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San Diego makes its first overseas play
UNITED STATES - San Diego City Employees Retirement System has approved its first ever international real estate investment by allocating $30m ($22m euros) to the Colony Investors VIII commingled fund. San Diego City is expected to make at least o...
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VastNed Offices eyes German market
GERMANY - Property investor VastNed Offices-Industrial wants to expand its German office portfolio up to €500m, the firm has announced. The company’s German portfolio has now hit €90m thanks to a recent acquisition - a €37....
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Hilton delisting likely after Blackstone acquisition
GLOBAL - Hilton Hotels could de-list early next year after Blackstone last week agreed to acquire the hospitality group for $26bn (€19bn).
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Austrian firm to launch G-REIT by spring 2008
GERMANY – Austrian real estate firm CA Immobilien intends to launch a German real estate investment trust (G-REITs) by next spring that will have between €1.5bn and €2bn in assets. In a statement, CA Immobilien said between 26% a...
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Ohio School Employees schedule annual real estate plan
Ohio School Employees approves annual real estate UNITED STATES - School Employees Retirement System of Ohio has approved a new annual plan to invest around $100-$150m (€73.4m-€110m) in real estate for fiscal year 2008. The pension ...
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Pennsylvania Public School approves Euro commitment
UNITED STATES - Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System has agreed to invest 25% of the committed capital into the Carlyle Europe Real Estate Partners III commingled fund, as long as the total is no more than €200m. Working in...
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Asian property ‘world’s strongest performer’
ASIA - A softer-than-expected landing and supply limitations will continue to boost real estate rental growth across Asia, according to a report published by RREEF. Deutsche Bank’s real estate subsidiary said expansion of the financial serv...
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Stockbridge brings in executives to take on RREEF
UNITED STATES - Several former executives RREEF North America are hooking up with Stockbridge Capital Group in September in a bid to build an operation rivaling their former employer. Steve Steppe, former chairman of RREEF’s North America op...
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Walton Street closes on CalWest industry
UNITED STATES - Walton Street Capital has completed the $2.8bn (€2.06bn) acquisition of the CalWest Industrial portfolio. Leverage of around 85% was placed on the transaction while yield was in the region of 5%, to factor in the existing inc...
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UK investors sell in dwindling market
UK - Rising interest rates will significantly slow leveraged investment in UK real estate at least until 2008, according to a report published by Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL). Despite investment in the first half of 2007 above €27bn – matc...
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Washington State makes two real estate moves
UNITED STATES - Washington State Investment Board is taking action to make two significant real estate deals which give it additional US and global investment positions. The pension fund will commit another $500m (€368m) with Evergreen Real ...
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Glasgow fund monitors underperforming managers
UK - The £9.73bn (€14.4bn) Strathclyde Pension Fund has put Edinburgh-based Baillie Gifford and Isle of Man’s Capital International under watch because of underperformance. Baillie Gifford manages £1.57bn or 16.1% of the t...
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IPE-QUEST: $100m REIT mandate
NETHERLANDS – A Dutch institutional investor is looking for a real estate manager via IPE-Quest. The mandate is for an active $100m (€73.8m) US and Canada real estate mandate benchmarked against the FTSE EPRA NAREIT North America TR In...
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RREEF takes to the road for €1.3bn
EUROPE - RREEF Infrastructure has acquired 50% of German motorway service operator Tank & Rast for a reported €1.3bn. The acquisition, from private equity firm Terra Firma, includes 390 motorway service stations across Germany. John ...
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Orange County Employees places $116m
UNITED STATES - Orange County Employees Retirement System has approved real estate investments totaling $116m (€86.4m) to be invested in a mixture of public and private real estate. The pension fund approved $75m of capital to be managed by ...
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Morgan Stanley fund reaches $8bn height
UNITED STATES - Morgan Stanley Real Estate has raised $8bn (€5.94bn) for its most recently-completed international commingled fund MSREF VI International. – the largest sum ever raised for a single real estate fund. Capital raised was ...
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Germany ‘still offers best opportunities’
GERMANY - International Real Estate (IRE) has ruled out expansion outside German property despite recent investor jitters over market underperformance. This vote of confidence came as the AIM-listed investment firm posted year-end pre-tax profits ...
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Cornerstone to market new hotel fund
UNITED STATES - Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers is to begin the marketing process for its next commingled fundraising. The real estate manager is looking at raising around $400m ($297.1m euros) to $600m through the Cornerstone Hotel Income and Eq...
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Rodamco moves into Le Havre docklands
FRANCE - Rodamco Europe has agreed to acquire a large shopping and leisure centre under development in the Le Havre harbour area, the firm has announced. The €10.6bn company said it has signed an agreement with Vinci Immobilier and ING Real ...
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Pennsylvania State Employees pursues opportunity
UNITED STATES - Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement System has approved a $50m (€37.1m) commitment into the Rockpoint Real Estate Fund III by recycling its capital. Principal at The Townsend Group, Rob Kochis, has been working with the p...
