Real Estate News – Page 773

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    Illinois Municipal sees value in adding funds

    2008-05-29T17:45:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund is moving $150m (€95.1m) of assets into value-added commingled funds.

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    Investors 'should target ports'

    2008-05-27T16:46:00Z

    EUROPEAN - Location, and not the growing differential between prime and secondary assets, is driving pricing in European logistics, according to a report published by Jones Lang LaSalle.

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    UK 'real values' yet to see full impact

    2008-05-27T16:44:00Z

    UK - The UK property market is approaching fair value, but it has yet to face the fall-out from an economic downturn, according to British Land CEO Stephen Hester.

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    Russia to weather credit crisis

    2008-05-27T16:43:00Z

    EUROPE - Moody’s last week issued an 18-month ‘negative’ rating for European real estate, blaming “fundamental credit conditions” – but claimed Russia would continue to offer value for investors.

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    Cambodia is the new Vietnam

    2008-05-27T16:41:00Z

    CAMBODIA - International investors in Asian real estate are looking beyond the rapidly saturating Vietnamese market to Cambodia in search of macro-driven investment opportunities.

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    Europeans escape US in Asia

    2008-05-27T16:39:00Z

    ASIA - Pension funds are increasing their exposure to Asian property in a bid to escape the US-led economic downturn.

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    Corio expects equalled 2008 result

    2008-05-27T10:21:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - Property investor Corio expects its 2008 results to be in line with last year’s return, after announcing its 2007 performance gained 2.7% to over €203m.

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    ING Clarion sees guarded US investors

    2008-05-23T11:32:00Z

    UNITED STATES- ING Clarion Partners believes any pension funds in the United States are going to be taking a very cautious approach to investing in real estate this year.

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    New York Common looks at urban space

    2008-05-23T11:30:00Z

    UNITED STATES - New York Common Retirement Fund has made a $285m (€182.1m) commitment to the JP Morgan Star Lake Fund I, which invests in urban real estate across the major US metropolitan markets.

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    Louisiana Teachers places $125m in “real assets”

    2008-05-23T11:27:00Z

    UNITED STATES- Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana has placed $125m (€80.2m) into new real estate investments, as part of its unique view of real estate investing.

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    San Francisco reduces real estate flow by $550m

    2008-05-23T11:23:00Z

    UNITED STATES - City and County of San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System has reduced significantly the amount of capital it is investing in real estate for the 2008/2009 fiscal year.

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    Outgoing Clwyd adviser rewarded for real estate success

    2008-05-23T10:16:00Z

    EUROPE – Clwyd pension fund’s independent adviser is leaving his role on a high note next month as the Welsh local authority fund was crowned the king of IPE Real Estate’s Awards in Berlin yesterday, winning four awards including Best European Institutional Investor.

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    LGPI allocates €75m to Asian property

    2008-05-21T17:00:00Z

    FINLAND – The Finnish Local Government Pensions Institution (LGPI)has invested $75m (€48m) into an Asian real estate fund of funds managed by Aberdeen Property Investors (API).

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    German retail ‘good for long term’

    2008-05-19T16:45:00Z

    GERMANY - Investors should invest in German retail for the long term, but exercise regional caution in a market characterised for strong demand and limited supply, according to fund manager Cordea Savills.

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    Q1 figures show flight to quality

    2008-05-19T16:37:00Z

    GLOBAL - "Growth will fall – but not off a cliff." That is the latest prognosis for European property markets from LaSalle Investment Management.

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    Finnish VER to boost alternatives

    2008-05-19T16:35:00Z

    FINLAND – The €11.53bn Finnish first pillar Valtion Eläkerahasto (VER) pension scheme, is planning to increase its exposure to alternative investments to 10%.

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    Property corporate governance ‘varied’

    2008-05-19T16:30:00Z

    EUROPE - An EPRA study has shown there is no pan-European pattern in corporate governance across property firms – though the mean scraped a pass, scoring 9.73 out of 16.

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    Illinois Teachers harvests farming growth

    2008-05-15T17:25:00Z

    UNITED STATES – The Teachers Retirement System for the State of Illinois has sold its entire agricultural real estate portfolio for $340m (€220.2m) to TIAA-CREF.

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    LaSalle rides the Mexican real estate bull

    2008-05-15T17:18:00Z

    UNITED STATES - LaSalle Investment Management believes Mexico as a country has strong real estate fundamentals for future investment possibilities as middle-class demand is creating new commercial projects.

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    Pennsylvania puts $925m beyond the core

    2008-05-15T17:16:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System has approved $925m (€598.8m) into new real estate investments through a variety of non-core commingled funds.