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    Mipim Horizons merges with Mipim

    2009-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Fair organiser Reed Midem has announced that the second edition of Mipim Horizons, the international property market dedicated to the world's fast-growing regions, will coincide with the annual Mipim fair in Cannes next year from 16-19 March.

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    Soffin to squeeze out minority HRE shareholders

    2009-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Following its takeover of a 90% stake in troubled property lender Hypo Real Estate, the German financial markets stabilisation fund Soffin plans to squeeze out US investor Christoper Flowers, it said on Monday.

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    ATP trains its eye to 'club’ investments

    2009-06-08T18:01:00Z

    DENMARK – ATP Real Estate still has €300m of outstanding equity to put into the non-listed real estate markets, but has moved its focus away from large commingled funds to club deals with like-minded investors.

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    UK commercial loans at risk of covenant breach

    2009-06-08T17:59:00Z

    UK – More than three-quarters of UK commercial real estate loans could be in breach of their loan to value (LTV) covenants and there could be up to £50bn (€57bn) of negative equity in the market, according to William Newsom, head of valuation at Savills.

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    Lewis moves onto next venture

    2009-06-08T17:52:00Z

    EUROPE – Ric Lewis has left AEW Europe but will continue to advise two of its institutional real estate funds from the helm of new fund management company Tristan Capital Partners.

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    Kansas PERS expands into infrastructure

    2009-06-08T17:50:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Kansas Public Employees Retirement System has made its first ever investment in infrastructure with a $50m (€35.2m) commitment into the Brookfield Americas Infrastructure Fund.

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    Germany overtakes UK as biggest European market – IPD

    2009-06-08T17:49:00Z

    EUROPE - The UK has dropped from second to fourth ranking in the global market, according to IPD.

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    Mark turmoil encourages AlaskaPerm to rethink weightings

    2009-06-08T17:44:00Z

    UNITED STATES - The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation has increased its targeted allocation to real estate from 10% to 13%, to help cope with the impact of the financial markets crisis on its portfolio.

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    Invista sells York retail unit above valuation price

    2009-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Invista Foundation Property Trust has announced the sale of a retail unit in York to an in-house fund of Nightingale Partners. The £1.9 mln (EUR 2.17 mln) disposal price reflects a net initial yield of 5.5% and was 9.8% above the 31 March 2009 valuation, the company said in a ...

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    Generali Vie buys Chambery mall for EUR 52m

    2009-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Generali Vie has bought the Halles de Chambery shopping centre project in France from developer Virgil for EUR 52 mln. The scheme will provide around 14,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of retail space on opening in the fourth quarter of 2011. Major retailers include Fnac, H&M et Monoprix. Halles de Chambery will also ...

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    Gruppo Bernardi to invest EUR 250m in Serbian mall

    2009-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Italy's Gruppo Bernardi said it plans to invest EUR 250 mln in the development of a shopping centre in Pecinci, in northern Serbia. The mall, which will be named Città Italiana, will include a shopping area, a retail outlet and a hotel with a playground for kids. CEO Riccardo di ...

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    Investment activity plunges 74% in Q1: C&W

    2009-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Investment volumes in Europe fell 74% in the first three months of 2009 year-on-year to just EUR 11.4 bn, according to the latest European commercial real estate investment update from adviser Cushman & Wakefield.

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    RICS expands valuation guidance

    2009-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Valuers have been advised that they may need to provide advice on the outlook of a property's value, as well as establishing the current market value, in the current economic climate.

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    F&C REIT disposes of seven UK retail units

    2009-06-08T00:00:00Z

    F&C REIT has sold off seven retail properties in the UK for a total of over £12 mln (EUR 13.7 mln). The retail units, which were sold to private buyers either through private transaction or auction, consist of 1,900 m[sup]2[/sup] of retail and office space.

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    Expo Italia 2009 opens its doors

    2009-06-08T00:00:00Z

    The fifth edition of Expo Italia Real Estate (EIRE), organised by Gestione Fiere, gets under way in Milan today with a programme of institutional conferences, seminars and meetings held in the conference rooms and exhibitor stands at Fiera Milano.

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    ING sells Glasgow office to Protego

    2009-06-08T00:00:00Z

    The Scottish arm of property consultant CB Richard Ellis has announced the sale of 220 St Vincent Street in Glasgow to Protego Real Estate Investors for £6 mln (EUR 6.8 mln). CBRE Scotland was acting on behalf of ING Real Estate Investment Management. The deal reflects a net initial yield ...

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    SFL clinches new sale in Paris

    2009-06-08T00:00:00Z

    French SIIC SFL has sold an office building at 5 Rue Alfred De Vigny in Paris' eighth arrondissement to Invesco Real Estate for EUR 28 mln, excluding costs. The property is earmarked for Invesco's Südeuropa fund.

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    Vivacon sells five development projects

    2009-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Cash-strapped German property company Vivacon has signed an agreement to sell part of its development business to an unnamed international investor. The firm said it has sold five development projects in Berlin, Hamburg and Düsseldorf with a total project volume of EUR 345 mln. The transaction, which is conditional on ...

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    SIIC de Paris gets EUR 143m equity injection

    2009-06-08T00:00:00Z

    SIIC de Paris has unveiled plans for a EUR 143 mln rights issue with preferential subscription rights for existing shareholders, with new shares issued for cash or debt reduction.

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    Banco Pastor sells assets for EUR 104m

    2009-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Spain's Banco Pastor said it has made a profit of almost EUR 40 mln through the sale of property assets for a total of EUR 104 mln. In a statement to the Spanish market regulator CNMV on Friday, the bank said that 41 office buidlings and bank branches were sold ...