Latest reports – Page 3533
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MagazineNorthern light dims – slightly
Investors in Stockholm are waiting on the sidelines. Sub-prime fears persists but the city’s strong fundamentals may well see it weather the storm, as Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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MagazineMarket report: Stockholm sizzles while other markets sweat
The Nordic economies have generally outperformed those in the rest of Europe historically, and this has been particularly marked in the last business cycle from the mid 1990s.
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MagazineReward for industry
Pension funds looking for a stable investment would do well to consider a sector that is too often overlooked, writes Christine Senior
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MagazineMarket report: France – lure of the south
The last five years have seen industrial property in France graduate from a niche sector to the mainstream investment market.
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MagazineSchools of thought
An asset class in its own right, universities combine appealing defensive characteristics in these uncertain times with significant potential for future expansion. Richard Lowe reports
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MagazineStudy opportunities abroad
Substantial opportunities to invest in student accommodation exist outside the UK but vary considerably by country, as Richard Lowe reports
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MagazineClimate change home truths
Pressing regional and global issues gave delegates food for thought at the recent ULI conference. Richard Lowe was there
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PropertyEU Archive
Prupim completes EUR 57m warhouse deal in Berlin
Prupim, the UK real estate investment manager, has completed the purchase of the Kaiser Tengelmann Warehouse in Berlin for EUR 57mln on behalf of the M&G European Property Fund. Built in 2004, the single storey, Grade-A asset comprises over 35,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of logistics space and almost 4,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of office ...
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Real estate lawyers look towards CIS
Lawyers have begun to eye the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) for real estate work as the Middle East property market reaches a saturation point , according to an article in The Lawyer.com. This was clear at the recent Mipim trade fair, where numerous developments ranging from upscale property projects ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Crown Estate plans new vehicle for Regent estate
The Crown Estate, the company that owns the Sovereign’s land and property assets in the UK, is drawing up plans to create a new vehicle to control its £2.2bn (EUR 2.8bn) estate around Regent Street in London, according to a report in the Financial Times on Wednesday.
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PropertyEU Archive
Cosmani seeks protection as 'Spanish flu' spreads
Cosmani has become the latest property player in Spain to show signs of distress due to tighter credit conditions and the cooling of the Spanish market after years of growth fuelled by a booming residential demand. Newspaper El Mundo reported on Wednesday that Cosmani, is seeking protection from its creditors ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Direct warehouse investment in Europe totals EUR 15bn - JLL
European direct warehousing investment totalled EUR 15bn in 2007, 12% down on 2006, but still the second strongest year on record, according to Jones Lang LaSalle's latest Distribution Warehousing Report. Volumes decreased by 35% year-on-year in the UK, Europe's largest warehousing investment market, to EUR 4.3bn.
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PropertyEU Archive
Capman acquires land in Vantaa
Capman RE II, a fund managed by Finnish asset manager Capman, has acquired 6.8 hectares of land in the Kivisto area of Vantaa, in the Helsinki metropolitan area. Under the existing plans, the land and the surrounding properties will be zoned mainly as a commercial services district. Capman said completion ...
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PropertyEU Archive
DTZ signs lease for 7,000 m[sup]2[/sup] in Hammerson London office development
UK real estate investment trust Hammerson and its joint venture partners GE Capital and Bank of Ireland said international real estate advisor DTZ has agreed to lease office space in their major development at 125 Old Broad Street in London. DTZ has signed a lease for 7,000 m[sup]2[/sup] ...
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PropertyEU Archive
British Land and Sainsbury's form £1.2bn jv
British Land, the UK real estate investment trust (REIT), and retailer J Sainsbury have created a 50-50 property partnership incorporating 39 superstores across the UK with a valuation of £1.2 bn (EUR 1.5 bn). The superstores subject to the partnership agreement are currently owned by British Land and leased ...
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PropertyEU Archive
EuropArabBank pays record rent on Champs Elysees
EuropArabBank has agreed to pay a new record rent at a premises on the Champs Elysees in Paris, property advisor Savills said on Wednesday. Landlord, sci Elysee 26, has let the final floor at 26 Champs Elysees, Paris 8 to the bank at a rent of EUR 680 per ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Ablon property value up 46% in 2007
AIM-listed Ablon Group said the estimated value of its property assets had risen 46% to EUR 617.4mln as of 31 December 2007 compared to the year earlier and pointed to a significant development land bank to support future growth. The company said it had 139,700 m[sup]2[/sup] of existing and income ...
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Aberdeen fund acquires Swedish logistics centre
Aberdeen Property Investors announced on Wednesday that one of its open-ended real estate funds has acquired a logistics and distribution centre in Sweden. The investment volume was not disclosed but Aberdeen said the net initial yield for the property bought by its Nordic Fund 1 is 6.1%.
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PropertyEU Archive
JLL advises on first retail investment transaction this year in Russia
Jones Lang LaSalle announced on Tuesday that it advised London & Regional Properties on the sale of two shopping centres in Moscow to Finnish property group Sponda earlier this month.
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PropertyEU Archive
PIK to expand to St Petersburg and Ukraine
Russian residential developer PIK is continuing to expand its focus from the Moscow region by entering St Petersburg and Ukraine. The London and Moscow-listed developer said its recently established business units, PIK Ukraine and PIK Northwest, will be responsible for identifying land for purchase, zoning, and construction in the new ...
