completed the sale of all its remaining properties for a total of EUR 63 mln. The disposal of the remaining four assets was reported by PropertyEU during the Expo Italia Real Estate (EIRE) property fair held at the beginning ...

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    Italy's IPI to be taken private

    2009-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Italy's Segre family is launching a EUR 1.9 per share compulsory bid for real estate company IPI after building up a 75.8% stake in the company last week. The offer is being launched through the family's vehicle IPI Domani.

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    Peskin appointed chairman of Internos

    2009-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Richard Peskin, previously chairman of London company Great Portland Estates for 23 years, has been appointed chairman of Internos.

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    Hypo Real Estate sets aside hundreds of millions for bad debt

    2009-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Hypo Real Estate (HRE), the troubled German lender in which the government has taken a majority stake, warned on Tuesday that risk provisions 'in the high three digit million region' will have a significant impact on income in Q2.

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    Hansteen to raise EUR 238m through open offer

    2009-06-23T00:00:00Z

    AIM-listed industrial property firm Hansteen plans to raise gross proceeds of £200.8 mln (EUR 238 mln) by way of a Placing and Open Offer at a price of 75p per new ordinary share to allow it to take advantage of exceptional opportunities to buy industrial properties in the UK.

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    Befimmo raises EUR 166m in rights issue

    2009-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Listed Belgian property company Befimmo said its rights issue which closed on 22 June had been fully subscribed, generating the targeted gross proceeds of some EUR 166.6 mln which will be used to bolster its financial position.

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    RREEF weigh ups its options over America III

    2009-06-22T17:16:00Z

    UNITED STATES – RREEF, the real estate investment division of Deutsche Bank, is now considering three different options to help it deal with some debt issues for its open-ended commingled fund, RREEF America III.

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    Maine PERS selects ORG as real estate consultant

    2009-06-22T17:15:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Maine Public Employees Retirement System has selected ORG Real Property as its first ever real estate consultant.

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    Tesco makes second property pledge to pension

    2009-06-22T17:13:00Z

    UK – Tesco, the global supermarket chain, has signed another sale-and-leaseback deal with pension fund trustees, which will see the fund take a 50% stake in assets worth £458m.

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    Goodman loses Wilkinson to AEW Europe

    2009-06-22T17:12:00Z

    EUROPE - Rob Wilkinson is leaving the Goodman Group to head up AEW Europe’s fund management and separate accounts business.

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    Progress continues on real estate sale

    2009-06-22T17:10:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - Progress, the Dutch pension fund of food giant Unilever, has sold three housing complexes in Breda, Groningen and Nijmegen as it continues to divest its directly-held domestic real estate portfolio.

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    ZIA enters new era with new president

    2009-06-22T17:08:00Z

    GERMANY – Andreas Mattner, executive board member at German developer ECE Projektmanagement, has replaced Eckart John von Freyend as president of the German Property Federation (ZIA).

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    German mall operator Mfi joins fray for Karstadt stores

    2009-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Management für Immobilien (Mfi), one of Germany’s leading shopping centre operators, has said it would be interested in taking over 20 of insolvent retail group Arcandor's 91 Karstadt department stores. In an interview with financial daily Handelsblatt, Mfi ceo Matthias Böning said he had identified 20 store locations which could ...

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    H&M renews leases at Vastned properties in France

    2009-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Pan-European property investor Vastned Retail has renewed the lease at rue de Rivoli 118- 120 in Paris, its main retail property in France, with fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M).

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    Hanseatic Group pulls out of GWB capital increase

    2009-06-22T00:00:00Z

    German real estate company GWB Immobilien has announced that it has been informed Hanseatic Group no longer intends to invest in GWB by taking part in a capital increase.