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    Colliers: 'Heathrow the most expensive warehouse space in the world'

    2008-08-22T00:00:00Z

    London's Heathrow submarket is the most expensive warehouse space in the world, property services firm Colliers International said on Friday in the latest Global Industrial report. Prices in London's submarket have reached the $26.92 per sq ft per year (£13.50 per sq ft per year), according to Colliers' research.

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    CBRE appoints new head of capital markets for Poland

    2008-08-22T00:00:00Z

    CB Richard Ellis has announced the appointment of Christopher Millen as national director of capital markets in Poland. Millen was formerly with the company's Institutional Investment Properties team in Australia & New Zealand. In 2006 he was awarded the CBRE Asia Pacific Circle of Excellence for his performance and contribution ...

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    CalPERS sets new frontiers for markets and infrastructure

    2008-08-21T17:36:00Z

    UNITED STATES - California Public Employees Retirement System has formulated ranges for investing additional capital in emerging and frontier markets and put unveiled its investment guidelines for investing in infrastructure.

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    Pennsylvania Public School invests $775m

    2008-08-21T17:33:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System has approved new real estate commitments totaling $775m (€526.4m) in four commingled funds, including a $400m chunk with Beacon Capital.

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    Pramerica venture to invest in Manhattan skyline

    2008-08-21T17:32:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Pramerica Real Estate Investors has formed a joint venture with L&L Holding Company to invest in New York City office buildings.

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    Contra Costa County seeks moves into wider space

    2008-08-21T17:28:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Contra Costa County Employees Retirement System is looking to make some big moves into the opportunity fund sector of real estate.

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    San Francisco City and County turn to distressed debt

    2008-08-21T17:26:00Z

    UNITED STATES - San Francisco City and County Employees’ Retirement System has made a €20m commitment into the Apollo European Principal Finance fund, to tap into the growing demand for distressed debt support.

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    USS confirmed among Tesco store buyers

    2008-08-21T15:37:00Z

    UK – The £28.5bn (€35.6bn) Universities’ Superannuation Scheme was today officially named as one of four buyers involved in the latest £605m sale and leaseback of UK stores owned by supermarket giant Tesco.

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    Land Securities sells 50% of Express State

    2008-08-21T00:00:00Z

    UK REIT Land Securities said on Wednesday that it has completed the sale of a 50% stake in the Empress State building iat Earls Court, London to a joint venture with Liberty International. The transaction volume amounts to £108 mln (EUR 136 mln), reflecting a net initial yield of 5.68%.

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    Catalyst Capital debuts in Romania with EUR 25m buy

    2008-08-21T00:00:00Z

    Catalyst Capital, the pan-European investment, asset management and development group, has acquired nine distribution and logistics units totalling 54,200 m[sup]2[/sup] from Italian company Incontro Prefabbricati for EUR 25mln on behalf of the WCC Europe Fund. The units are located in Arad and Timisoara, Western Romania.

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    European shopping centres transform into community anchors

    2008-08-21T00:00:00Z

    Owners of shopping centres in Western Europe are seeking to re-position their properties as the 'Third Place' between the home and the workplace where people no longer visit purely to shop but instead to shop when they are out. Shopping centres are providing 'accessible social surroundings' for people to interact ...

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    Unite obtains planning approval for 2 London schemes

    2008-08-21T00:00:00Z

    Unite Group, the UK's largest manager of branded student accommodation, said on Wednesday that it has secured planning approval for two London sites, which will provide a further 355 beds for students. The company will invest a total of £57.5 mln on the development of the sites.

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    Rezidor to open 3 new hotels in Russia

    2008-08-21T00:00:00Z

    Rezidor Hotel Group said on Wednesday that it is going to open three new hotels with a total of 969 rooms in Russia. The hospitality group said Park Inn Volgograd with 173 rooms is scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2010, followed by the Park Inn Kaliningrad (276 ...

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    Cap & Regional creates German retail jv with Apollo

    2008-08-21T00:00:00Z

    Capital & Regional, the UK co-investing property asset manager, has exchanged contracts with Apollo Real estate Advisors to establish a joint venture for its German retail portfolio. Apollo is to pay a cash consideration of EUR 65.6 mln to acquire half of Capital & Regional's equity investment in the portfolio. ...

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    IVG sells office complex in Krefeld

    2008-08-20T00:00:00Z

    Germany's IVG Development has sold the Europa Europark Fichtenhain B project development in the Western German city of Krefeld for an undisclosed amount. The property will consist of a four-storey office and administration building connected to a facility for production, service, and shipping of goods. The buyer is a ...

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    HSBC fund enters Romania with trade park buy

    2008-08-20T00:00:00Z

    HSBC's European Active Real Estate Fund has acquired a 50% interest in Expo Market Doraly business park in Bucharest from the developers, Gheorghe and Dorina Iaciu. The transaction volume amounts to EUR 104mln.

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    GLL acquires office building in Brussels

    2008-08-20T00:00:00Z

    GLL Real Estate Partners, a real estate investment company jointly owned by Italian insurance firm Assicurazioni Generali and the management of the firm, has acquired an office property in Brussels for around EUR 40mln.

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    'Hundreds' express interest in Dawnay Day's UK portfolio

    2008-08-20T00:00:00Z

    Administrator BDO Stoy Hayward said on Tuesday that it has received several hundred of inquiries about the UK portfolio of ailing UK property group Dawnay Day. BDO Stoy Hayward and real estate services firm DTZ are arranging the sale of over 200 investment properties owned by Dawnay Day in the ...

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    Credit Suisse launches global property stocks fund

    2008-08-20T00:00:00Z

    Credit Suisse has recently launched a global real estate equities fund to tap an expected recovery in share prices following sharp declines over the past 18 months, as the bank believes the sector is now approaching the bottom of its freefall.

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    CLS Holdings sells in France

    2008-08-19T00:00:00Z

    London-listed property investment company CLS Holdings said on Monday that its wholly owned subsidiary Citadel Holdings has completed the sale of three properties in France.