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    Halverton buys Dutch portfolio for EUR 250m

    2007-06-25T00:00:00Z

    IEF Capital, a joint venture between Bouwfonds Asset Management and the Inflation Exchange Fund (IEF), has agreed to sell a Dutch portfolio of 21 office buildings and 18 industrial complexes to Halverton Real Estate Investment Management for EUR 250 mln. The portfolio provides a total lettable area of 230,000 m2, ...

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    Irish develolopers plan major mall

    2007-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Irish property developers Sean Mulryan and Sean Dunne are planning to build a shopping mall in Greystones, Co Wicklow to rival the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre in west Dublin, one of the largest shopping centres in Ireland, according to the Sunday Business Post newspaper.

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    Basildon seeks partner for £1bn project

    2007-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Basildon District Council in the UK is looking for a development partner for the £1bn (almost EUR 1.5 bn) regeneration of Basildon town centre. In a statement, the council said the work could include up to 3,650 homes, as well as 49,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of retail/leisure space, 53,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of commercial ...

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    Meinl Airport teams up with airport developer

    2007-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Meinl Airport International has formed a strategic alliance with Airport Design and Management (AD-M) to boost their share in the air transportation sector.

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    Degi buys office development in France

    2007-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Degi International has bought an office development in Saint Martin de Blagnac, near Toulouse, southern France, for EUR 38 mln. The complex is being acquired in a sale-and-lease-back transaction from Assystem, the future occupant. Delivery is planned for 2008, Degi said in a press release. The complex includes two buildings ...

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    Metrovacesa set to launch break up plan

    2007-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Spain's Metrovacesa is to take the first step this week towards the separation of the company into two units. The Spanish giant, which agreed last February on a plan to end a year-long battle between its two core shareholders, is to start the split-up process on Thursday, when the board ...

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    Ablon increases stake in Bucharest developments

    2007-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Ablon Group, a Budapest-based real estate owner and developer in Central and Eastern Europe, has increased its stake in two development companies that own plots and development rights in Bucharest, Romania from 80% to 88% in non-cash transactions.

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    Northern Logistic lists on Oslo exchange

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Northern Logistic Property has become the first logistics real estate company in Norway to list on Oslo Stock Exchange. The listing follows the finalisation on 15 June of a private placement of 7 million shares at NOK 56.50 (EUR 7.07) per share.

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    AXA REIM acquires office development in The Hague

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    AXA REIM has agreed to acquire an office development at Monchyplein in The Hague from Dutch company Blauwhoed for EUR 24 mln. The scheme will provide 7,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of lettable area. The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI), part of Wageningen University and Research Centre, is going to lease the majority ...

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    Cofinimmo raises offer for Immo-Croissance

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Belgian real estate company Cofinimmo has raised its takeover offer for Luxembourg-based Immo-Croissance from EUR 270.28 to EUR 282.47 per distribution share and from EUR 760.50 to EUR 794.80 per capitalisation share. The offer will run between 26 June and 27 July. Immo-Croissance's board of directors will meet on 25 ...

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    ING RE spends EUR 28m on Frankfurt asset

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    ING European Office Fund has acquired a vacant office property in Frankfurt's central business district from Union Investment Real Estate for EUR 28.5 mln. The building at Mainzer Landstrasse provides 5,500 m[sup]2[/sup] of lettable area and is the third asset in the fund's German portfolio.

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    Shurgard Europe pulls plug on EUR 725m IPO

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Shurgard Europe has became the fourth European real estate company to shelve an IPO this month. Europe's largest owner of self-storage facilities issued a statement on Friday blaming 'adverse market conditions' for the cancellation.

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    German cities head knowledge hub ranking

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Five German cities rank among the top 15 'knowledge hubs' in Europe, according to a new report by Brussels-based consultancy Ecotec, a subsidiary of the UK group Ecorys. The cities are Cologne, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich. The other cities included in the ranking are Amsterdam, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Dublin, ...

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    LaSalle snaps up Paris office tower

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    La Salle Investment Management has purchased the IGH office tower in Paris from LFI Le Viala Sarl. LaSalle is planning to fully refurbish the building in partnership with Meunier Immobilier d’Entreprise and OGIC. The project includes the total restructuring of 11,200 m[sup]2[/sup] of office space, 170 parking spaces and a ...

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    Evans Randall purchases hedge fund's London HQ

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Privately-owned investment bank Evans Randall is to forward fund Pace Investments' redevelopment of Riverbank House in the City of London financial district in an off-market deal. The transaction price of £300 mln (EUR 446 mln) reflects a net initial yield of 4.5%.

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    Global real estate investment hits $600bn

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Real estate investment transactions worldwide hit a record high of $600 bn (EUR 447 bn) in 2006, according to the new edition of DTZ's annual Money into Property research report. DTZ's research report examines record cross-border capital flows in 2006 and indicates that even more capital is looking to be ...

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    WestInvest buys EUR 50m development in Stuttgart

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    WestInvest has bought a project development in Stuttgart for EUR 50 mln. The development, sold by Phoenix Real Estate Development, is expected to provide about 8,900 m[sup]2[/sup] of offices and 600 m[sup]2[/sup] of retail space. The project is earmarked for the open-ended real estate fund WestInvest ImmoValue. Completion of the ...

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    MEPs condemn Spain's 'building boom'

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have condemned unnecessary residential development schemes in Spain, particularly in Madrid and on the coast. The MEPs said some of these residential projects have 'no relation to the genuine needs of towns and villages,' go against 'environmental sustainability' and have a 'disastrous effect on ...

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    Invesco acquires EUR 95m European portfolio

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Invesco Real Estate is acquiring a portfolio of five assets across Europe for a total of EUR 95 mln. The Portefeuille Isar includes properties located in France, Belgium and Spain, which are being sold by German Real IS fund. The French assets are two fully-let warehouses, providing respectively some 15,900 ...

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    Spanish hotel chain to seek EUR 150m listing

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Spanish hotel chain High Tech Hoteles is planning to seek a listing after the summer, Dinamia and Nmas 1, the two private equity companies that own a majority stake in the group, have told the Spanish bourse regulator CNMV. High Tech is expected to become the third-largest listed hotel company ...