Latest reports – Page 3535
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LACERA books $250m into hotels and Reits
UNITED STATES - Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association has approved $250m (€158.9m) worth of new real estate commitments, to invest in listed real estate and hotels.
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Mass PRIM plants natural resources RFP
UNITED STATES - Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a global natural resources investment mandate worth $900m (€570.6m).
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Pennsylvania eyes opportunities in $461m placement
UNITED STATES - Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System has approved new real estate commitments totaling $461.5m (€293.5m) in the opportunistic sector.
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San Francisco extends real estate holdings
UNITED STATES - San Francisco City and County Employees’ Retirement System made changes to its real estate portfolio to take advantage of market dislocation.
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UBS fund purchases Brussels office building for EUR 92m
A property fund managed by UBS Real Estate has acquired the freehold of a landmark office property in Brussels from IFCH, a subsidiary of Fortis Real Estate, for EUR 92.5mln.
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Corio completes Grand Littoral acquisition
Netherlands-based property group Corio has announced the official acquisition of the 110,000 m[sup]2[/sup] Grand Littoral, the fourth largest shopping centre in France. The acquisition from Paris-based insurance company Macif for EUR 385mln was initially reported by PropertyEU at the start of 2008.
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Office shortage leads to more off-market deals in Glasgow
Office agents and organisations in Glasgow are increasingly turning to 'off-market' or unadvertised deals due to the lack of prime office space in the city, according to DTZ. The property advisor announced on Thursday it had brokered a number of off-market deals at 1 Atlantic Quay on behalf of the ...
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Weight Watchers signs up for Düsseldorf development
Weight Watchers Deutschland has signed a lease at the Living Office loft development on the former Rheinmetall site in Dusseldorf-Derendorf for its new headquarters. The 3,200 m[sup]2[/sup] pre-letting is sufficient to enable the launch of the development project as half the space is now let, Colliers Trombello Kolbel said ...
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Gazit and Citi Property take charge at Meinl European Land
Austria-listed Meinl European Land (MEL) announced on Thursday that Israeli property company Gazit-Globe and CPI Capital Partners Europe are to make a strategic investment of up to EUR 800mln in the company. MEL's governance and management structure is also being re-structured.
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Fabege sells office redevelopments for EUR 103m
Stockholm-based AMF Pension has bought two buildings in the south of the Swedish capital from property group Fabege for a total of SEK 975mln (EUR 103mln).
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Paref acquires Belambra portfolio for EUR 125m
Paris-listed property fund investment and management group Paref said on Thursday it has signed an agreement to buy a portfolio consisting of eight Belambra holiday resorts for a total EUR 125 mln. The company said it is acquiring the properties via a lease-purchase. The assets will be transferred to Paref's ...
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Immoeast cuts portfolio valuation
Austrian property investment company Immoeast has reported a 22.3% drop in operating profits for the first nine months of its 2007/2008 business year. Immoeast, part of Immofianz, said revenues rose 62.2% to EUR 212mln from EUR 130mln in the previous period but from earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) dropped ...
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Two directors leave Brixton over development stop
Two directors have left UK industrial property firm Brixton following the decision to curtail its development activities in the current uncertain market conditions.
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C&W Hospitality starts up Italian operations
Cushman & Wakefield Hospitality is opening an Italian hospitality division, with a team of three professionals dedicated to the hotel and leisure sectors based in C&W's Milan office. C&W Hospitality has appointed Marco Zalamena as director and head of operations in Italy. He joins the team from Deloitte Italy where, ...
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Pramerica snaps up Amsterdam's Crystal Tower
Prudential Financial's real estate arm Pramerica Real Estate Investors has acquired the Crystal Tower office building in Amsterdam from KFN for over EUR 67mln. The 95-metre high building is earmarked for Pramerica’s open-ended real estate fund TMW Immobilien Weltfonds. Designed by Dutch architectural studio AGS, the 27-floor property was completed ...
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Colonial left reeling as Dubai withdraws from takeover bid
The fate of Inmobiliaria Colonial was in the balance again on Thursday as the Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD) said that it was withdrawing from its bid to buy the troubled Spanish property giant. 'We regret that, despite best efforts by all parties, no agreement could be found,' ICD ...
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RREEF-led consortium clinches Arcandor deal
A consortium of Deutsche Bank's RREEF funds, Milan-based Pirelli Real Estate, Generali and the Borletti Group has signed a binding agreement with Arcandor (former KarstadtQuelle) to acquire a 49% stake in Arcandor's Highstreet portfolio. Goldman Sachs' Whitehall Funds retains its remaining 51% interest in the German department store portfolio.
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IVG drops to six-year low as analysts cut rating
Listed German property company IVG Immobilien saw its shares decline by up to 12% during trading in Frankfurt on Wednesday after a negative response from analysts to the company's 2007 results presentation. IVG's shares opened at EUR 20.79 but dropped to EUR 18.55 - the largest decline since 21 September ...
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Standard Life reappointed to EUR 444m pension fund portfolio
Standard Life Investments (SLI) has been reappointed by Lothian Pension Fund to manage a segregated property portfolio valued at £350 mln (EUR 444 mln) following a competitive tender 'involving a number of investment houses'. Edinburgh-registered Standard Life is one of the largest property investors in Europe, and the Lothian Pension ...
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DTZ shares dive after profit warning
DTZ's shares dropped as much as 20% on Wednesday as the property advisor warned its results would be significantly lower than expected due to the deteriorating global economic conditions. By mid-day on Wednesday the shares were down just under 16%.
