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Orange County commits to timberland
UNITED STATES - Orange County Employees Retirement System has made a selection of two managers to invest $140m (€102.2m) in timberland assets.
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Investors go for Euro-niche as leverage lessons
EUROPE - Despite market saturation in the UK and declining yields elsewhere in Europe, “the wall of money” surrounding real estate is showing few signs of collapse, claimed a report published last week by UK property firm Knight Frank.
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Jamestown Group to go after institutional investors
UNITED STATES - The Jamestown Group is going after the institutional investor capital source for the first time as it teams up with Griffin Realty Advisors to form the Griffin Realty Fund.
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Ohio State Teachers maintains real estate for 2008
UNITED STATES- State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio has approved a real estate investment plan for fiscal 2008 which should see the pension fund maintain its annual allocation and move into global Reits.
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Pension funds switch targets to gain returns
UNITED STATES – Pension funds are continuing to invest in real estate but may not follow their original allocation strategies in stable markets, suggest figures related to one US pension fund.
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Texas Teachers consider making money from casinos
UNITED STATES – The Teacher Retirement System of Texas is thinking of investing $550m (€398.1m) into real estate – a move which could include putting money into casinos. Rob Kochis, a principal with real estate consultant The Tow...
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Orange County commits to timberland
UNITED STATES- Orange County Employees Retirement System has made a selection of two managers to invest $140m (€102.2m) in timberland assets. Hancock Timber Resource Group and RMK Timberland Group have been awarded mandates to manage $100m a...
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Pension funds switch targets to gain returns
UNITED STATES – Pension funds are continuing to invest in real estate but may not follow their original allocation strategies in stable markets, suggest figures related to one US pension fund. New Jersey Division of Investment has now yielde...
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Ohio State Teachers maintains real estate for 2008
UNITED STATES- State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio has approved a real estate investment plan for fiscal 2008 which should see the pension fund maintain its annual allocation and move into global Reits. Ohio State Teachers figures on being a ...
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Jamestown Group to go after institutional investors
UNITED STATES - The Jamestown Group is going after the institutional investor capital source for the first time as it teams up with Griffin Realty Advisors to form the Griffin Realty Fund. Jamestown had previously invested $3bn (€2.2bn) of e...
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Investors ‘should ditch indirect for direct’
EUROPE - Investors including pension funds should focus on direct investment in European commercial real estate as a lower-risk alternative to volatile Reits, according to Seven Dials. The fund manager said high yields in mainland European markets...
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Canada pension plan in UK shopping spree
UK - A 50—50 joint venture involving the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and fund manager Henderson Global Investors has acquired the UK’s Whitefriars Quarter shopping centre for £253m (€375m).
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Investors go for Euro-niche as leverage lessons
EUROPE - Despite market saturation in the UK and declining yields elsewhere in Europe, "the wall of money" surrounding real estate is showing few signs of collapse, claimed a report published last week by UK property firm Knight Frank....
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IVG sees Parisian charm in €323m deals
GERMANY – IVG Immoblien, Germany’s largest quoted real estate firm, has completed €323m worth of transactions in Paris which included selling an office building on the city’s "Rive Gauche" for €165m and buyin...
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ABP discloses budget hotels move after prime acquisition
NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension fund ABP has expanded its base in European hospitality sector with the acquisition of three high-end Belgian hotels. The €211bn civil service scheme has not disclosed the value of the deal, which carries a €...
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PropertyEU Archive
SWIP launches Luxembourg-based SICAV
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP), the asset management arm of the UK's Lloyds TSB banking and insurance group, has launched a Luxembourg-based SICAV umbrella fund aimed at the continental European market. SWIP, which appointed former head of DTZ Investment Management Malcolm Naish as their Head of Property last week, manages ...
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PropertyEU Archive
CBRE Investors buys Le Bourget office project
CB Richard Ellis Strategic Partners Europe Fund III has acquired a ground-up office development project from BNP Paribas subsidiary Meunier Immobilier d'Entreprise. Located in Le Bourget, on the Northern outskirts of Paris, the building will be delivered in 2009 and will represent a total area of around 20,800 m2, including ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Rutley buys EUR 108m German retail portfolio
Rutley European Property has announced that it has exchanged contracts for the acquisition of a portfolio of 17 retail assets in 16 German towns valued at around EUR 108 mln. The deal is scheduled to complete on 1 October and the properties reflect a gross initial yield of about 7.5%. ...
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Morgan Stanley makes first investment in European budget hotels
Morgan Stanley Real Estate's Special Situations Fund III has agreed to acquire a 35% stake in Motel One Management, the holding company of the fast-growing budget hotel chain in Germany, for an undisclosed amount. The planned investment will be Morgan Stanley Real Estate's first investment in the budget hotel sector ...
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Andrea Carpenter to head Inrev research department
The European Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles (Inrev) has appointed Andrea Carpenter as director of its research and market information department with effect from 1 August 2007. Carpenter is a real estate journalist and has been managing director of the Urban Land Institute's Centre for Regeneration and ...
