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MagazineFurther growth in store
The success of the European logistics sector is driving capital well beyond the continent’s prime locations, as Monika Bukowska reports
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MagazineTake the high road
With greater globalisation no sector is likely to be more affected by the drive to sustainability than logistics. Ljiljana Grubovic and Ali Nassiri report
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MagazineWarm welcome awaits
The hotel sector has turned in better performance than mainstream sectors and its growing maturity now makes it at least a ‘must consider’ for pension funds. Paul Strohm reports
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MagazineChoose your comfort option
Pension fund real estate investors stand to gain much from successful investment in the hotel sector, but they must be clear about how involved they want to be in the operation, as Keegan Viscius reports
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MagazineCapitol choice
2007 is set to be a record year for Washington DC, and with continuing high levels of government investment the outlook is bright, as Stephanie Schwartz-Driver reports
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Volatility aversion
In spite of their many advantages, REITs have never been big among US pension funds as Stephanie Schwartz-Driver reports
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MagazineREITs and wrongs
REITs have very specific uses, more than is commonly realised. The euphoria surrounding them requires an equal measure of caution. John Glascock and Abraham Park report
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MagazineThe valuation challenge
Concerns over daily pricing and a lack of confidence in stock market valuations are putting some pension funds off publicly traded companies and REITs, says Martin Cohen
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Shifting sands
The debate over whether to domicile offshore or onshore and which jurisdiction to choose is changing continually, as Jan Wagner finds
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MagazineKeeping it simple
Abundant liquidity, an array of regulations, and still fresh memories of the recent financial crisis have so far limited the potential for structured products in Asia, writes Lynn Strongin Dodds
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PropertyEU Archive
Multi to build 20 Forum projects in Turkey by 2010
Multi Turkmall, part of Dutch-based Multi Corporation, plans to develop 20 Forum retail projects in Turkey by 2010. Multi Turkmall has started construction of two new projects in the country: Forum Aydin located in Aydin, the largest city in the Aegean Region of Turkey, and Forum TEM in Istanbul.
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PropertyEU Archive
F&C to consider future of company
Guernsey-registered F&C Commercial Property Trust has called an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders to be held on 28 September to decide whether the AIM-listed closed-ended property investment company should continue operating. When it was launched on 18 March 2005 the prospectus stated that the directors would call such an EGM ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Castellum acquires commercial properties for EUR 28m
Listed Swedish property company Castellum has acquired two more commercial properties in the country through two of its subsidiaries. The first is a mixed-use property located in Hisingen, on the outskirts of Gothenburg, bought by Eklandia Fastighets for SEK 210 mln (EUR 22.4 mln). Of its total lettable area of ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Martinsa-Fadesa to develop tourist resort in Morocco
Spanish real estate firm Martinsa-Fadesa signed an agreement on Thursday for the development of a tourist complex on the Moroccan coast. The resort will cover an area of 695 hectares and will include a shopping centre, luxury hotel, and 4,000 homes in the Playa Blanca district, Spanish news agency Efe ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Turkish builder buys out Ramstore retail chain for EUR 389m
Migros Turk has agreed to sell a 50% stake in Russian retail chain Ramstore to Turkish developer Enka Insaat Sanayi for EUR 389 mln, Russian newspaper Kommersant reported on Wednesday. Enka already holds the other 50% of Ramstore, owner of 10 shopping centres and over 50 supermarkets in and ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Wichford sells two UK properties in European refocus
Property investment firm Wichford announced the disposal on Wednesday of two UK properties for a total consideration of £19 mln (EUR 27 mln). Wichford said that the properties no longer fit its investment criteria. 'The sale of these UK properties is in line with our stated strategy of re-balancing ...
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PropertyEU Archive
DIC Asset to be listed in FTSE EPRA Index
DIC asset said on Thursday that it will be listed in the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Europe Index later this month. The index charts the performance of the biggest and most liquid European and North American listed real estate stocks in a total of 28 countries. DIC Asset's shares will be added ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Benelux investment continues powerful upward momentum
Real estate investment in both Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg hit a new record in the first half of 2007, according to research from Jones Lang LaSalle. Belgium saw EUR 2.3 bn invested by the first six months of the year, an increase of 35% on the same period in 2006. ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Re/Max to expand further in Eastern Europe in 2008
Denver-based real estate agent Re/Max views Europe as the motor of its international growth. The business, which operates on a franchise basis, already has 1,500 offices across 36 European countries and plans to expand further in Central Eastern Europe next year. 'We have now arrived at Poland's most eastern border, ...
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PropertyEU Archive
CGG completes Czech acquisition
Commerz Grundbesitz Gruppe (CGG) has completed the acquisition of the Charles Square Center (CSC) in Prague for EUR 90 mln. The property was bought from Irish investor Quinlan Private on behalf of CGG's open-end property fund, HausInvest Global. The nine-storey building was completed in 2002 and is almost fully let. ...
