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CBRE: German funds will be back
German open-ended funds, which have been forced to halt redemptions temporarily, will start returning to the market towards the end of the second half of 2009, predicts Nick Axford, head of research at the world's biggest adviser CB Richard Ellis. 'The underlying confidence in the sector is still good,' he ...
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British Land portfolio sheds £1.4bn in value
UK REIT British Land said it has seen the value of its portfolio plummet by 10.8%, or £1.4 bn, to £11.6 bn (EUR 13.8 bn) in the six months ending September 30, 2008.
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Electrical goods book biggest fall in turnover
Electrical goods stores are suffering the most from the global financial crisis with average turnover down 2.5%, according to Josep Camacho, director of Eurocommercial Properties. Other sectors will also be hit, he added. 'With the recession, retailers will see negative to no turnover growth,' he said during an investment panel ...
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Hansteen spends EUR 18m in Germany, the Netherlands
European industrial property investor Hansteen said it has purchased three properties in Germany and the Netherlands for a total EUR 18.2 mln. The deal reflects an initial yield of 8.4%. The assets generate a combined rent of EUR 1.52 mln.
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Plaza Centers may cut development pipeline by 81%
Plaza Centers, the emerging markets shopping centre developer, said it could freeze up to 26 of its 32 projects, or over 81% of its development pipeline, in light of the ‘extraordinary market conditions.’ In a management statement for the three months ended September 30, Plaza Centers said that it has ...
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Zublin sees 10.4% drop in French portfolio
Swiss property investor Züblin said the value of its real estate portfolio dropped CHF 100 mln (EUR 66 mln), or 5.2%, to some CHF 1.8 bn in the first six months of its fiscal year ending September 30.
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ING RE sees growth in shopping mall refurbishments
Dutch property giant ING Real Estate said it sees shopping centre refurbishment becoming one of the major components of its retail development pipeline, adding to its current focus on major regeneration projects across Europe.
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Europe's 'Big 5' set to recoup retail market share in 2009
The 'Big Five' countries of core Europe - France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK - are set to recapture their retail investment market share in 2009, according to new research released by Jones Lang LaSalle at the Mapic retail property fair on Thursday.
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Union Investment to spend EUR 270m on Hamburg revamp project
German investor Union Investment said on Thursday that it has been granted planning permission to refurbish the landmark Unilever building at Dammtorwall 15 in central Hamburg. The company plans to add a separate new building featuring a hotel, apartments and office space alongside the office tower, which was built in ...
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Hans van der Linden named as Rabo's new property chief
Dutch cooperative bank Rabobank Nederland plans to appoint Hans van der Linden (57) as the new board chairman of its real estate arm Rabo Real Estate (formerly Rabo Bouwfonds). Van der Linden, who previously held senior management positions within Rabobank Nederland, will take up his new post on February 1, ...
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Rockspring confirms purchase of Cadiz mall
UK investor Rockspring confirmed on Thursday that it has acquired the Tres Caminos retail park located in Puerto Real, Cádiz. The deal, which was reported by PropertyEU at the end of October, represents an investment of over EUR 20 mln. The company was advised by Savills. The seller was not ...
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Turkey still a bright spot for retail property
Turkey is one of the bright spots for the European retail property sector, according to Boris van Haare Heijmeijer, partner retail services at adviser Cushman & Wakefield. 'The demographic and economic growth figures are good, also in the longer term. Turkey has a young and dynamic population. And while economic ...
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MagazineOpportunity knocked?
In difficult times there is usually no shortage of predatory funds waiting to snap up a distress sell or to spot a niche opportunity. But with liquidity all but dried up, Mark Faithfull asks: is there anyone lending?
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MagazineBaby boomer or enfant terrible?
Infrastructure is still a young asset class, but it has the potential to grow bigger than private equity or even real estate. First, though, it must attract sceptical investors Richard Lowe reports
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MagazineFilling the void
The absence of an unlisted index has been one of the biggest obstacles for institutions wishing to invest in infrastructure. But this will not be the case for very long, says Richard Lowe
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On the right path?
A dearth of data on the risk-return profile of infrastructure is leaving investors with more questions than answers in assessing this diverse investment class, says Georg Inderst
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MagazineComing of age
Infrastructure is considered by some as a subset of real estate, and by others as part of their private equity allocation or ‘alternatives’ bucket. Christine Senior looks at how increasingly investors treat it as a asset class in its own right
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MagazineThe ‘raspberry ripple’ effect
There is no shortage of pension schemes looking to invest in infrastructure, so where are the funds to meet the demand? Shayla Walmsley investigates
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MagazineLook and learn
Working alongside fund managers allows pension schemes to build up in-house infrastructure expertise, APG’s Robbert Coomans tells Shayla Walmsley
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Close to home
‘We can’t buy an airport,’ KBC’s Edwin Meysmans tells Shayla Walmsley. It seems European infrastructure funds are the next best thing
