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    Segro cautious on outlook

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Segro, the UK-based logistics company, expects demand for industrial space to weaken in the months ahead while property values will decline further until the debt markets stabilise. 'While we have made good progress with our own letting and development programme, we are cautious about the outlook both for occupier markets ...

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    US may correct by 30% - JER Partners

    2008-11-06T18:06:00Z

    UNITED STATES - With the US entering the worst recession for 25 years, "the US real estate market may reprice by up to 30% following the correction of 10-20% that has already taken place," Michael Pralle, CIO and COO of US-based fund manager JER Partners, has told IPE Real Estate.

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    UK market tipped as first to recover and invest

    2008-11-06T18:04:00Z

    UK/GLOBAL - The UK’s real estate market is predicted to be among the first to exit the economic downturn ahead of more volatile markets, according to analysts’ speaking at the Barcelona Meeting Point this week.

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    Illinois Teachers reviews five-year strategy

    2008-11-06T18:02:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Teacher Retirement System for the State of Illinois is looking at making several changes to its real estate strategy as part of its five-year plan for real estate.

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    Opposing markets halt TKP’s real estate gains

    2008-11-06T18:01:00Z

    NETHERLANDS – TKP Pensioen has revealed the financial crisis has brought the performance growth of its real estate investments to a standstill.

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    EC sustainability still a long way off real estate

    2008-11-06T17:57:00Z

    EUROPE – The European Commission has revealed draft proposals for an EU-wide Energy and Water Performance of Buildings Directive this week in a bid to encourage sustainability and more energy efficiency in buildings across Europe, but experts maintain the EC still has a long way to go before achieving a ...

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    Tennessee Consolidated extends manager relations

    2008-11-06T17:56:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System is beefing up the range of separate account real estate managers it invests with.

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    Private equity market is still a target - Preqin

    2008-11-06T17:52:00Z

    US - Private equity real estate markets continues to attract long-term investors despite the financial crisis, according to the Preqin 2008 Private Equity Real Estate Review.

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    Apollo to tap distress calls

    2008-11-06T17:50:00Z

    US - Apollo Real Estate Advisors is hoping to take advantage of the turbulent market conditions to seize opportunities in distressed debt funds for the benefit of pension funds, but buying debt funds at discounted prices from banks.

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    Aberdeen poised to pick at distressed assets

    2008-11-06T00:00:00Z

    Government efforts to kick-start the global financial sector are encouraging, but the credit squeeze will definitely last this year through 2009, according to Alessandro Bronda, head of investment strategy at Aberdeen Property Investors.

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    Georges-Picot leaves Catella Belgium to launch own firm

    2008-11-06T00:00:00Z

    Cedric Georges-Picot is resigning from his role as managing director of Catella Property Belgium after eight years with the company. The position of managing director will be held by board member Stephane Guyot-Sionnest until a permanent replacement is appointed.

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    Topland concludes largest Spanish hypermarket sale-and-leaseback

    2008-11-06T00:00:00Z

    Privately owned UK property investor Topland has acquired a portfolio of 12 hypermarkets in the Basque region of Spain from retail group Eroski for EUR 361 mln.

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    JLL appointed global advser for Procter & Gamble

    2008-11-06T00:00:00Z

    Procter & Gamble has extended its existing strategic alliance with Jones Lang LaSalle to include a range of transaction and strategic portfolio planning services for owned and leased real estate worldwide.

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    Kuwaiti bank signs up for EUR 7.6bn Tatarstan development

    2008-11-06T00:00:00Z

    Turc Capital, a subsidiary of banking group Kuwait Finance House (KFH), is to play a major role in the development of 2 million m[sup]2[/sup] of residential and commercial real estate in the Republic of Tatarstan.

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    Gains since 2003 being unwound in months

    2008-11-06T00:00:00Z

    Some property investors are preparing to go 'bottom feeding' for opportunities in the UK early next year but it is by no means certain that 2009 will mark an upturn in the cycle, Malcolm Frodsham of the Investment Property Databank has cautioned.

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    Business confidence 'crashes' in UK property sector

    2008-11-06T00:00:00Z

    Business confidence in both the UK residential and commercial property sectors has crashed in the last couple of years, according to services firm Smith & Williamson. The claim is based on a survey of 187 senior property industry executives.

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    Investors advised to look at Middle East

    2008-11-06T00:00:00Z

    Investors should cash in on the different stages of the property cycles in the western world and the Middle East, Lanesborough Asset Management has urged. While the US and European markets are either falling or stagnating, the United Arab Emirates markets are exhibiting strong growth. 'The conditions for profit taking ...

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    Barcelona showcases 'sophisticated' development model

    2008-11-06T00:00:00Z

    Other European cities can learn from Barcelona's experience over the last 20 years as it transformed its industrial heritage to fit the needs of the 21st century, the city's deputy mayor Jordi Williams Carnes has said in an interview with PropertyEU.

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    Coalition prepares to pitch EU-REIT to Brussels

    2008-11-06T00:00:00Z

    The coalition lobbying for a single European real estate investment trust (EU-REIT) intends to lodge its proposal with the European Commission in Brussels in the next few months. Coalition chairman Joaquim Ribeiro, who is also finance director at Portuguese shopping centre specialist Sonae Sierra, told PropertyEU that the final touches ...

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    Study presents fresh call for EU REITs

    2008-11-05T15:05:00Z

    GLOBAL - Real estate experts have today unveiled the first blueprint of how an EU Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) might work and insisted now is the time to push the proposal through the Commission in Brussels.