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    TAG acquires commercial properties for EUR 40m

    2007-04-25T00:00:00Z

    German property company TAG Tegernsee has acquired a portfolio of four commercial properties for EUR 40 mln. The portfolio, including two office and two commercial assets, has a gross lettable area of 21,000 m[sup]2[/sup]. The properties are located in Nuremberg and Hamburg. The vendor was not named. The transaction represents ...

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    DSV selects Macquarie to develop a 49,000 m[sup]2[/sup] distribution centre

    2007-04-24T00:00:00Z

    DSV Solutions, a supplier of transport and logistics services, has selected Macquarie Goodman European Logistics (formerly Eurinpro), to develop a 49,000 m[sup]2[/sup] distribution centre in the Dutch city of Venlo. Construction is scheduled to start in July and end in March 2008.

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    Sacyr, Eiffage saga continues

    2007-04-24T00:00:00Z

    Sacyr Vallehermoso took a full-page advertisement in French daily La Tribune Tuesday to say that its managers are ready to meet with Eiffage's employee representatives. The meeting would aim to clarify the company's position with regards to EIffage and discuss plans for the development of the French group, news agency ...

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    Aberdeen launches property fund for France, spends EUR 200m in la Defense

    2007-04-24T00:00:00Z

    Aberdeen Property Investors has announced the establishment of a new fund focusing on France and Southern Europe, in line with its strategy to become a leading fund and asset manager in the French market. The fund's first investment is the acquisition of CB 16, a landmark office building in la ...

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    Redevco to develop business centre in Turkey

    2007-04-24T00:00:00Z

    Redevco is planning to invest some EUR 45 mln in the development of a business center in Erzurum, western Turkey, newspaper Turkish Daily News reported. Construction of the complex will start in June with delivery scheduled for the first quarter of 2009, the daily said. The 85,000 m[sup]2[/sup] complex will ...

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    Yukos HQ being auctioned off

    2007-04-24T00:00:00Z

    The former head office of Russian oil company Yukos in Moscow will be put up for auction at the beginning of May. The current owner of the building is Yukos' subsidiary Dubininskoe. The 20-storey, 24,560-m[sup]2[/sup] building was completed in 2003 and is managed by CB Richard Ellis Noble Gibbons, website ...

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    Keops sells two Swedish properties

    2007-04-24T00:00:00Z

    Keops said on Tuesday it has agreed to sell two Swedish properties to the British investment fund Lathe Investments for SEK 680 mln (EUR 73.9 mln). The sale comprises a shopping centre in Borlänge as well as the ferry terminal building, Knutpunkten, in Helsingborg, the southernmost part of Sweden. Completion ...

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    40% of Zlota 44 apartments sold in one night

    2007-04-24T00:00:00Z

    Forty percent of the remaining 125 apartments at Zlota 44 building were sold on Tuesday during an exclusive cocktail party organized at Le Regina Hotel in Warsaw. The event launched the second phase of project sales for Orco Property Group.

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    Fonciere des Murs buys garden centres for EUR 242m

    2007-04-24T00:00:00Z

    Fonciere des Regions' subsidiary Fonciere des Murs has signed a sale-and-leaseback agreement to acquire a portfolio of 57 garden centres operated by the Jardiland group for EUR 242 mln including taxes and expenses. The assets, which represent two thirds of Jardiland's sites, are spread throughout the country.

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    Summit shops in Germany

    2007-04-24T00:00:00Z

    Israeli listed company Summit Real Estate Holdings is buying a number of income-producing properties in Germany for NIS 213 mln (EUR 52 mln). The purchases are being made through German companies in which Summit owns a 95% stake.

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    Astroc's fall drags down Spanish real estate market

    2007-04-24T00:00:00Z

    Astroc Mediterraneo is leading the way of what has been described as 'the end of Spain's 10-year real estate boom'. Atroc's share price gained more than 1000% since the company was listed on the Madrid stock exchange in June last year, but its shares plummeted as much as 37% on ...

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    Skanska to invest EUR 67m in Poland and Czech Republic

    2007-04-24T00:00:00Z

    Skanska is starting three new commercial development projects in Central Europe. In Warsaw, the company has started the second phase of the Marynarska Point office building, which will involve an investment of about EUR 32.6 mln. The property comprises about 14,000 m[sup]2[/sup] and is located in the Mokotov business district. ...

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    British Land to sell off stakes in Meadowhall

    2007-04-24T00:00:00Z

    British Land has said it is looking for partner investors for its £1.7 bn (EUR 2.5 bn) Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield, central England. The company said in a statement it intends to remain the largest individual investor and will also act as fund and property asset manager. The Financial ...

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    Dawnay Day Carpathian to raise £ 100m in share offer

    2007-04-24T00:00:00Z

    Dawnay Day Carpathian is planning to raise £100 mln (EUR 147 mln) in a share offer to fund more acquisitions. The company will sell 83.3 million shares at £1.20 each, the company stated, conditional on approval of the plan by shareholders. A vote on the issue is scheduled for 17 ...

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    Jernhusen sells Stockholm assets for EUR 140m

    2007-04-24T00:00:00Z

    Swedish government-owned company Jernhusen has signed an agreement with Norwegian company DnB Nor Markets to sell the properties Stockholm Blekholmen 3 and 5 'Klarabergshuset' for SEK 1.3 bn (EUR 140 mln). The price reflects a yield of 4.46%, which is a record low in the Swedish market, the company said ...

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    Schemes ‘should consider alternative alternatives’

    2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

    REAL ESTATE - Pension funds will increasingly target alternatives within the property sector, according to Arlington Securities. In a research note published last week, the firm urged pension funds to diversify within Europe and across real estat...

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    PREI sets up life science real estate venture

    2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

    REAL ESTATE - Pramerica Real Estate Investors has formed a joint venture with BioMed Realty Trust to invest in life science properties across the United States. The first transaction for the relationship involves three assets that are located in Cam...

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    European schemes eye sub-prime action

    2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

    REAL ESTATE - European pension funds could join class actions against US sub-prime mortgage lenders currently under investigation for poor internal controls and decision-making, according to the law firm representing institutional investors. US i...

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    Regulators probe Dutch institutional real estate

    2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

    NETHERLANDS – Dutch regulators are probing institutional investors’ real estate investment activities to detect corruption. The moves come from the central bank, the DNB, and market regulator the Financial Markets Authority (AFM). F...

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    Deutsche Börse launches REITs index

    2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

    REAL ESTATE - Deutsche Börse announced last week that it will launch an index covering real estate investment trusts (REITs). The stock exchange will also launch a separate segment for the asset class "as soon as the first REIT is introduc...