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    Carpathian distances itself from Dawnay Day with name change

    2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Dawnay Day Carpathian, the AIM-listed property company focusing on investments in central and eastern Europe, is now known simply as Carpathian as shareholders ratified the name change at a recent extraordinary general meeting.

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    Raven Russia secures EUR65 mln loan facility

    2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

    Raven Russia, the Guernsey-registered, AIM-listed property investment group, said on Thursday that its Megalogix warehouse joint venture has signed a $95 mln (EUR65 mln) loan facility agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group.

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    Terreis acquires Paris office complex for EUR23.5m

    2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

    French SIIC Terreis has acquired an office complex in Paris from the R-SIIC company for EUR23.5 mln. The complex consists of three office buildings providing a total 6,200 m[sup]2[/sup] of space and located in Cité Paradis in the 10th Arrondissement of Paris.

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    Akron and R-Quadrat to develop office complex in Kiev

    2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

    Austrian real estate company Akron has agreed to purchase 100% of the Prospekt Peremogi 67 office project in the Ukranian capital Kiev as part of a forward purchase agreement with R-Austrian peer Quadrat. On Thursday, Akron signed up for a 40% share of the project, which it will develop together ...

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    CBRE Investors acquires Airport Plaza in Brussels

    2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

    CB Richard Ellis Investors, through its Luxembourg-based Strategic Partners Europe Fund, has acquired the Airport Plaza business park project in Brussels from Belgian developer Robelco for an undisclosed amount.

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    Catella benefits from robust Nordic market in H1

    2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

    Stockholm-based Catella Property Group saw transactional volumes rise to EUR4 bn in the first half of 2008 from EUR3.6 bn in the year-earlier period, reflecting its strong market positions in The Nordics, Belgium, France and Germany.

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    Chartered Land plans EUR1 bn expansion of Dublin shopping centre

    2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

    Irish commercial property company Chartered Land has applied for planning permission to Fingal County Council for a EUR1 bn expansion of the Swords Pavilions shopping centre in north Dublin.

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    Green light for Waterside regeneration project

    2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

    Warner Estate and Aylesbury Vale district council have signed a formal agreement for the development of the mixed-use Waterside Shopping regeneration project in Aylesbury in the UK.

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    Savills to cut staff as first-half profits slump

    2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

    Property adviser Savills said on Thursday that it will seek to realise cost savings of £20 mln (EUR25 mln) in 2008 as pre-tax profits and revenues for the first six months of the year slid mainly as a result of the market downturn in the UK and Europe.

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    BPF Bouw becomes latest victim to property fraud

    2008-08-28T17:58:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - The €25bn pension fund for the construction industry BPF Bouw is understood to be the latest victim of the large-scale property fraud which has affected the company pension scheme of electronics giant Philips.

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    Sacramento County plays strong hand on real estate

    2008-08-28T17:56:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Sacramento County Employees Retirement System is now in the process of looking at firms to manage an ex-US public REITs strategy, but has rejected plans from one of its managers to change a fund’s existing strategy.

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    Fresno County increases target on real estate and infrastructure

    2008-08-28T17:53:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Fresno County Employees’ Retirement Association has increased its real estate allocation from 4% to 6% and added an allocation of 2% to infrastructure for the first time.

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    ORG to support Indiana PERF

    2008-08-28T17:52:00Z

    UNITED STATES- Indiana Public Employees Retirement Fund has selected ORG Portfolio Management as its first consultant dedicated to the real estate asset class.

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    CalPERS taps call for debt liquidity

    2008-08-28T17:51:00Z

    UNITED STATES - California Public Employees Retirement System has made a $200m (€135.4bn) commitment into a US Debt Fund investment run by JER Investors Trust, to take advantage of dislocation in the credit markets.

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    Apollo creates AREFIN on new investor demand

    2008-08-28T17:50:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Apollo Real Estate Advisors has attracted an additional $309m (€210.6m) for its commingled fund, Apollo Real Estate Finance Corp, and placed the new capital raising in a separate holding called AREFIN Co-Investment Corporation.

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    Segro sells two UK portfolios for a total EUR 138m

    2008-08-28T00:00:00Z

    UK-based logistics property company Segro said on Wednesday that it has agreed the sale of two industrial portfolios, one to The Crown Estate for £64.4 mln (EUR81 mln), and the other to a client of Protego Real Estate Investors LLP for £45.8 mln (EUR57.5 mln).

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    King Sturge: German gloom deepens, Czech market stable

    2008-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Sentiment in Germany’s real estate market deterioriated further in August compared with July, according to King Sturge's latest monthly survey of 1,000 market professionals.

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    Norway's SPDE puts Fornebu project on hold

    2008-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Norwegian listed property company Scandinavian Property Development (SPDE) said on Wednesday it is postponing the start in construction work on the Storøya section of the Fornebu development near Oslo due to uncertain market conditions for new residential property. SPDE will reconsider the issue in early 2009, when it will decide ...

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    Savills expands Dusseldorf investment team

    2008-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Property adviser Savills has recruited Matthias Radetzki as senior consultant for its Dusseldorf-based investment team to focus on the key cities of the Ruhr region including Essen, Duisburg and Dortmund.

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    Conwert launches new share buyback scheme

    2008-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Austrian residential property company Conwert Immobilien Invest said it will take advantage of its current low share price to buy back more shares. The Vienna-based company will purchase up to 4.7 million ordinary shares (or around 5.5% of its basic capital) at EUR 8-13 per share between 29 August 2009 ...