Real Estate News – Page 770

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    Pramerica creates investment platform for India

    2008-07-11T09:40:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Pramerica Real Estate Investors has created an investment platform for investing in India.

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    Starwood Land creates $150m JV

    2008-07-11T09:35:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Starwood Land Ventures has setup a $150m (€95.3m) joint venture with Riverway Properties to invest in residential land acquisition and new project development in Houston.

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    Sacramento County works on international REIT manager search

    2008-07-11T09:30:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Sacramento County Employees’ Retirement System is carrying out an international REIT manager search.

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    SWF to invest $150bn in real estate – DEGI

    2008-07-07T16:33:00Z

    GLOBAL – Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF) will increase their property exposure to 15% over the next few years, German real estate company DEGI estimates in an analysis of the market.

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    Immofinanz and Immoeast buy parent's property

    2008-07-07T16:21:00Z

    AUSTRIA – Constantia private bank is giving up its real estate business and selling to its sister firms, Immofinanz and Immoeast, for €440m.

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    Investors to raise real estate holdings

    2008-07-07T16:00:00Z

    EUROPE – A study of European institutional investors reveals one in four expect to increase their allocation to real estate this year, while one in 20 expect to reduce their weighting.

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    Landmark move predicted on real estate FoFs

    2008-07-07T15:45:00Z

    EUROPE –European institutional investors are likely to see a significant growth in more liquid real estate fund-of-funds in the market as a result of demand from investors, Landmark Partners has suggested.

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    Sweden sells €4.4bn real estate arm to AP

    2008-07-07T10:00:00Z

    SWEDEN – The Swedish government has agreed to sell the state-owned real-estate company Vasakronan to AP Fastigheter in a deal valued at SEK 41.1bn (€4.4bn).

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    Manchester seeks property agent

    2008-07-03T18:06:00Z

    UK – The £9.6bn (€12bn) Greater Manchester pension fund is seeking a new property management firm to manage part of its real estate portfolio.

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    German fund seeks up to $1bn in US core

    2008-07-03T17:22:00Z

    UNITED STATES - The Deka Global investment fund is looking to invest in United States’ core real estate, to the tune of $500m (€317.4bn) to $1bn.

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    LaSalle raising shows less pensions capital in real estate

    2008-07-03T17:20:00Z

    UNITED STATES - The recent capital raising by LaSalle Investment Management for its Income & Growth Fund V is further proof that pension funds in the United States are not as keen to move capital into real estate.

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    US pension funds face slow activity

    2008-07-03T17:16:00Z

    UNITED STATES – Pension funds have found activity in the buying and selling of real estate is slowing considerably in the United States, as a result of the downturn in prices and sentiment in the property markets.

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    Los Angeles City approves non-core commitments

    2008-07-03T17:14:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System has approved three new commingled fund investments totaling $50m (€31.5m), in a bid to diversify its non-core holding.

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    US-based PE funds struggle after record inflows

    2008-06-30T17:01:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Investors are abandoning smaller US private equity property funds, and opting instead to commit capital to “megafunds” to avoid navigating a saturated market.

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    Berks to increase alternatives exposure

    2008-06-30T16:56:00Z

    UK – The £1.49bn (€1.88bn) Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund has confirmed its intention to move into infrastructure, with the issue of a new manager tender.

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    'Goodnight Europe', as RoW dominates returns ranking

    2008-06-30T16:53:00Z

    GLOBAL - Europe accounted for only one of the world’s top five-returning property markets, according to the IPD Global Index launched last week.

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    East Capital goes it alone in Baltics

    2008-06-30T16:49:00Z

    BALTIC STATES - Fund manager East Capital has taken sole control of a joint venture set up to manage its Baltic property funds and expressed optimism for their performance despite an economic downturn in their target markets.

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    Finnish PFs snap up Sponda bond

    2008-06-30T16:48:00Z

    FINLAND - Finnish pension funds and insurers will be the primary investors in a €130m hybrid bond issued by Finnish real estate firm Sponda, according to chief executive Kari Inkinen.

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    Experts question potential for Asian property

    2008-06-26T17:22:00Z

    ASIA -The credit crunch and rising inflation have caused the real estate industry to question whether the rapid economic growth of Asia and double digit returns of its property markets can be sustained.

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    RREEF sees three-year path to US market low

    2008-06-26T17:20:00Z

    UNITED STATES – RREEF, the real estate investment giant, is predicting the US residential market still has a substantial way to go before reaching its lowest point.