Latest reports – Page 3436
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Magazine
Getting focused
ING Real Estate’s fund of funds business goes global and Asia Pacific products continue to accumulate. In Europe, lower expected returns from core direct new fund launches towards distressed opportunities, alternatives assets and sector-focused strategies.
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Magazine...divided we fall
Progress in advancing sustainable real estate could be enhanced if the industry were to speak with one, clear, united voice, says Carl Bennett
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MagazineGrowing pains
Danish pension fund ATP signalled its international intent this year with its first real estate investments outside Europe. Michael Nielsen tells Richard Lowe about the challenges in managing a global indirect portfolio that is growing larger than its direct domestic counterpart
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MagazineStrong and weak
Economic uncertainty and shaky credit markets will remain key investor concerns for some time while demand for property in emerging markets will remain strong, as Fergus Hicks reports
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MagazineA vital interface
Is the property industry too wary of the EU? The Union has a central role in bringing the industry together. John Frederiksen reports
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Magazine
East or West?
Global diversification is the order of the day for many European pension funds. For some, Asia is the obvious destination to diversify away from European real estate. For others it’s the US.
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PropertyEU Archive
US embassy in London eyes Ballymore's Battersea site
The US State Department has signed a conditional agreement with Irish property developer Ballymore Properties to acquire a site for the construction of a new embassy at it's Nine Elms project, in London, according to a report in the Irish Independent.
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PropertyEU Archive
Canton Property suspends trading as Chairman goes missing
AIM-listed Canton Property Investment Limited announced that it has suspended trading on AIM with immediate affect. The company, which owns one shopping mall in China and is developing two others, said the move followed the unexplained disappearance of founder, executive chairman and 43% shareholder Keng Wong. On suspension shares were ...
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PropertyEU Archive
German open-ended funds may plough EUR 25 bn into global property
German open-ended funds (GOEFs) have the firepower to invest as much as EUR 25 bn in the global commercial real estate market over the next two years, according to a new report by CB Richard Ellis. The international broker based the claim on the funds' high liquidity and projected cash ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Lean times for European office markets, King Sturge
'European office markets are experiencing their leanest period for five years,' according to King Sturge. Based on research in its latest office market report to be launched at Expo Real in Munich the property adviser found that 'initially, property investment bore the brunt of the crisis but our research shows ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Swiss funds opt for real estate
Nine out of 10 Swiss pensions funds are indirectly invested in real estate while the majority also directly invest in the market, according to research from real estate investment specialist Sal Oppenheim. This suggests that investors are still keen on real estate as an asset class though the preferred investment ...
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PropertyEU Archive
MWB hotel division performs well in Q3
MWB Group reported trading was in line with expectations during the third quarter despite difficult market conditions. The interim report for the period 1 July 2008 to 1 October 2008, showed that the group's hotel division was maintaining occupancy although there was a softening in room rate due to tightening ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Zagreb Business Park bought for EUR 68 million
Croatia’s only international logistics park has been bought by Helios Properties for around EUR 68 million. Zagreb Business Park, which has 95,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of warehousing space, is located 6 km from the Slovenian border. The sale was announced by the Park’s sole letting agent King Sturge.
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PropertyEU Archive
Intervest Offices acquires logistic development in Herentals
Property investment fund Intervest Offices has acquired a 40,000m[sup]2[/sup] logistic development on the Siemens site in Herentals from developer Cordeel for EUR 18 mln. The deal involved the acquisition of shares in the limited liability company Edicorp. The transaction takes place within the framework convention which the property investment fund ...
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PropertyEU Archive
CBRE buys Italy's Espansione Commerciale
International property adviser CB Richard Ellis has boosted its presence in the Italian market with the acquisition of Espansione Commerciale, the market leader in shopping centre leasing and property management. Financial details were not disclosed. The acquisition makes CB Richard Ellis the number one commercial property services provider in Italy, ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Hyatt Hotels enters Portugal
Portugal’s Pelicano Investimento Imobiliario has announced it is to invest EUR250 mln in the Pinheirinho Resort project on the Portuguese Tróia Peninsula coast south of Lisbon. In a statement, the company said it has signed an agreement with US hotel chain Hyatt Hotels & Resorts for the management of the ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Europe hotel chains see profits and occupancy drop in August
European chain hotels reported a dismal August with substantial falls in demand and profit, according to the latest report from hotel performance benchmarking firm Hotstats.
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PropertyEU Archive
Behringer Harvard opens European office in Germany
Dallas-based real estate company Behringer Harvard said on Thursday it is opening a European headquarters to expand its global presence. The new office in the German city of Hamburg is expected to begin operating in early October.
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PropertyEU Archive
Paul Myers leaves Land Secs to become 'City' minister in UK
Paul Myners has stepped down 'with immediate effect' as director and chairman of Land Securities to take up the post of Under Secretary of State and Minister for the City at the UK Government's Treasury department. Land Securities, the largest real estate investment trust (REIT) in the UK, announced Myer's ...
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PropertyEU Archive
New fund to capitalise on re-pricing in UK
Ropemaker Properties, the real estate investment arm of the BP Pension Fund, and Cube Real Estate have established a new fund to take advantage of the re-pricing of real estate in the UK. The Cubemaker Partnership will invest in a portfolio of UK multi-let commercial property investments offering asset management ...
