Real Estate News – Page 772
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Thomas Properties and UBS sign office contract
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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Tricon Capital creates new investment platform
UNITED STATES - Tricon Capital Group has created a new investment platform for the recapitalisation of single-family communities.
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J-REITs are bowed but still borrowing
JAPAN - J-REITs are better positioned than other Japanese property firms to weather lender caution, according to a report published by Moody's which maintains a stable outlook for 20 of 22 rated J-REITs.
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Retail booms despite ‘weak’ Russian reputation
RUSSIA - Consumer spending power is driving resurgent growth in Russian retail real estate, according to Swedish fund manager East Capital following the launch of a retail property fund.
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Teesside offers £1.75m direct property mandate
UK - Middlesbrough Borough Council has issued a tender for a manager to take responsibility for the direct property portfolio of its local government pension scheme.
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APG reshuffles Asian real estate team
NETHERLANDS – Dutch APG Investments, the wholly-owned division of ABP created to manage the assets and administration of the pension fund, has reshuffled its Asian real estate team.
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Illinois Teachers targets minority and female managers
UNITED STATES - Teachers’ Retirement System for the State of Illinois has decided to expand its emerging manager program to include real estate for the first time.
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State of Wisconsin makes hotel reservations
UNITED STATES - Wisconsin State Investment Board is planning to invest into hotels for the first time.
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Ohio PERS sees value of European capital
UNITED STATES - Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) has made $75m (€48.3m) commitments to Carlyle Europe Realty Partners III and Blackstone Real Estate Partners Europe Fund III.
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LACERA moves $50m into pan-Asia fund
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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Ohio Police & Fire commits to high return fund
UNITED STATES - Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund is continuing its high return commingled fund investing strategy by making a $25m (€16.2m) commitment to the Walton Street Real Estate Fund VI.
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Investors pull back from emerging markets
GLOBAL - Investors are pulling back from emerging markets as the credit crunch dents both global transaction volumes and occupancy.
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Vietnam gains ground in global rent rise
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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Asian retail is 'sound'
ASIA - ING Real Estate has described the Asian retail market as “fundamentally sound” and announced the acquisition of 80% stakes in two Korean hypermarket developments, in a joint venture with an unnamed local insurance firm.
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Germans abandon bricks for unlisted funds
GERMANY - Cross-border investment in German real estate is pushing German pension fund investors to abandon bricks and mortar for unlisted funds, according to INREV.
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Smaller funds need to be more active - NAEV
EUROPE – Smaller pension funds may need to be more active in their handling of real estate assets than larger pension funds, suggests evidence presented at the recent IPE Real Estate Forum.
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Dutch transport funds team up to buy real estate
NETHERLANDS – The €12bn Dutch railway pension fund (SPF) and the €2bn public transport pension fund (SPOV) have, together with Generali Real Estate, bought an €80m Dutch shopping centre project.
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Subprime crisis 'took heat out of CEE'
VIENNA/CEE – The impact of the subprime crisis on stock markets helped reduce overpricing and overheating in the Central and Eastern European real estate markets, delegates at the Vienna Real have agreed.
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Finnish fund in quest for UK real estate
FINLAND – A Finnish pension fund is looking for managers for a £150m (€189.5m) UK real estate mandate, using IPE Quest.
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JPMorgan raises $600m for China fund
UNITED STATES - JPMorgan Asset Management raised in excess of $600m (€380.6m) for its latest commingled fund, the JPMorgan Greater China Property Fund.
