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Dubai wealth fund offers €3.1bn for Colonial
GLOBAL – Sovereign wealth fund the Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD) is seeking approval from two major shareholders in Colonial for its €3.1bn offer for the Spanish property firm.
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New Jersey considers $350m for non-core
UNITED STATES - New Jersey Division of Investment is looking at placing $350m (€232m) into non-core real estate investments through commitments to six commingled funds.
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Nevada PERS strengthens ‘all-cash’ core status
UNITED STATES - Nevada Public Employees Retirement System has decided to grow its real estate portfolio through the acquisition of core assets adopting all-cash purchases.
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Canada scheme bags prime office
CANADA - CPP Investment Board (CPPIB), the investment arm of Canada’s CA$121.3bn (€82bn) public pension fund, has upped its exposure to domestic prime commercial with the CA$64m (€43m) investment in an Edmonton office block.
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Ireland returns 10% despite Q4 slide
IRELAND - Irish property returned just under 10% in 1007, despite dropping 2.3 percentage points to 1% in Q4, according to IPD data published last week.
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German 2nd tier delivers 7.5%
GERMANY - Investment in secondary German commercial is paying off, according to Swiss private equity investor Corestate Capital.
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Investor confidence sinks UK property
UK – The UK commercial property market saw its biggest fall in value for more than a decade in 2007, according to the Investment Property Database, but experts warn there could be more to come as investors have been selling more liquid, prime real estate.
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Ohio Police & Fire shifts direct property into core fund
UNITED STATES - Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund has made a $200m (€135.4m) investment with Invesco, as part of a deal which sees some of its properties move into its core real estate fund.
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LACERA commits to pan-European fund
UNITED STATES - Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association has approved a $25m (€16.9m) commitment into the Europa fund III commingled fund, which is also expected to contribute to Nordic and Swiss property deals.
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UK rally 'will be short-lived'
UK - Property shares will rally by up to 20% between now and mid-year before halving in value over the subsequent 18 months as the economy slides into recession, according to a research note from Morgan Stanley, the investment bank.
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Segro deal to realise Berlin airport city
GERMANY - Berlin Airport Authority and Segro have agreed the development of a 38-hectare business and logistics park next to Berlin’s Schönefeld airport after the London-listed property investor acquired the land for €34m.
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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.
