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ING Clarion redevelops mixed-use site
UNITED STATES - ING Clarion Partners and Panattoni Development Company have formed a joint venture to redevelop a former Boeing Company site as a major mixed-use project in Anaheim, California.
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Core gains momentum in State of Connecticut
UNITED STATES - State of Connecticut Trust Funds has added to its core real estate portfolio by making a $75m (€51.2m) commitment to the Cornerstone Patriot Fund.
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ING gets keys to ABP property
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension fund giant ABP has signed the biggest real estate deal The Netherlands to date, and is transferring the assets of its €1.6bn KFN non-listed real estate investment trust to ING Real Estate.
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PMT sells Paris office
FRANCE - Dutch metalworkers’ union Pensioenfonds Metaal en Techniek (PMT) has sold its 30% share of Le Balzac, a Paris office block, to Corio, the property firm 36.6% owned by the €215bn ABP.
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Aberdeen triples German property assets
GERMANY/UK – Aberdeen Property Investors Holdings has acquired German property investement group DEGI for a cash consideration of approximately €110m.
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Pension fund vehicle acquires Nokia facility
FINLAND - An investment vehicle set up for three Nordic pension funds to invest in Finnish real estate has confirmed its move outside the capital with the acquisition of a mini-business park in Tampere.
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Indiana moves into real estate
UNITED STATES - Indiana Public Employees Retirement Fund has approved $300m (€205.7m) worth of real estate investments as it moves into the asset class for the first time.
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Iowa PERS will only buy post-sale
UNITED STATES - Iowa Public Employees Retirement System has decided the only way it will be investing in real estate in 2008 is through reinvesting the sales proceeds from properties sold over the next 12 months.
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US pension funds putting capital in core strategy
UNITED STATES - Pension funds in the United States are still choosing to invest in core strategy real estate, despite evidence over recent months suggesting many funds are turning to wider diversification.
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Oregon PERF investment sees new forays
UNITED STATES - Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund has agreed to invest $150m (€102.6m) into commingled funds focused on Asia and urban strategies.
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Illinois Teachers allocates office space
UNITED STATES - Teacher Retirement System of the State of Illinois has approved two real estate investments totaling $187.5m (€127.4m) which contribute to the acquisition of office space.
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CalSTRS and ING Clarion set up value-added JV
UNITED STATES - California State Teachers Retirement System and ING Clarion Partners have created a value-added investment joint venture called INGCal Tactical.
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Harrison Street pairs up for medical offices
UNITED STATES - Harrison Street Real Estate Capital has formed a joint venture with Montecito Medical Investment Company to buy ownership of medical office buildings.
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ABP advised to sell Corio
NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension fund ABP should sell its 37% share in Corio to one of the developers circling the Dutch real estate firm, according to sector analysts.
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Pension fund JV acquires €200m office
GERMANY - A three-way German office partnership involving ABP and ATP Ejendomme, the real estate subsidiary of the €49.6bn Danish pension scheme, has invested almost a third of its target capital with the €200m acquisition of two nationwide portfolios.
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MacFarlane raises $1bn for urban investment
UNITED STATES - MacFarlane Partners has raised $1bn (€683.6m) for Urban Real Estate Fund II, making this one of the largest urban commingled funds ever to be created in the United States.
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Corio to divest office and industrial portfolios
NETHERLANDS - The €6bn property investment and management company Corio has decided to go ahead with divesting the major part of its offices and industrial portfolios, and to further focus on its retail activities.
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CalPERS commits $250m to int'l opportunity
UNITED STATES - California Public Employees Retirement System has approved a $250m (€171.1m) commitment into the Rockpoint Real Estate Fund III which is currently only holding investments in Japan.
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Pension funds "could power Reits growth"
UK – Assets held by the UK Reits market could double over the next few years if investors such as pension funds sold their real estate assets to the listed market, according to First State Investments.
