Office – Page 170

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    New Jersey turns attention to non-core real estate

    2008-06-26T17:08:00Z

    UNITED STATES - New Jersey Division of Investment has approved $250m (€161.4m) worth of commitments to non-core real estate.

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    BPT beats off Quebec pension fund for Russian assets

    2008-06-23T17:13:00Z

    RUSSIA - The Baltic Property Trust Group (BPT) has beaten off Russia-hungry rival investors to acquire its latest asset in the market: the first phase of the Country Park business centre in Moscow.

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    Maryland sees value in adding to real estate

    2008-06-19T17:27:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Maryland State Retirement System has signed a deal to invest with a new manager to the fund, by committing $100m (€64.6m) to the Rockwood Capital Real Estate Partners VIII fund.

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    Thomas Properties and UBS sign office contract

    2008-06-12T10:42:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Thomas Properties Group has created a new office building acquisitions joint venture with UBS Wealth Management to purchase assets in selected markets across the United States.

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    LACERA moves $50m into pan-Asia fund

    2008-06-05T17:28:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association had added to its international real estate exposure by committing $50m (€32.2m) to the ING Real Estate Asia Value Fund.

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    Vietnam gains ground in global rent rise

    2008-06-02T17:26:00Z

    VIETNAM - Ho Chi Minh City has seen the world’s fastest office rent rises in the 12 months to March, with occupancy costs rising 94%, according to CBRE’s Global Market Rents survey.

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    JPMorgan raises $600m for China fund

    2008-05-29T17:46:00Z

    UNITED STATES - JPMorgan Asset Management raised in excess of $600m (€380.6m) for its latest commingled fund, the JPMorgan Greater China Property Fund.

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    UK 'real values' yet to see full impact

    2008-05-27T16:44:00Z

    UK - The UK property market is approaching fair value, but it has yet to face the fall-out from an economic downturn, according to British Land CEO Stephen Hester.

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    Corio expects equalled 2008 result

    2008-05-27T10:21:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - Property investor Corio expects its 2008 results to be in line with last year’s return, after announcing its 2007 performance gained 2.7% to over €203m.

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    New York Common looks at urban space

    2008-05-23T11:30:00Z

    UNITED STATES - New York Common Retirement Fund has made a $285m (€182.1m) commitment to the JP Morgan Star Lake Fund I, which invests in urban real estate across the major US metropolitan markets.

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    Louisiana Teachers places $125m in “real assets”

    2008-05-23T11:27:00Z

    UNITED STATES- Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana has placed $125m (€80.2m) into new real estate investments, as part of its unique view of real estate investing.

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    Pennsylvania puts $925m beyond the core

    2008-05-15T17:16:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System has approved $925m (€598.8m) into new real estate investments through a variety of non-core commingled funds.

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    Austrian property outperforms, despite sector fall

    2008-05-12T16:58:00Z

    AUSTRIA - Austrian real estate returns outperformed both equities and bonds in 2007, despite a decline in retail – the best performing sector.

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    Sponda sticks with Russia despite Finnish optimism

    2008-05-12T16:56:00Z

    RUSSIA – Sponda’s chief executive Kari Inkinen said the Finnish property firm was on course for its planned Russian expansion despite a fall in interim profits from the same period last year.

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    Pirelli punts on Euro-property fund

    2008-05-12T16:53:00Z

    EUROPE - Pirelli Real Estate is targeting international pension funds with an opportunistic pan-European property fund it plans to launch early next year.

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    Texas Teachers approves $862.5m in new structures

    2008-05-08T15:55:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Teacher Retirement System of Texas approved $862.5m (€557.9m) in real estate commitments in April, including one deal which has the structure of a commingled fund but is in fact a separate account.

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    TIAA-CREF moves into commingled space

    2008-05-08T15:50:00Z

    UNITED STATES - TIAA-CREF has created its first commingled fund to be backed by third-party investment capital.

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    ABP-owned firm sells office portfolio

    2008-05-06T16:44:00Z

    EUROPE - Corio, the Dutch property firm 37%-owned by the €220bn ABP pension fund, has sold its Dutch office portfolio for €650m - 1.5% below book value.

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    ATP buys a harbour view

    2008-05-01T17:25:00Z

    DENMARK - ATP Real Estate, the property arm of Denmark’s DKK350bn (bn) labour market supplementary fund, is investing DKK700m in a “ground-breaking” office block development in Copenhagen’s harbour area.

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    Orange County works on commingled fund manager search

    2008-05-01T17:17:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Orange County Employees Retirement System is nowworking on a search to hire new commingled fund real estate managers.