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  • PropertyEU Archive

    Catella advises on sale of 1,400 apartments in Berlin

    2008-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Real estate broker Catella said on Tuesday that it has advised on the sale of 1,400 apartments in the north of Berlin for EUR 80 mln. The buyer was an unnamed Dutch investor.

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    Trillium to manage part of EUR 747m schools programme

    2008-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Land Securities Trillium has been appointed to manage the rebuilding and refurbishment of 10 schools as part of a £600 mln (EUR 747 mln) programme in South East England.

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    Orco sells historic Budapest HQ

    2008-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Orco Property Group has sold its historic head office in Budapest to Stena Realty for an undisclosed price. The Andrassy 70 office building is located on Andrassy Avenue. Dating back to 1880, the property was originally constructed as a private mansion but was converted and extensively refurbished to Class-A offices ...

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    Supervisory chiefs quit Immofinanz/Immoeast

    2008-10-29T00:00:00Z

    The chairman and deputy chairman of the supervisory boards of Austrian real estate companies Immofinanz and Immoeast resigned on Tuesday. Wolfgang Reithofer and Reinhold Süßenbacher informed the company's executive board of the move on Monday evening.

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    KanAm halts redemptions from 2nd grundinvest fund

    2008-10-29T00:00:00Z

    KamAm has halted redemptions for three months from its EUR 5 bn KamAm grundinvest fund, a day after locking up its smaller, dollar-denominated US-grundinvest fund for 90 days.

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    FdR sells for EUR 95m to BNP Paribas OPCI

    2008-10-29T00:00:00Z

    French property group Fonciere des Regions said on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with Technical Property Fund I, the OPCI investment vehicle of BNP Paribas REIM, to sell a portfolio of 30 office properties for a total of EUR 95.1 mln excluding taxes. The portfolio consists of around ...

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    Goodman Group unveils EUR 657m liquidity drive

    2008-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Australian listed property trust Goodman Group has announced a raft of measures designed to increase its available liquidity to AUD$1.3 bn (EUR 657 mln) and consolidate its position in Asia.

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    TNT opens first C02-neutral facility

    2008-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Global express mail company TNT has held an opening ceremony for its first CO2 emission-free facility in the Dutch town of Veenendaal. The depot, built by VolkerWessels, is the first in a series of 'green' buildings TNT plans to use as part of its Planet Me environmental programme.

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    House of Design comes to Rotterdam

    2008-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Hamburg-based investor Garbe Group is teaming up with Dutch firms Volker Wessels Vastgoed and Synchroon in a development that builds on Rotterdam’s growing reputation as a city of cutting-edge architecture and design.

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    French property investment plummets by 57% in 2008

    2008-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Commercial property investment in France dropped by 57% year-to-year totalling EUR 9.4 bn in the first nine months of 2008, according to the latest market view report issued by CB Richard Ellis. The downturn was a result of more challenging lending markets and a loss of investor confidence. Investment activities ...

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    DTZ appoints new Netherlands chairman

    2008-10-28T00:00:00Z

    DTZ Zaddelhoff, the Dutch arm of international broker DTZ, has appointed Cuno van Steenhoven as chairman of the board of management. He replaces Cees de Jong who left the company earlier this month following his conviction for tax fraud relating to a personal tax filing.

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    Aefides buys 13,000 m[sup]2[/sup] car showroom in Netherlands

    2008-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Dutch property fund manager Aefides has acquired the Autoborg property located at the industrial park Eemspoort in the northern Dutch region of Groningen for an undisclosed sum. Broker DTZ Zaddelhoff advised on the transaction.

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    Sjaelso Gruppen buys back 1.7 million shares

    2008-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Danish listed real estate company Sjaelso Gruppen has said that it has purchased 1.7 million of its shares for almost DKK 150 mln (EUR 20 mln) since early March this year. The company unveiled a plan in March to repurchase up to DKK 200 mln shares before the end of ...

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    Raven Russia highlights financial firepower

    2008-10-28T00:00:00Z

    AIM-listed warehouse investor Raven Russia has stressed that it has plenty of funding available to take advantage of the difficult market conditions despite the much publicised reports of the difficulties in the banking sector. The company said that it continues to draw down from the $586 mln (EUR 471 ...

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    KanAm locks up US fund to stem tide of redemptions

    2008-10-28T00:00:00Z

    KanAm has suspended redemptions from its US-grundinvest open-ended fund for at least three months. The German fund manager said the move was necessary to protect investors in the dollar-denominated fund after a period of unusually high sales of its units in recent weeks.

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    Plaza Centers buys back 2 million shares

    2008-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Plaza Centers, the emerging markets property developer listed in London and Warsaw, has announced it has purchased just over 2 million of its shares at a price of between 43.5-46 pence (54-77 euro cents) per share. The buyback scheme was approved by shareholders at the annual general meeting in May.

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    IIG begins work on Adidas facility in Ukraine

    2008-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Belgian-based Immo Industry Group (IIG) has begun construction work on a distribution centre in Ukraine for the German sporting goods manufacturer Adidas. The facility is being developed by IIG and its Ukrainian joint venture partner Aladdin Group at the IIG-Aladdin Group Industrial Park V in the Ukrainian capital Kiev.

  • News

    CBRE trust widens into UK retail

    2008-10-27T17:51:00Z

    UK - The CB Richard Ellis Realty Trust has expanded its property holdings outside of the United States after purchasing a second major UK retail park.

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    REITs are worth it in the long-term – S&P

    2008-10-27T17:24:00Z

    GLOBAL - Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are still solid, long-term investment choices despite their recent poor returns, according to Standard & Poor’s (S&P) latest global property and REIT report.

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    'Flat' review sparks talk over UK housing potential

    2008-10-27T17:21:00Z

    UK – A government-commissioned report on proposed reforms for UK rented housing has sparked a debate which suggests the country’s top property experts disagree on the best way to help investors tap opportunities in the UK’s residential marketplace.