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PropertyEU Archive
Apache seeks to raise £300m of equity
Apache Capital Partners, a London-based co-investing property investment manager, is looking to raise £200-300 mln (EUR 227-341 mln) on its first raise for three UK property funds. In a statement on Tuesday, the company said that, depending on its success, it will seek to raise a similar amount again on ...
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Orco sees net losses widen in Q1
Orco Property Group reported that net losses widened to EUR 45.7 mln in the first quarter, reflecting interest charges of EUR 21.5 mln. and non-cash currency losses of EUR 17.9 mln. In the year-earlier period, the group booked losses of EUR 12.8 mln.
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MagazineLowering the bar
Capital-raising for funds is extremely difficult. That said, in the first half of 2009 a number of funds targeting European real estate opportunities closed. However, capital targets have had to be lowered amid investor uncertainty. Richard Lowe reports
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MagazineCracks in the ice
The frozen property financing market shows some signs of thawing although the deals are smaller and the main players are German banks looking for better-priced opportunities. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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MagazineAn unenviable task?
Quality of market data has improved, but the researcher’s role remains challenging, say Keith Steventon and Kieran Farrelly
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Is it all about the timing?
The next few years will offer an unprecedented buying opportunity. Should pension funds be looking to time the market or waiting for signs of a recovery?
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MagazineHome and away
The West Midlands Pension Fund is staying committed to the real estate asset class following a strategic review. Richard Lowe talks to Brian Bailey about UK opportunities and expanding the global portfolio
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MagazineLocal interest
Property markets in Cyprus, Greece and Turkey are currently off the radar for most cross-border investors. But local institutional investors are still active. Maha Khan Phillips reports
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MagazineFocused on the big
Peter Verwer is the Property Council of Australia’s long-standing CEO. He spoke to Richard Lowe at this year’s MIPIM about sustainable properties, tax regimes, Australian superannuation funds, valuations and IFRS
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MagazineThe plot thickens
Lenders are generally happy to tolerate LTV breaches as long as interest payments are being serviced. But refinancing negotiations are turning out to be far from uniform or straightforward. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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MagazineGiving up the debt addiction
The challenge today for fund managers is to create strategies for operating in Asia real estate markets without relying on excessively high leverage. Kristen Paech reports
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MagazineSecond thoughts
Liquidity pressures are pushing investors to trade their interests in closed-ended funds. Will the current dislocation act as a catalyst for the emergence of a more organised and active secondary market? Richard Lowe investigates
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Stand up and be counted
As double-digit returns become a distant memory, investors are seeking more information to rate the performance of funds. Christine Senior investigates investor concerns and how fund managers can address them
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And the winner is…
Large pension funds were the worst performers in UK real estate in 2008. But why? Malcolm Hunt uses a series of performance metrics to explain. The results are surprising and informative
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MagazineWiden your horizon
Debt strategies are often off the real estate investment radar of pension funds. But they can be less risky than core equity strategies, says Ethan Penner
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MagazineTaking stock
ING Real Estate is battening down the hatches, focusing on core areas of business and looking after existing investments. Richard Lowe speaks to George Jautze about the challenges ahead
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PropertyEU Archive
European banks' office take-up down by 80% in first three months of 2009
The global economic crisis has pushed banks' take-up of office space in the first quarter of 2009 down by 80% against the long term quarterly average with the London, Moscow and Warsaw markets most affected.
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PropertyEU Archive
Sonae Sierra's German mall 95% let
Portuguese shopping centre developer Sonae Sierra announced on Tuesday that 95% of the gross lettable area of its new German development - the LOOP5 shopping and leisure centre in Weiterstadt - is already let. The mall is scheduled to open on October 9, 2009.
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PropertyEU Archive
DTZ sees UK market stabilising
Property adviser DTZ sees tentative signs of a stabilisation in Europe’s commercial real estate investment market led by the UK. Transaction volumes in the UK remained flat in Q1 2009 at EUR 3.5bn compared to Q4 2008 while prime yields in some UK markets such as Central London stabilised over ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Europa Fund II announces further lettings at Hofgarten Palais, Düsseldorf
Europa Capital LLP, the general partner of Europa Fund II, has announced the letting of 1,891m[sup]2[/sup] to Gleiss Lutz Rechtsanwalte at Hofgarten Palais, the 13,150 m[sup]2[/sup] office development at Bleichstrasse/Goltsteinstrasse, Düsseldorf owned through its Luxembourg subsidiaries. The building is nearing completion and is already 57% leased.
