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    Agnelli family ponders taking wheel at C & W

    2006-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Italian company Ifil has confirmed media speculation that it has considered investing in Cushman & Wakefield, the world's largest privately-held real estate advisor. Ifil is the investment company of the Agnelli Family, founders of the Fiat car company.

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    Llanera acquires Reva for EUR 300 mln

    2006-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Spanish real estate Llanera group has acquired Reva, a Belgium utility and real estate company active in Valencia in Southern Spain. The acquisition will provide Llanera with a 45,000 m[sup]2[/sup] industrial area and 9 million m[sup]2[/sup] of agricultural land, the website Cincodias reported. Llanera said that the assets are valued ...

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    Homburg acquires 4 Dutch commercial properties

    2006-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Homburg Invest has finalised the acquisition of four commercial properties located in the Dutch cities of Eindhoven, Sittard, Rotterdam and Tilburg. In a statement, Homburg said the buildings were purchased through limited partnerships controlled by Homburg.

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    Sponda seals EUR 1.5 bn credit facility

    2006-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Sponda, a Helsinki-based real estate company, has signed an agreement for a one-year syndicated credit facility for a total of EUR 1.5 bn. The credit facility is for purchasing the share stock of Finnish peer Kapiteeli, Sponda said.

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    New Ikea store in Russia to miss Christmas cheer

    2006-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Fire-safety officers have shut down Ikea's new furniture retail mega mall in provincial Russian city of Nizjni Novgorod for 30 days. As a result the Ikea store that opened less than a month ago and the 150 shops attached to it will miss out on the lucrative Christmas season.

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    Patrizia buys residential units for EUR 300 mln

    2006-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Patrizia has acquired a portfolio of 2,667 residential and 70 commercial units from HDI Gerling Lebensversicherung for about EUR 300 mln. The total net floor space in the portfolio adds up to around 195,000 m[sup]2[/sup]. The residential properties include a variety of complexes in top locations in western German conurbations.

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    Italy unveils 'REITs' legislation

    2006-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Italy is moving forward with legislation to introduce real estate investment trusts (REITs). An amendment of the Finanziaria, the State annual financial budget, contains the first official draft of the legislation, Italian media sources have reported. The draft will be presented for discussion in the Senate by Italian deputy Economics ...

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    ABN to move into 7 WTC

    2006-12-05T00:00:00Z

    ABN Amro has signed a lease for 14,800 m[sup]2[/sup] in the new 7 World Trade Centre building in New York. The Dutch banking giant will occupy the top four floors of the building. A lease price has not been disclosed but the space is offered for $550 (EUR 412) per ...

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    Brussels fighting the clock in RE deal

    2006-12-05T00:00:00Z

    The Belgian government is under pressure to sell EUR 600 mln of property assets in the next few weeks after an earlier attempt to set up a new closed-ended real estate investment company (Sicafi) stalled due to legal challenges.

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    Curzon/IXIS AEW fund closes at EUR 317 mln

    2006-12-05T00:00:00Z

    The Curzon Funds Group of real estate investment manager IXIS AEW Europe has announced the second closing of the Euroffice Fund at a total equity of EUR 317 mln - well above the target of EUR 200 mln. The pan-European office fund is dedicated to French institutional investors, including prominent ...

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    Australian investor buys Munich properties for EUR 360 mln

    2006-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Reit Asset Management Munich has sold a mixed portfolio of 67 properties to Australian investor Multiplex European Property Fund for about EUR 355 mln. The properties are predominantly located in medium-sized town in western Germany. The company still holds property assets valued at some EUR 900 mln and it plans ...

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    Dubai firm to develop new city near Moscow

    2006-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Developer Limitless, a subsidiary of holding company Dubai World, plans to build a new city on 18,000 hectares of land near Moscow in what the company has described as 'one of the largest projects planned by an international developer anywhere in the world today'.

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    Swiss Re in 'exclusive' talks over London's Gherkin

    2006-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Reinsurer Swiss Re has confirmed media speculation it is in 'exclusive talks' with a potential buyer for its City of London skyscraper known as the 'Erotic Gherkin' but it stopped short of naming the interested party. 'We expect negotiations to close by early 2007,' Swiss Re said.

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    Gruppo Aedes signs deal on EUR 90 mln loan

    2006-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Gruppo Aedes, the Italian real estate company, has signed an agreement on a medium-term loan with a syndicate of banks for EUR 90 mln. Aedes' statement on the loan did not specify what the funds will be used for it. The company said the deal was organised by Banca Profilo ...

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    Immoeast acquires Warsaw offices for EUR 80 mln

    2006-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Immoeast has acquired 'Brama Zachodnia', a 14-floor office building in Warsaw, for a total investment of EUR 80 mln. The property, completed in 2001, has an underground garage and usable area of 36,000 m[sup]2[/sup]. Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson rents about 25% of the space. Other tenants include Gtech, Sagem Communication, ...

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    LaSalle IM acquires portfolio of German stores

    2006-12-05T00:00:00Z

    LaSalle Investment Management has acquired a portfolio of seven specialist stores in the Siegerland region of Germany from several private investor. The investment volume was close to EUR 45 mln. The properties will be placed in the LaSalle German Retail Venture Fund. All stores have long-term lease contracts and are ...

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    Sonae Sierra, Miller to launch retail park in Portugal

    2006-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Sonae Sierra and Miller Developments are to develop a retail park in Viana do Castelo, northern Portugal. The two companies, an international shopping centre specialist and a UK commercial property developer respectively, are to invest EUR 13 mln in the Lima shopping mall, scheduled for inauguration next spring.

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    ING RE takes 50% stake in Warsaw retail property

    2006-12-05T00:00:00Z

    ING Real estate Investment Management has agreed to acquire a 50% stake in Wars Sawa & Junior, a retail and office premises in the Polish capital Warsaw. The property, consisting of 30,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of prime retail space, is located on Marszalkowska Street - one of the main streets in the ...

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    EIBL plans EUR 100 mln London IPO

    2006-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Equest Investments Bulgaria Limited (EIBL), an Irish-listed investment company focusing on the Balkan region, is to seek admission of its ordinary shares to trading on the Alternative Investments Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange. The company expects to be admitted by the end of December and to raise ...

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    Grupo CS is to invest EUR 8 bn in Portugal

    2006-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Grupo CS intends to invest EUR 8 bn to develop 16 hotels in Portugal. The assets, five of them already under construction, are due for completion in 2009. The group envisages beginning the second phase of Herdade dos Salgados tourist project and launching the Barragem de Montargil development in Algarve, ...