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    Aberdeen fund acquires office property in Tampere

    2008-01-04T00:00:00Z

    European fund manager Aberdeen has acquired a large office property in the Finnish city of Tampere on behalf of its Real Estate Fund Finland for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition follows the final closing of the fund in December last year. The office property was built in three phases between ...

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    Degi buys German department store

    2008-01-04T00:00:00Z

    German fund manager Degi has acquired a department store in the German city of Dorsten from ipe Dorsten Recklinghauser Tor. The transaction volume comes to EUR 21 mln.

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    Banimmo to build new Mobistar HQ

    2008-01-04T00:00:00Z

    Belgian property company Banimmo is to develop the new headquarters of the telecom operator Mobistar at Evere in the Brussels region. The future head office, which will be located at the 'Da Vinci' business park, will house the major part of the telecom operator's activities currently spread over several sites ...

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    Pramerica buys two office developments in Paris

    2008-01-04T00:00:00Z

    Prudential Financial's real estate investment management arm Pramerica has bought two office developments in the Paris region from the Lazard Group for an undisclosed amount.

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    ING fund buys prime Helsinki property

    2008-01-04T00:00:00Z

    ING Real Estate has acquired the Merikortelli building in the centre of Helsinki for EUR 70.5 mln. The mixed-use property - offering both office and retail space - was acquired on behalf of the ING Real Estate Nordic Property Fund. The deal takes the fund's total assets under management to ...

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    ING Real Estate to announce major Dutch office deal

    2008-01-04T00:00:00Z

    ING Real Estate is buying the portfolio of KFN, one of the largest office property companies in the Netherlands, from Dutch pension fund ABP. The details of what ING Real Estate described as the largest real estate transaction ever in the Netherlands will be revealed by the Dutch real estate ...

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    King Sturge sees UK capital values decline by 7% in Q1

    2008-01-04T00:00:00Z

    UK property adviser King Sturge has warned that commercial capital values in the UK could fall a further 7% or more in 2008 before stabilising in the second quarter of the year. In its 'UK Property Predictions for 2008' report the real estate consultant said there is a 50% chance ...

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    UK estate agent closes branches, lays off 315

    2008-01-04T00:00:00Z

    British estate agent LSL Property Services announced on Thursday in a pre-close trading update that it has closed twelve of its branches since September. The company has also cut 315 full-time jobs due to the slowdown in the property market.

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    Colonial sheds 20% in value as shares resume trading

    2008-01-03T00:00:00Z

    The share price of troubled Spanish property company Colonial dropped more than 20% on Thursday after stock market regulator CNMV lifted a trading suspension. The sharp decline follows a 40% drop in value last week which prompted the resignation of chairman Luis Portillo.

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    Banco Popolare spins off property assets

    2008-01-03T00:00:00Z

    Italy's Banco Popolare has transferred part of its property business, including EUR 320 mln of real estate properties, to its Immobiliare BPV real estate unit. The subsidiary is to change its name to Immobiliare BP. Auditing firm KPMG has valued the business at EUR 720 mln.

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    Italian bank to sell non-strategic property unit

    2008-01-03T00:00:00Z

    Italian bank Monte dei Paschi has announced it intends to sell its property unit, Valorizzazioni Immobiliari, and a city-centre building in Rome this year. The bank said that the move is in line with its strategy to dispose of its non-strategic property assets.Valorizzazioni Immobiliari was set up in 2005 explicitly ...

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    Icade buys Mr Bricolage's property unit for EUR 89m

    2008-01-03T00:00:00Z

    Home improvement retailer Mr Bricolage said on Thursday that it has sold a 95% stake in its property division L'Immobiliere Mr Bricolage to Icade Foncière des Pimonts. The deal values the property assets at just under EUR 89 mln. The move comes follows the launch of a joint venture with ...

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    SHB acquires shopping centre in Regensburg for EUR 58m

    2008-01-03T00:00:00Z

    Munich-based property company SHB Group has acquired the Koewe shopping centre in the Southern Germany city of Regensburg from an unnamed seller for EUR 58 mln. The mall, developed in 1991 and refurbished in 2006, offers almost 29,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of retail space and 1,200 parking spaces.

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    EstCapital buys Rome development

    2008-01-03T00:00:00Z

    Italian fund manager EstCapital Sgr has announced two real estate transactions in Rome and Verona. The company said it bought a development site in Castel Romano near Rome from the Geo Ponente fund for EUR 20 mln. The company will develop a 24,500 m[sup]2[/sup] commercial and logistics property on ...

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    Deutsche Land buys retail portfolio for EUR 69m

    2008-01-03T00:00:00Z

    Deutsche Land has acquired a portfolio of 16 retail properties in Germany for EUR 69 mln, reflecting a net initial yield of 6.4%. The London-listed property investment company said that the portfolio was acquired with financing in place which gives a return on equity of 8.4%. The properties are situated ...

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    Tishman Speyer, Commerz Real to develop Frankfurt tower

    2008-01-03T00:00:00Z

    Tishman Speyer and Commerz Real said on Thursday that they intend to build a 135-metre skyscraper on the Kaiserkarree site they bought in Frankfurt's banking district from Commerzbank. Construction is due to start this spring, with completion scheduled for early 2011.

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    Sonae Sierra sells 50% of LoureShopping to Deka

    2008-01-03T00:00:00Z

    Portuguese retail property specialist Sonae Sierra has completed the sale of 50% of the LoureShopping mall to Deka Immobilien Investment, a German real estate fund manager, for EUR 65 mln.

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    XXI Century Investments to build first mall in Crimea

    2008-01-03T00:00:00Z

    XXI Century Investments has been granted a permit to build a 45,000 m[sup]2[/sup] shopping centre in the Ukrainian port city of Sevastopol. The Kvadrat mall will be the first shopping centre developed by the company outside Ukraine's capital region.

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    RREEF acquires EUR 100m trophy asset in Milan

    2008-01-03T00:00:00Z

    RREEF Real Estate has agreed to acquire a central Milan office block for EUR 100 mln from Patrimonio Uffici, a fund managed by the Pirelli Group. The 14,266 m2-property located in the central business district near the city's historic Duomo and the Sforzesco Castle consists of offices and seven retail ...

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    Tecla sells three Italian assets

    2008-01-03T00:00:00Z

    Tecla Fondo Uffici, a Milan-listed office fund managed by Pirelli Real Estate, has completed the sale of three property assets for a total volume of EUR 71 mln to an unnamed buyers.