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    Scamp buys two London offices

    2007-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Investment and development company Scamp Holdings has purchased two office buildings in London for EUR 98 mln. The properties provide some 11,600 m[sup]2[/sup] of lettable area and were acquired from Pinder Fry Investment Fund and a private client of property investment consultant Lewis & Partners. The deals reflect a 5% ...

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    Pradera European Fund expands further in Italy

    2007-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Property management company Pradera announced it has acquired the Tuscia shopping centre in Viterbo, central Italy, on behalf of its Pradera European Retail fund II. The exact price of the transaction was not disclosed, but head of Italy at Pradera Roberto Limetti told PropertyEU that the 'transaction is valued sat ...

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    Alstria Office purchases German portfolio

    2007-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Property company Alstria Office has acquired a German portfolios consisting of eight office buildings from the real estate fund UBS (D) Euroinvest. The financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.

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    Vastned O/I share issue generates EUR 50 mln

    2007-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Vastned Offices/Industrial announced yesterday it has successfully placed 1,683,502 ordinary shares for a total value of EUR 50 mln. The shares were sold at a price of EUR 29.70 each, which is equivalent to the share closing price on Tuesday, the Rotterdam-based property investor said in a press release. Vastned ...

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    Multi Development's Polish mall gets approval

    2007-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Gdansk-based Multi Development Poland announced it has received planning approval for the construction of the Forum Koszalin shopping centre on the southern edge of the city of Koszalin in northern Poland. Multi Development said in a press release that the mall will be the biggest retail and leisure centre in ...

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    Credit Foncier eyes Hungarian expansion

    2007-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Credit Foncier de France, the real estate financing arm of Paris-based Groupe Caisse d'Epargne, will make a EUR 150 mln offer for Hungary's Ella Bank, French daily La Tribune has reported, citing an unidentified source. Credit Foncier began talks with the lender a year ago, the newspaper said. It is ...

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    Orco plans Slovakian development

    2007-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Luxemburg-based Orco Property Group intends to invest about EUR 20 mln developing a modern mixed-use complex in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, on the Stein Brewery site acquired last December. The project, covering a 1.6-hectare area, will include residential premises, civil infrastructure and possibly a hotel.

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    TriGranit targets Russian real estate

    2007-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Budapest-based TriGranit will spend EUR 5.5 bn developing Russian real estate and is considering an initial public offering in Moscow. 'Russia is a difficult and complicated market, but it is developing fast and opportunities are enormous', the property developer said.

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    C&W continues European expansion

    2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

    Cushman & Wakefield's global turnover rose by 23% in 2006 to a record $1.5 bn (EUR 1.1 bn), compared to a 21% increase in 2005. Turnover from operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa rose by 29.4% to EUR 321 mln, with profits increasing by 52.2%.

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    Multi Development starts Forum Como

    2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

    Dutch project developer Multi Development has started construction of Forum Como, a project regenerating a former industrial area in the city of Como in northern Italy. The complex is scheduled to open in 2010.

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    Strategic Value Partners buys EUR 210 mln portfolio

    2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

    American hedge fund Strategic Value Partners has purchased a German mixed-use portfolio for about EUR 210 mln. The Capri assets comprise eight properties spread across Berlin, Hamburg, Essen and Lubbenau providing a total space of 235,000 m[sup]2[/sup]. Approximately 48% of the properties are residential units, 34% consists of commercial business ...

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    Atlassib set to develop hotels in Romania

    2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

    Romania-based Atlassib group is in talks to acquire two plots of land in Bucharest, on which the group intends to develop two four-star Ramada hotels in spring 2007. 'We are in the final stages of negotiation to acquire a plot of land in the centre of the capital and another ...

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    SCBSM buys EUR 150 mln property company

    2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

    French Societe Centrale des Bois et Scieries de la Manche (SCBSM) is acquiring a real estate company with a property portfolio of about EUR 150 mln, newspaper Business Immo has reported. Some 45% of the portfolio comprises shopping centres in the Paris region, 24% of retail parks and 28% of ...

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    TKP invests EUR 52 mln in Standard Life's retail fund

    2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

    Insurer Aegon's subsidiary TKP Pensioen announced it has invested EUR 52 mln in Standard Life's EUR 2.8 bn UK shopping mall fund, therefore becoming the first overseas investor in the retail fund. TKP's head of real estate Robert-Jan Tel said that the Netherlands-based pension group is willing to further invest ...

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    Germany set to reform open-ended property funds

    2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

    The structure of Germany's open-ended property funds is set to change radically in the wake of a draft bill submitted by the German finance ministry to reform the investment act which currently regulates the criteria of this type of fund. Under the new legislation existing open-ended property funds will ...

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    St James, Tesco's revamp scheme gets approval

    2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

    Tesco, the largest supermarket group in the UK, and St James Investment have received planning consent from the local authorities for a 10.8-acre regeneration scheme to be developed in Woolwich town centre.

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    Jones Lang La Salle opens Romanian office

    2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

    International property advisor Jones Lang La Salle yesterday announced it has opened a new office in Bucharest, Romania. The new addition follows seven other new offices opened over the last year in Dubai, Rome, London Heathrow, Zaragoza in Spain, Kiev in Ukraine and Kazakhstan capital's Almaty.

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    Urbas set to merge with Costa Rey, Guadahermosa

    2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

    Urbas' shareholders have approved its merger with Spanish real estate groups Costa Rey and Guadahermosa. The property group also approved a plan to raise about EUR 46 mln through the sale of 71.8 million new shares at a nominal value of EUR 0.64 each, the company said in a regulatory ...

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    Rodamco Europe divests Frankfurt shopping centre

    2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

    Rodamco Europe has agreed to divest 'Zeilgalerie' shopping center in Frankfurt, Germany to Signature Capital, an Irish based real estate company, for EUR 42.5 mln. The selling price represents a net initial yield of 5.3% and is 'well above latest book value', Rodamco Europe said in a press release.

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    Keops to sell EUR 943 mln of Swedish assets

    2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

    Denmark-based Keops has announced it intends to sell real estate assets for a total amount of EUR 943 mln during the first quarter of 2007. Since 2004, the Danish property developer and investor has acquired Swedish real estate with a total value of EUR 2.6 bn . The acquisitions in ...