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    Financial performance is linked to ESG - research

    2009-05-11T17:43:00Z

    EUROPE - Most European real estate fund managers believe there is a relationship between environmental performance and financial returns, according to a survey by the UK’s Environment Agency Pension Fund and Aviva Investors.

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    Rockwood Capital hits fundraising target

    2009-05-11T17:41:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Rockwood Capital has closed the money raising on its Rockwood Capital Real Estate Partners Fund VIII just shy of its target, at $964m (€720.6m).

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    Gellatly leaves BlackRock for new base

    2009-05-11T17:31:00Z

    EUROPE – John Gellatly has left BlackRock as head of real estate fund of funds to join Aviva Investors’ global multi-manager team in Europe.

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    NYSTRS extends its real estate limits

    2009-05-11T17:29:00Z

    UNITED STATES - New York State Teachers Retirement System has bought a further share in a real estate backed by a European pension fund, as well as extending current management contracts.

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    MGPA pulls out of Broadgate acquisition - report

    2009-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Private equity group MGPA is understood to have abandoned plans to purchase Broadgate in the City, the Independent on Sunday newspaper has claimed. The sale reportedly collapsed as MGPA failed to find a partner for the investment. The newspaper said the private equity firm had approached the Abu Dhabi sovereign ...

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    German open-ended funds to pay out average return of 3.5%

    2009-05-11T00:00:00Z

    German open-ended real estate funds are expected to pay an average return on investment of 3.5% in 2009, according to Feri EuroRating Services. Feri's analysis of 33 German funds suggests the returns are likely to range from 2-5%.

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    CBRE makes senior real estate finance appointment

    2009-05-11T00:00:00Z

    CB Richard Ellis has announced the appointment of Robin Hubbard as executive director of the company's real estate finance business. Hubbard has over 20 years of investment banking experience, most recently as head of the European operations of Probitas Partners, a leading independent global fund placement agent.

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    FDR on course to achieve EUR 500m in sales

    2009-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Foncière des Régions has already arranged EUR 417 mln of sales or sales agreements since the start of 2009. This leaves the French property group within shouting distance of its disposal target of EUR 500 mln for the full year.

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    Eighty retail tenants seek to pay Prupim on monthly basis

    2009-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Just over 80 of Prupim's retail tenants have sought to pay rents on a monthly rather than quarterly basis since the global real estate investment manager offered the temporary concession in January.

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    Madrid's business district hurt by weak occupier market

    2009-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Tenants still need to be found for 80% of the office space brought to the Madrid office market as part of the major Cuatro Torres development.

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    Dutch property markets hover just above par in Q1

    2009-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Annualized total returns for the Dutch real estate market over the 12 months to end of the first quarter 2009 came to 0.5%, down from 2.8% in the previous quarter, according to the ROZ/IPD Netherlands Quarterly Property Index.

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    Sponda to carry out EUR 200m rights issue

    2009-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Finnish property company Sponda has unveiled plans to raise EUR 200 mln of equity through a rights issue. The company said on Monday that Solidium, the owner of a 34.3% stake in Sponda, will subscribe to its pro rata share in the rights offering.

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    Hammerson slashes carbon emissions at malls

    2009-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Hammerson, a leading owner and developer of shopping centres, has significantly cut carbon emissions across its portfolio as a result of a series of energy-saving initiatives implemented in the UK and France.

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    Director of Amsterdam's Zuidas resigns

    2009-05-11T00:00:00Z

    The director of Amsterdam's ambitious Zuidas development project is stepping down by 1 August and will seek another position within the city council.

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    European Commission investigates state aid for Hypo RE

    2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

    Frankfurt-listed Hypo Real Estate has expressed confidence that the European Commission (EC) will rubber stamp the German government's multi-billion euro support for the ailing property lender. Hypo Real Estate was reacting to the news that the EC has initiated a formal investigation to ascertain whether the government's 'restructuring support' is ...

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    Aedes names new CEO

    2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

    Italy's Aedes Immobiliare has appointed Nicola Cinelli to the position of new Chief Executive and Pierino Isoldi as the group's new vice president. The appointments follow the approval last month of a new EUR 150 mln capital raising to be subscribed by the new investors Isoldi (in a range of ...

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    Atenor signs hotel management contract in Brussels

    2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

    South City Hotel, a partnership of Atenor (40%), BPI (10%) and Espace Midi (50%) has announced the signing of a management contract with the Rezidor Group for the hotel currently under construction opposite the Gare du Midi railway station in Brussels. The contract, with a duration of 20 years, concerns ...

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    Gezeley delivers Spain's largest green logistics project

    2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

    Logistics property developer and operator Gazeley has completed the first phase of a logistics project in Ontigola, south of Madrid, on behalf of Ceva Logistics. The project, with 55,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of total space, represents Spain's largest sustainable development for the logistics property sector in 2008. The scheme consists of two ...

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    DTZ to manage Edinburgh Technopole

    2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

    Property services firm DTZ has secured an instruction to manage Grosvenor's 126-acre world-class science and technology park, Edinburgh Technopole. Edinburgh Technopole is an ongoing development which when fully completed will offer 500,000 sq ft (50,000 m2) research and office space. The park currently consists of three modern buildings offering a ...

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    ProDelta buys 45,000 m[sup]2[/sup] logistics centre

    2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

    ProDelta has bought a 45,000 m[sup]2[/sup] logistics centre in Veenendaal, the Netherlands, from logistics services group TDG for an undisclosed amount. The scheme was leased back to TDG with a long term contract. ProDelta was advised by RembrandtState Vastgoed while DTZ Zadelhoff and Jones Lang LaSalle adcted for the ...