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    Beni Stabili sells Milan asset for EUR 120m

    2008-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Italian listed property firm Beni Stabili said on Thursday it has agreed to sell a building located in the centre of Milan to a private investor for EUR 120mln. The book value of the property at end-2007 was EUR 100mln, the company said in a statement. The office building, which ...

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    Unibail-Rodamco completes EUR 607m buy of Vienna mall

    2008-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Franco-Dutch property giant Unibail-Rodamco said on Thursday it had completed the acquisition of 140,400 m[sup]2[/sup] in Vienna’s Shopping City Sud, Austria's largest retail and leisure complex. The company first announced in December 2007 that it was buying the shopping centre from the private family trust Hans Dujsik Privatstiftung. The transaction ...

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    Multi, Galereja to develop mall in Ukraine's Lviv

    2008-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Multi Development's Ukrainian office and the Lviv-based developer Galereja Centr have signed an agreement for the joint development of a new shopping centre in Lviv, the largest city of western Ukraine. The project will consist of a two-storey shopping centre crowned by a multiplex cinema, leisure and restaurants with terraces ...

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    RICS publishes first official guidance on carbon management

    2008-05-23T00:00:00Z

    The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said on Thursday it has published professional guidance on the carbon management of real estate. The move is a result of growing demand among tenants for energy-efficient property and follows the introduction of Commercial Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) in the UK.

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    Redevco builds commercial centre in Antwerp

    2008-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Redevco's Belgian office has developed a new 15,475 m[sup]2[/sup] commercial centre in Wilrijk, south of Antwerp. The centre is adjacent to an Ikea store along one of the country's main commercial routes. Besides housing the largest Media-Saturn store in the country (7,600 m[sup]2[/sup] Gross Lettable Area divided over two floors) ...

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    Eiffage said to mull buy of Vitalia business

    2008-05-22T00:00:00Z

    French property development company Eiffage is one of the candidates to acquire Vitalia, France's second-largest private healthcare group, newspaper Les Echos has quoted deputy chief executive Francois Masse as saying.

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    Siram boosts facility management business

    2008-05-22T00:00:00Z

    Italian services firm Siram said on Wednesday it has acquired 100% of property management and facility management group Gefi Servizi Immobiliari (GSI). GSI, which is led by Ezio Bigotti, has about 170 employees and posted a turnover last year of EUR 45mln. 'With the acquisition of GSI, we have positioned ...

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    St Martins buys London's Willis Building for £400m

    2008-05-22T00:00:00Z

    St Martins, the property arm of the Kuwait Investment Authority, has exchanged contracts with British Land to acquire the iconic Willis building in the City of London for £400mln (EUR 500mln). The sale is expected to be finalised by June.

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    Orco to acquire major Moscow mall development

    2008-05-22T00:00:00Z

    Orco Property Group has carried out what is probably its largest deal in Russia to date by agreeing to forward purchase a major shopping centre development in an upmarket district of western Moscow.

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    St Modwen submits plans for £750m Longbridge scheme

    2008-05-22T00:00:00Z

    UK regeneration specialist St Modwen has submitted four planning applications to carry out a £750mln mixed-use redevelopment project at Longbridge near Birmingham. The company said in a statement the landmark regeneration, which is jointly owned by St Modwen and the Regional Development Agency Advantage West Midlands, will include around 180,00 ...

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    Bilfinger Berger acquires FM business

    2008-05-22T00:00:00Z

    German construction firm Bilfinger Berger said on Wednesday that it has expanded its services business with the acquisition of M+W Zander's facility management activities from the Austrian group Victory Industriebeteiligungen. In a statement, the company said that the output volume of its facility services will double to more than EUR ...

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    Axa Reim fund acquires EUR 21m logistics asset

    2008-05-22T00:00:00Z

    A logistics fund managed by Axa REIM has acquired a Logicpark Fresh storage facility in Garching near Munich. The fully let property was sold by the Logicreal Group for an investment volume of about EUR 21mln. Developed on a 23,000 m[sup]2[/sup] site, the multi-user building was completed at the end ...

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    Rockspring shops in London

    2008-05-22T00:00:00Z

    Rockspring Property Investment Managers has acquired the freehold interest in a Homebase property in Walthamstow's district of London from Morley Pooled Pension Fund for £16.6mln (EUR 21mln). The deal reflects a net initial yield of 6.15%. The property is earmarked for Rockspring TransEuropean LP IV.

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    Hahn starts marketing for Pluswertfonds 144

    2008-05-22T00:00:00Z

    Hahn Group has started selling share in its closed-end Pluswertfonds 144 fund to private investors. The investment specialist for large-scale retail properties said the fund comprises a 5,280 m[sup]2[/sup] property that houses a superstore and a retail warehouse in the southern German city of Ravensburg. The tenants of the fully ...

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    Norwegian Property to consider rival bids for Norgani

    2008-05-22T00:00:00Z

    Norwegian Property said on Wednesday it is still in talks with the consortium of unnamed buyers regarding the sale of Norgani Hotels chain, but added that it is to consider other expressions of interest after the exclusivity period with the original bidding group expired.

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    M&B outlines REIT conversion plan

    2008-05-22T00:00:00Z

    UK pub chain Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has said it will convert to a real estate investment trust (REIT) as soon as market conditions are 'suitable.' The company said the move will 'more fully capture the value of its property estate'. M&B, which owns 2,000 pubs across the UK, added ...

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    LaSalle unveils Chinese logistics JV

    2008-05-22T00:00:00Z

    LaSalle Investment Management has announced a joint venture agreement with the Italian listed logistics group Realty Vailog to acquire and develop logistics facilities in the Greater Shanghai Region on behalf of LaSalle Asia Opportunity Fund III.

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    Invesco teams up with France's Ciloger in fund JV

    2008-05-22T00:00:00Z

    Investment manager Invesco Real Estate and French fund manager Ciloger have formed a partnership to launch a new range of pooled real estate investment vehicles known as OPCI (Organisme de Placement Collectif Immobilier).

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    LGPI allocates €75m to Asian property

    2008-05-21T17:00:00Z

    FINLAND – The Finnish Local Government Pensions Institution (LGPI)has invested $75m (€48m) into an Asian real estate fund of funds managed by Aberdeen Property Investors (API).

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    North Yorks pension moves into property

    2008-05-20T15:17:00Z

    UK – The £1.2bn (€1.5bn) North Yorkshire County Council pension fund is adjusting its asset allocation and moving into real estate investment, as well as searching for an overseas equity manager.