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    Oracle pays record for Dockland's site

    2006-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Oracle Group, a UK property company, is to match the record land price set in the London Docklands by buying a 1.4-hectare site there for 75 mln (EUR 111 mln), equivalent to £53.3 mln a hectare. Property Week reported that Oracle Holdings intends to develop a £400 mln scheme of ...

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    Brussels poised to decide on property sell-off

    2006-12-21T00:00:00Z

    The Belgium government is to decide today on the winning bid for the controversial sale of 62 state properties. The transaction, expected to raise EUR 500 mln, has to be finalised by the end of the year to help balance the budget. Belgian newspaper De Tijd reported on Thursday that ...

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    Paris building sold for EUR 45 mln

    2006-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Paris-based DS Avocats has acquired an office building located at 21 Madeleine Square in the 8th arrondissement of Paris for EUR 45 mln, property newspaper Business Immo has reported.

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    French senate approves SIIC 4

    2006-12-21T00:00:00Z

    The French senate this week approved the SIIC 4, the country's latest version of tax-efficient real estate investment vehicles. An amendment to the legislation includes provisions aimed at diversifying the share capital of the SIIC and preventing a single shareholder creating a SIIC.

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    Quintain, Morley in EUR 297 mln science park deal

    2006-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Quantum Property Partnership, a 50/50 joint venture between Quintain Estates and Morley Fund Management, has secured an agreement with the South West of England Regional Development Agency to create a new science and technology park, SPark, in Bristol. Quantum plans to develop 77,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of science and technology space on ...

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    ING REIM acquires Polish shopping centre

    2006-12-21T00:00:00Z

    ING Real Estate Investment Management has acquired the Piast Shopping Centre in Szczecin, Poland for nearly EUR 41 mln. The mall is located in Pomorzany, one of the biggest housing districts of Szczecin.

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    CapMan RE fund sells portfolio for EUR 377 mln

    2006-12-21T00:00:00Z

    CapMan Real Estate I fund is to sell its entire portfolio to a joint venture company for EUR 377.5 mln. The portfolio consists of 22 properties in the greater Helsinki area. Most of the assets are modern office buildings with a vacancy rate below 5%.

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    Rodamco Europe divests Dutch outlet centre

    2006-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Batavia Stad, the outlet shopping centre in the Dutch city of Lelystad, has been sold by Rodamco Europe to retail fund manager Bakkenist & Emmens for approximately EUR 38 mln. The purchase price was slightly below the latest book value but reflected a net initial yield of 5.6%.

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    Cosmani RE buys EUR 85 mln plot of land

    2006-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Cosmani Inmobiliaria has invested EUR 85 mln in the acquisition of a plot of land in the Mendez Alvaro district of Madrid. In a statement, the Spanish group said it intends to develop offices and homes on the site. The plot of land has a build-on area of about 14,300 ...

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    Summit acquires five properties for EUR 58.8 mln

    2006-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Summit Germany, a commercial property investment company listed on AIM in London, has announced it is to acquire five additional properties in Germany for a total investment of EUR 58.8 mln. The deal will reflect an average net yield of 7% per annum and 7.8% on full occupancy.

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    Savills ends alliance with Trammel Crow

    2006-12-21T00:00:00Z

    International property advisor Savills has ended its strategic alliance with Dallas-based real estate service provider Trammell Crow Company after the closing of the acquisition of TCC by rival CB Richard Ellis.

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    Riofisa to develop a EUR 50 mln business park

    2006-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Real estate group Riofisa has announced it is to develop a 38,000 m[sup]2[/sup] business park in the Leganes district of Madrid. The Spanish company said the park will require an investment of around EUR 50 mln and construction work is to begin soon.

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    Arab Investments acquires German portfolio for EUR 50 mln

    2006-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Arab Investments has acquired a portfolio in Berlin from the Bauwert Property Group for approximately EUR 50 million, property advisor Savills has reported. The portfolio comprises 14,800 m[sup]2[/sup] of office and retail properties located in top locations in Berlin, Wuppertal and Karlsruhe.

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    Teesland accepts 'Scamp' takeover offer

    2006-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Teesland, the Edinburgh-based property fund manager, has agreed a £200 mln (EUR 298 mln) takeover offer from SCAMP Holdings, a property company controlled by chairman of Sheffield United football club Kevin McCable. SCAMP, whcih accounts for a substantial portion of Teesland's business, is offering 159.25 pence a share for ...

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    Intervest Offices renews Belgian lease with PCW

    2006-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Intervest Offices has concluded a new lease with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for a surface area of 15,786 m[sup]2[/sup] at the Woluwe Garden building complex in Zaventem, Belgium. The total complex has a surface area of 24,081 m[sup]2[/sup] and is entirely rented to PwC, IBM Consulting and Lawfort.

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    Macquarie Goodman unveils Euro logistics fund

    2006-12-20T00:00:00Z

    Macquarie Goodman has announced the establishment of the Arlington European Logistics Fund, which will hold a portfolio of more than EUR 1.2 bn of industrial property when fully invested.

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    Horizon buys Vitalys building for EUR 51 mln

    2006-12-20T00:00:00Z

    Horizon French Property Partnership 1, a Luxemburgish property investment fund, has agreed with Bati Conseil to acquire the Vitalys building. The 14,000 m[sup]2[/sup] development is located at the Porte de Lilas, in the 19 arrondissement (district) of Paris. The asset has been acquired for EUR 51 mln with a prior-to-completion ...

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    EIBL rasies EUR 65 mln in AIM listing

    2006-12-20T00:00:00Z

    Equest Investments Bulgaria Limited (EIBL) has announced it has raised gross proceeds of £43.9 mln (EUR 65.4 mln) through the placing by Collins Stewart Europeof 3,630,000 ordinary shares at £12.10 each per ordinary share on London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market (AIM).

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    First columns laid for Freedom Tower

    2006-12-20T00:00:00Z

    The first steel columns are being laid in New York this week for the Freedom Tower which is being built on the site of the World Trade Centre Towers destroyed during the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001.

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    Docks Lyonnais acquires assets in Lyon for EUR 103 mln

    2006-12-20T00:00:00Z

    French property company Docks Lyonnais has acquired two commercial assets with a total area of 18,900 m[sup]2[/sup] in Lyon. The total investment for the retail stores was about EUR 103.4 mln, newspaper Business Immo has reported. The stores are located in the French city of Lyon, one in the Grolee ...