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    Metrovacesa to pay for £240m London deal in instalments

    2008-11-10T00:00:00Z

    Spanish real estate giant Metrovacesa is to pay for its £240 mln (EUR 296 mln) acquisition of a City of London complex from UK financial services group Legal & General in quarterly amounts.

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    Irish real estate undergoes dramatic re-pricing - IPD

    2008-11-10T00:00:00Z

    The commercial real estate sector has undergone a rapid re-pricing as the market continues to falter. Year-to-date total returns now stand at -21.2%,

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    IVG fund acquires office property in Bristol for EUR 27m

    2008-11-10T00:00:00Z

    An institutional fund of German real estate group IVG has acquired a prime office building in the UK city of Bristol for £21.9 mln (EUR 27 mln) from a fund managed by Invista Real Estate Investment Management. The asset is located at 1 George's Square, Bath Street in Bristol, with ...

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    Echo presents office scheme in Szczecin

    2008-11-10T00:00:00Z

    Echo Investment has presented details of its nine-storey Oxygen office investment being developed in the Polish city of Szczecin. The Class A office building will be opened at the turn of 2009 and 2010. The total gross leasable area of the building is about 14,000 m[sup]2[/sup].

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    CBRE Q3 profit drops 65%, but beats forecast

    2008-11-10T00:00:00Z

    CB Richard Ellis has reported that its profit in the third quarter of this year fell 65% to $40.4 mln (EUR 31.5 mln) from $114.9 mln (EUR 89 mln) a year earlier. Revenue fell to $1.3 bn from $1.5 bn a year earlier. The international broker blamed the fall in ...

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    Spanish property in for a long hard ride, says C&W's Cooke

    2008-11-10T00:00:00Z

    The crisis in the Spanish real estate sector may be bottoming out but recovery is still a long way off, Roger Cooke, managing partner at Cushman & Wakefield Spain, has told PropertyEU.

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    Land Secs to suspend demerger plan - report

    2008-11-10T00:00:00Z

    Land Securities is poised to put its plan to split into two separate listed companies on hold due to the deepening decline in the UK commercial property sector, according to a report in the Times newspaper at the weekend.

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    Top 5 deals, Week 45 (3-7 November 2008)

    2008-11-10T00:00:00Z

    The largest deal recorded by PropertyEU between 3 and 7 November for which the financial details were given was Topland's acquisition of a portfolio of 12 hypermarkets in the Basque region of Spain from retail group Eroski for EUR 361 mln.

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    Advisory firms set up 'distressed' teams

    2008-11-10T00:00:00Z

    The major real estate services firms are setting up special teams to advise on the growing phenomenon of 'distressed' property sales as the credit crunch deepens.

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    CEE real estate growth is kicked into the tall grass

    2008-11-07T15:00:00Z

    EUROPE – Real estate markets in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries will not escape the effects of the financial crisis over the next couple of years and are potentially risky choices for investors who are considering re-entering the markets, according to Nadja Savic, associate for CB Richard Ellis Investors ...

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    BMPSA mulls Brazilian fair as numbers slide in Barcelona

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    As Spain experiences its worst real estate crisis in decades, the organisers of the Barcelona Meeting Point (BMPSA) property fair are mulling the launch of a fair in Brazil next year. 'We have to put more focus on the international side of our business and I can announce that chances ...

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    Deals melt away in Central and Eastern Europe

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Real estate investment has dried up in Central and Eastern Europe in recent weeks as the region sheds its image as a relatively credit crunch-free zone.

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    Highcroft Investments joins REITA campaign

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Highcroft Investments has joined Reita, the educational and awareness campaign for real estate investment trusts (REITs) and property investment.

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    Multi Development opens Forum Barreiro in Portugal

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Dutch retail developer Multi Corporation has opened its Forum Barreiro shopping centre near Lisbon. The mall offers 17,500 m[sup]2[/sup] of retail and leisure, including 108 shops and a Castello Lopes multiplex cinema. The scheme, which represents an investment of EUR72 mln and was bought by Rockspring, will be managed by ...

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    Danish fund buys in Frankfurt

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Danish real estate fund Ejendomsselskabet has bought five residential and commercial properties in the city centre of Frankfurt. The 6,532 m[sup]2[/sup] residential and commercial areas are fully let and are divided into 43 apartments and six commercial units. NAI apollo acted as consultant.

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    Market to recover faster than in the 1990s, says Morgan Stanley boss

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    The global real estate market will recover faster from the current credit crisis than it did from the downturn in the 1990s, according to John Carrafiel, global joint head of Morgan Stanley Real Estate. 'This seems a better scenario than what we were facing in the 1990s as governments have ...

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    Opportunistic property fundraising continues in face of crisis

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Despite the credit crisis and faltering economic growth, opportunistic real estate investment managers continue to attract capital, with some 187 funds seeking to raise $155 bn (EUR121 bn) in the third quarter, according to research from US-based real estate fund of funds manager Clerestory Capital Partners. 'Lots of real estate ...

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    SEB acquires Segro park in Hungary for EUR 20m

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Frankfurt-based SEB Investment has acquired the 30,000 m[sup]2[/sup] Vendel Park located to the west of Budapest from flexible business space provider Segro for EUR 20 mln.

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    Metropolis complex in Moscow 75% let

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Some 75% of the Metropolis business complex in Moscow has now been leased following an agreement with a major international company ranking among the largest top 25 companies according to Fortune 500. The lease marks Jones Lang LaSalle’s 10th deal in the business complex.

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    German open-ended funds halt spending spree

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    German open-ended funds have put their buying activities on hold in the wake of the funds' recent mass redemptions, according to a new report from Jones Lang LaSalle. Open-ended funds, particularly German players, have been one of the few remaining buyers of global property this year.