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    Balfour Beatty wins £350m British Energy contract

    2007-12-13T00:00:00Z

    UK construction firm Balfour Beatty said it had won a seven-year contract with a potential annual value of £50 mln (EUR 69.5 mln) a year from British Energy Generation. The contract is for the facility management of British Energy's portfolio of eight nuclear power stations and two office complexes in ...

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    QPG's Dunlop wins Czech award

    2007-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Roger Dunlop, CEO of Quinlan Private Golub (QPG) has been named Personality of the Year 2007 for the Czech Republic at the annual Central European property awards hosted by Construction & Investment Journal. The award was presented at a reception on 29 November at the Prague Marriott Hotel.

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    Prologis secures new EUR 900m credit facility

    2007-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Prologis European Properties (PEPR), Europe's largest owner of modern distribution facilities, said on Wednesday that it has established a new EUR 900 mln senior unsecured credit facility. The credit line was arranged through a syndicate of 19 banks led by Bank of America Securities and ABN Amro.

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    Degi spends EUR 122m in Rome

    2007-12-12T00:00:00Z

    German property fund company Degi has acquired an office project in Rome for its Degi International fund from Parsitalia for EUR 122 mln. The 17,600 m[sup]2[/sup] building will be the headquarters for Procter & Gamble's Italian business when it is completed by late 2008. Cushman & Wakefield advised the ...

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    GLL buys shopping mall in Poitiers

    2007-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Germany's GLL Real Estate Partners has announced the acquisition of Les Cordeliers shopping centre in the French city of Poitiers on behalf of its GLL Retail fund. Financial details were not disclosed.

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    Gecina expands its student accommodation holdings

    2007-12-12T00:00:00Z

    French property company Gecina has acquired the Euralille Tour V in Lille as part of its strategy to expand in the student residence segment. The transaction price of EUR 14.2 mln reflects a yield of more than 7%.

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    Doughty Hanson sells EUR 700m of property in three days

    2007-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Doughty Hanson has announced it is selling the Maciachini Center office development in Milan, bringing the UK property fund manager's total sales volume to almost EUR 700 mln in just three days.

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    Plaza acquires 3rd retail development in Serbia

    2007-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Plaza Centers said on Wednesday that it had acquired its third retail development in Serbia and that the estimated development budget for the 40,000 m[sup]2[/sup] shopping and entertainment centre in Belgrade was EUR 105 mln.

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    Teorema postpones listing

    2007-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Cypriot-registered real estate development and management company Teorema Holding postponed its IPO plans this week, blaming 'current market conditions'. Teorema Holding is the parent company of the Teorema Group, which owns over 80,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of commercial space in St. Petersburg in addition to 9,600 m[sup]2[/sup] of warehouse space. Future development ...

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    CB Richard Ellis welcomes new Irish budget

    2007-12-12T00:00:00Z

    The 2008 Irish budget has been welcomed by the property industry, according to property consultant CB Richard Ellis (CBRE). Characterising it as a prudent budget, the company declared it would support property market performance in the medium term. Marie Hunt, director of research at CBRE, Ireland commended minister Brian Cowen ...

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    Spazio sheds Italian assets for EUR 37m

    2007-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Spazio Investment has announced the sale of 39 buildings in Veneto on behalf of its Italian closed-end real estate fund Spazio Industriale. The buildings are currently leased to Telecom Italia and will be sold to local investors for a total EUR 31.3 mln , representing a 3.4% premium to open ...

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    VGP launches IPO on Euronext and Prague Stock Exchange

    2007-12-12T00:00:00Z

    VGP, the Czech real estate development and management group focusing on semi-industrial property in Central Europe, has allocated EUR 55 mln in shares through listings on Euronext and the Prague Stock Exchange. Priced at EUR 15.25 per share, the company offered more than 3.3 million new shares with just over ...

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    Ford reappoints C&W as real estate partner

    2007-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Ford Motor Company has extended its contract with Cushman & Wakefield as its preferred real estate partner for the EMEA and APAC regions for a further two years.

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    Alstria Office buys German assets for EUR 111m

    2007-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Hamburg-based Alstria Office REIT is to acquire a portfolio of 13 German properties for EUR 111 mln in the company's second transaction since converting to the German equivalent of a real estate investment trust in October. The price reflects a net initial yield of 6.9%.

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    Philips scheme dismantles real estate portfolio

    2007-12-11T14:00:00Z

    NETHERLANDS – The besieged €14.6bn pension scheme of Dutch electronics major Philips has sold around 15% of its real estate holdings to Dutch real estate investment fund Vesteda.

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    Stam Europe buys six assets for EUR 72m

    2007-12-11T00:00:00Z

    Paris-based real estate investment banking firm Stam Europe has acquired a private company that owns a portfolio consisting of six office and logistics assets in the Paris region. The properties provide a total surface area of 40,000 m[sup]2[/sup] and have an occupancy rate of 90%.

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    Germany's NAEV and Danish fund ATP adjust RE allocation

    2007-12-11T00:00:00Z

    Nordrheinische Arzteversorgung (NAEV), the EUR 8.5 bn German doctors' fund, plans to overhaul its property investments by cutting its direct real estate holdings in Germany. According to IPE Real Estate, the fund's property portfolio is currently split between its direct domestic real estate holdings, valued at EUR 675 mln, and ...

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    Hines' Pan-European fund acquires 15 Suffolk St in London's West End

    2007-12-11T00:00:00Z

    Hines' Pan-European Core Fund (HECF) has acquired a prime West End office building in London from Arab Investments for an undisclosed sum. Located at 15 Suffolk Street in St. James, the property is the fund's first asset in the London office market. It is fully leased to boutique investment manager ...

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    Babcock & Brown sells 70% of Swiss retail portfolio to jv

    2007-12-11T00:00:00Z

    International investment and specialised fund and asset management group Babcock & Brown has formed a joint venture with a European high net-worth investor. 'The divestment represents approximately EUR 233 mln of the EUR 750 mln in real estate held for sale,' said Eric Lucas, global head of real estate at ...

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    Schroders launches new retail/logistics fund in Italy

    2007-12-11T00:00:00Z

    Global asset management Schroders has launched its second closed-end property fund in Italy focusing on the retail and logistics sectors. The Schroder Italian Property Fund No. 2 will target a portfolio of between EUR 600 mln and EUR 750 mln. The new fund will provide institutional investors with the opportunity ...