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    Real estate sought through IPE-Quest mandate

    2007-12-10T17:11:00Z

    SWITZERLAND – A search has been launched for an investment manager to look after a €10m European real estate mandate, using IPE Quest.

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    Goodman to invest EUR 300m in Turkey

    2007-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Australian real estate group Goodman plans to invest EUR 300 mln in the Turkish logistics sector over the next few years. The first stage of the investment programme is the development of a 140,000 m[sup]2[/sup] logistics center in Izmit, one of the main gateways between Europe and Asia. The investment ...

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    Suitors call on Vastned Retail

    2007-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Dutch listed retail property fund Vastned Retail has confirmed it has received non-binding indications of interest from a number of potential bidders. The company said it will assess the interest shown and decide which of the parties will be given access to its data room to carry out due diligence. ...

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    ING Clarion Real Estate Sec wins manager of the year award

    2007-12-10T00:00:00Z

    ING Clarion Real Estate Securities has been named Global Real Estate Manager of the Year by Professional Pensions, the UK publication for the occupational pensions industry. The publication's Specialists and Alternative Investment Manager Awards recognise the leading and most innovative investment managers serving UK pension schemes.

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    Tag 'optimises' assets before REIT conversion

    2007-12-10T00:00:00Z

    German property company Tegernsee Immobilien- und Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft (Tag) said it is selling four retail buildings in the German Rhine/Main region with a volume of EUR 13.4 mln as part of the process of optimising its portfolio. The package, with a total floor space of 6,600 m2, is being sold to ...

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    Homburg and Degi in Calgary tower jv

    2007-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Homburg Invest has entered into a joint venture with German open-ended real estate fund manager Degi for the sale to Degi of the Homburg-Harris Centre in Calgary for CAD$376 mln (EUR 253 mln).

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    Bahrain bank targets EUR 61m Shariah RE fund at Turkey

    2007-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Bahrain-based Shamil Bank has launched the Shamil Bosphorus modaraba venture capital vehicle to invest $90 mln (EUR 61 mln) in real estate developments in Turkey that compile with Shariah or Islamic Law.

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    PREF acquires Portuguese retail park

    2007-12-10T00:00:00Z

    PREF, a fund advised by British Land European Fund Management, has acquired Lima Retail Park in Viana do Castelo, Portugal from a 50/50 joint venture of Sonae Sierra and Miller Developments for EUR 18.5 mln. The transaction price reflects a net initial yield of 6%.

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    UK property investment down 24% on 2006 - JLL

    2007-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Commercial property transaction volumes in the UK have reduced significantly across all sectors due to the ongoing credit crunch and poor market sentiment, according to new research by Jones Lang LaSalle. Large lot size transactions, principally central London offices and shopping centres, have been particularly hard hit.

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    European banks account for 13% of office take-up - C & W

    2007-12-10T00:00:00Z

    The banking sector has increased its share of the total office take-up in 15 of the top European banking locations in Europe from 8% at the beginning of the year to the current figure of 13%, according to the latest edition of the EMEA Banking Business Briefing by Cushman & ...

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    Assicurazioni invests in Babcock & Brown Development Fund

    2007-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Babcock & Brown, the Australian international investor and asset management group, has announced the private placement of two-thirds of the equity capital in Babcock & Brown Development Fund (BBDF) to Assicurazioni Generali, the largest Italian investment and insurance group.

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    Jerusalem Economic Corp buys 7 French properties

    2007-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Jerusalem Economic Corporation (Jec) has acquired seven properties in a sale-and-leaseback transaction in Northern France for almost EUR 72.8 mln. Israeli financial newspaper Globes said the 221,500 m[sup]2[/sup] portfolio was bought from a major manufacturing company and generates a annual rental income of EUR 6.6 mln. The unidentified seller is ...

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    Doughty Hanson sells Swedish portfolio for EUR 315m

    2007-12-10T00:00:00Z

    UK property fund manager Doughty Hanson has agreed to sell its office portfolio in the Kista district of Stockholm to a property fund managed by Norway's DnB NOR Bank for SEK 2.9 bn (about EUR 315 mln). The sale was the first divestment carried out by the fund Doughty Hanson ...

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    Baneasa mall entices international fashion brands

    2007-12-09T00:00:00Z

    The leasing process for the 85,000 m[sup]2[/sup] Baneasa Shopping City in Bucharest has been completed. When the mall opens in spring 2008 it willl for the first time bring together several international shopping brands that are new entrants to Romania.

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    Top 5 deals Week 49 (3-7 December 2007)

    2007-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Irish investor Derek Quinlan and London-based private investment company Propinvest lead the ranking of the top 5 European real estate deals for Week 49, thanks to the completion of the joint acquisition of the European headquarters of Citigroup Bank in London for EUR 1.4 bn.

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    Top 5 deals Week 49

    2007-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Top 5 deals

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    Mirland raises EUR 43m through bond issue

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Russian residential and commercial property developer Mirland Development Corporation said it has raised about $63 mln (EUR 43 mln) through a bond issue.

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    Land Securities sells 50% of Oxford Street holdings

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Land Securities, the leading UK real estate investment trust (REIT), has sold a 50% stake in its holdings at the corner of Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road in London to private equity property fund Frogmore Real Estate Partners for £109 mln (EUR 145 mln). The parties also entered into ...

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    Six finalists for ING's REAL photography awards

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    A five-member international jury has whittled down the nominees for the EUR 50,000 REAL Photography award to six finalists. The overall winner will be announced at the inauguration of the REAL Photography Award exhibition in Rotterdam next March. Sponsored by ING Real Estate, the new bi-annual award focuses on the ...

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    Trigranit signs up to EUR 500 worth of projects in St Petersburg

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Sandor Demjan, chairman of Budapest-based real estate developer Trigranit, signed a cooperation agreement with St. Petersburg governor Matvienko Valentina Ivanovna on 7 December to carry out two large-scale urban development projects in the city with a total investment volume of EUR 500 mln.