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    Skanska pulls out of Russia

    2007-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Swedish construction giant Skanska is pulling out of Russia to focus on more profitable markets in Europe and in the Americas. Skaska has been in Russia since 1902, but the Russian market only accounts for half a percent of the company's revenues.

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    Niam, the Whitehall Funds acquire EUR 400 mln portfolio

    2007-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Sweden's Niam Fund III and the Goldman Sachs-managed Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds have acquired a property portfolio from the Finnish real estate company Sponda for about EUR 400 mln. The portfolio consists of parts of the Kapiteeli portfolio, the office and retail portfolio sold by the Finnish government in ...

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    Sackville submits plans for major Reading scheme

    2007-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Sackville Developments, a unit of Sackville Properties, has submitted plans for its EUR 743 mln Station Hill scheme in Reading, near London. The property investment and development company is planning a 130,060 m[sup]2[/sup] mixed-use scheme to be developed near Reading's station in the heart of the town.

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    M&A developing office in Poland

    2007-02-16T00:00:00Z

    M&A Commercial Building Investment is poised to develop a modern office building within the Chopin Business Center in the western Polish city of Gorzow Wielkopolski. The three-storey property, designed by the local studio K2 Biuro Architektoniczne, will comprise 7,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of space and 60 parking spaces. M&A is currently in ...

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    Macquarie Goodman plans EUR 600 mln UK logistics fund

    2007-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Australian industrial real estate investor Macquarie Goodman plans to launch a major UK logistics fund next year. The fund will be seeded with assets worth AUD $1 bn (EUR 598 mln), but the total amount could grow quickly due to acquisitions and developments in the pipeline, ceo Greg Goodman said ...

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    Hochtief contracted to manage 260 Commerzbank outlets

    2007-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Germany's Hochtief Facility Management will take over the management of 260 Commerzbank outlets located in the south and southwest of Germany over the next four years. The statement follows a press release issued on Thursday by Hochtief's subsidiary regarding the handover of 150 properties owned by AMB Generali Immobilien, the ...

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    Gecina to set up logistics, residential subsidiaries

    2007-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Gecina, the largest player in France's office market, has ploughed more than EUR 1 bn into logistics and healthcare property in 2006 as part of its strategic diversification. Logistics, healthcare and hotels now represent 7% of Gecina's overall business and this is expected to grow to 16% in 2007, Gecina, ...

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    Irish investors buys UK mall for EUR 139 mln

    2007-02-16T00:00:00Z

    The BHL consortium of Irish investors has acquired the Pentagon Shopping Centre in the Kent town of Chatham in the UK for EUR 139 mln. The 30,657 m[sup]2[/sup] shopping centre is anchored by Sainsbury's and Wilkinston. BHL plans to redevelop and expand the property. The acquisition is the first stage ...

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    SPD raises EUR 370 mln through private placing

    2007-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Scandinavian Property Development (SPD), a new company established by the financial group SEB Enskilda and Aberdeen Property Investors, has raised EUR 370 mln through a private placing with international investors. The company said the 'highly successful,' equity offering was four times oversubscribed and attracted more than 230 investors from ...

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    Rome to get Europe's 2nd largest tourist centre

    2007-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Construction is to start shortly on the Valmontone Tourist centre, a mixed-use scheme 50 km south of Rome. Italy's Investeco will invest EUR 165 mln in the hotel and conference centre situated within the new 200-hectare tourist complex, which will also feature a EUR 300 mln theme park, Europe's ...

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    Multi in Swiss retail centre development

    2007-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Netherlands-based Multi Development has teamed up with Vivico Real Estate in Frankfurt for its first retail project in Switzerland. The 30,000 m[sup]2[/sup] complex will be developed in Basel as part of Erlenmatt, a new district being developed by Vivico. German property newspaper Immobilien Zeitung reported that Vivico will also act ...

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    Wichford seeks EUR 111 mln for European expansion

    2007-02-16T00:00:00Z

    AIM-listed property investment company Wichford has announced it will place 35.4 million shares at 212 pence a piece to raise EUR 111 mln (£75 mln) to expand its portfolio in the UK and to fund acquisitions in continental Europe. Chairman Michael Sheehan said the company had decided to enter the ...

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    Zara moves into Canary Wharf

    2007-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Spanish fashion group Inditex is to anchor a new retail development in London's Canary Wharf business estate. Inditex has taken Unit 9, totalling 1,765 m[sup]2[/sup] spanning three floors, on a 15-year lease in the retail development at Cabot Place West. The space will house new outlets for Inditex's Zara and ...

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    NEPR spends EUR 134.8 mln on sheds and hotels

    2007-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Northern European Properties (NEPR), a real estate investor active in the Nordic and Baltic regions, has purchased two property portfolios for EUR 134.8 mln from LR Nordic Properties, a subsidiary of the London & Regional group.

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    Neinver launches EUR 1.4 bn European fund

    2007-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Spanish privately-owned developer Neinver has launched the IRUS European Retail Property Fund, the 'largest pan-European private real estate fund to be sponsored and managed by a Spanish entity'. The fund will have an estimated gross asset value of EUR 1.4 bn, which includes EUR 480 mln of equity commitments.

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    Halladale, Citigroup buy mall for EUR 40 mln

    2007-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Halladale Group and Citigroup's real estate investment arm Citigroup Property Investors (CPI) have acquired the Crown Glass shopping centre in Nailsea, south-western England, for EUR 40 mln. The price reflects a net initial yield of 5.5%.

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    Fabege purchases Stockholm complex

    2007-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Sweden's Fabege has acquired a fully occupied office-educational property from peer Akademiska Hus for EUR 41.6 mln. The Mimer 5 complex, located in the capital city of Stockholm, has a gross lettable area of 12,100 m[sup]2[/sup] and is 'in good condition after a thorough renovation a few years ago', Fabege ...

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    Banif acquires Paris office

    2007-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Spanish bank Banif, a subsidiary of Santander Group, has acquired an office building located at 33 Rue Galilee in the 16th arrondissement of Paris for EUR 21.4 mln. The 2,224 m[sup]2[/sup] property is let to the European Business Centre. The transaction value reflects an initial yield of about 4.4%.

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    Hungary seeks bids for EUR 260 mln government complex

    2007-02-15T00:00:00Z

    The process opened in Hungary on Thursday for tenders to design and build a new 30-hectare complex in Budapest to house most government departments. Bids will be accepted up to the end of May and the winner will be announced in mid June, the head of the evaluation committee told ...

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    Office development shifts to Bucharest's outskirts

    2007-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Office developers have started to orient towards the outskirts of Bucharest because of the scarcity of quality plots in the centre of the Romanian capital. Over 200,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of mostly Class A office space will be delivered in Baneasa, north of Aurel Vlaicu airport, within the next two to three ...