Real Estate News – Page 718
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Real estate remains sluggish compared with other asset classes - IPE survey
GLOBAL – The assets of the top 100 real estate investment managers fell by 4.1% – or some €44bn – to just over €1trn as at 31 December 2009 compared with a year earlier, according to the latest IP Real Estate investment managers survey, which will appear in the next ...
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Liquidity specialist Madison to set up shop in London
Madison International Realty, the US-based investment manager that specialises in injecting capital into existing real estate investments, is establishing an office in London and has hired former Lehman Brothers professional Sean Kelly-Rand.
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ÆRIUM targets France for first opportunistic strategy
FRANCE – ÆRIUM is seeking to raise €50-60m in third-party equity to invest in prime retail real estate opportunities in France.
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Apollo takes over Citi's global real estate funds platform
GLOBAL – Apollo Global Real Estate Management (AGRE) has completed its acquisition of City Property Investors (CPI), the real estate investment management group of Citigroup investment bank.
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Real estate portfolio at CalPERS appreciates by 13.5%
GLOBAL – The value of the California Public Employees Retirement System's real estate portfolio to the end of June has increased by $171m (€125m), or 1.1%, from the previous quarter and by more than $1.8bn (13.5%) year on year.
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US apartment market in early period of recovery, says Pramerica
GLOBAL – The US apartment market is in the early parts of a recovery, according to Pramerica Real Estate Investors.
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UK real estate values to fall in 2011, offset by income returns, says Invista
UK – The recovery in capital values in the UK real estate market slowed to a crawl in October and is expected to see a reversal in fortunes over 2011.
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Solvency II will lead 75% of European insurers to revise property strategies
EUROPE – Close to three-quarters of European insurance companies will revise their real estate commitments as a result of incoming Solvency II regulations, according to data providers Preqin.
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Investors flock to DIC Asset's German office fund
GERMANY – DIC Asset has secured more than three-quarters of the €117m capital raising target for its inaugural special investment fund.
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Germany's BVK sells Paris office after 10 years of ownership
EUROPE – German pension fund Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK) has sold a Paris office building that it has owned for 10 years.
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Texas Employees commits $60m to value-added fund
GLOBAL – The Employees Retirement System of Texas has made a $60m (€43m) commitment to the Madison International Real Estate Liquidity Fund IV.
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Iowa PERS to conduct search for REIT manager
GLOBAL – The Iowa Public Employees Retirement System is set to conduct a search for a real estate investment trust (REIT) manager focusing on the US market.
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VastNed Retail builds up Turkish portfolio to €90m
TURKEY – Pan-European retail property fund VastNed Retail has acquired its seventh prime high street shop in the heart of Istanbul, taking its total investment in Turkey to €90m.
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Capital Symonds launches real estate advisory, management arm
UK – Capita Symonds, a subsidiary of outsourcing giant Capita, is merging its former construction project management business with the recently acquired NB Real Estate to create a global "end-to-end" property advisory and asset management offering.
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Deutsche Bank's RREEF buys industrial portfolio in US Pacific Northwest
GLOBAL – RREEF, the real estate investment management business of Deutsche Bank's Asset Management division, has acquired the 940,654 square foot Kent Valley Industrial Portfolio in Kent and Tukwila, Washington.
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Ontario pension funds take over UK's high-speed rail network
UK – The UK government has sold the high-speed rail network connecting London to the Channel Tunnel to two Canadian pension funds for £2.1bn (€2.43bn).
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Texas Teachers-backed property fund makes first investment
GLOBAL – An office building investment fund backed by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas has completed its first investment.
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Orange County Employees mulling investment in Buchanan, Cornerstone funds
GLOBAL – The Orange County Employees Retirement System (OCERS) in the process of evaluating three new funds – managed by Angelo, Gordon & Co, Buchanan Street and Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors – as part of its value-added investment strategy.
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OPERS considering €143m investment in Credit Suisse secondary market fund
GLOBAL – The Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) is conducting due diligence on a $200m (€143m) commitment to Credit Suisse's Strategic Partners V Real Estate fund.
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Pradera begins raising capital for UK retail park 'club fund'
UK – Pradera UK has secured £75m (€85.6m) from a European pension fund to invest in UK retail parks and is hoping to raise a further £175m from several other investors currently undertaking due diligence.