Real Estate News – Page 776

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    €91m spring clean at IVG

    2008-04-21T11:00:00Z

    GERMANY – German real estate asset manager IVG has sold €91m in German property to London-based real estate private equity investor CIT Europe.

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    Peace agreement sees New York make Emerald investment

    2008-04-17T17:36:00Z

    UNITED STATES- Four New York City pension fund have committed to invest $150m (€94.1m) into the Emerald Infrastructure Development Fund LP, which in turn invests capital in Northern Ireland.

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    Illinois Teachers signs two core accounts

    2008-04-17T17:30:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois has hired Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers and Invesco Real Estate as its new core separate account real estate managers.

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    Mass PRIM places all REITs in one week

    2008-04-17T17:29:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board is a good example of the difference of investing in public and private real estate, as in the first week of March, the pension fund was able to place its entire REIT allocation for the year, worth $540m (€342.1m), in the ...

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    Kimpton books $246m into hotels

    2008-04-17T17:25:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Kimpton Group Holding raised $246m (€155.6m) through institutional partners for its latest hotel investment fund, Kimpton Hospitality Partners II.

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    Pension funds eyed for regional infrastructure

    2008-04-14T17:08:00Z

    UK - Pension funds could be targeted for investment in a £1bn (€1.25bn) UK regional fund, set up to invest in small-scale and transport infrastructure projects.

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    NZ scotches CPPIB airport deal

    2008-04-14T17:07:00Z

    NEW ZEALAND - Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB)’s long-running attempts to acquire a stake in Auckland International Airport (AIAL) collapsed last week after the New Zealand government refused to approve its application under the Overseas Investment Act.

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    Sponda goes to the docks

    2008-04-14T16:58:00Z

    FINLAND - Finnish property firm Sponda has agreed a €12m deal with the Port of Helsinki to build a harbour service centre at Vuosaari.

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    INREV plans Asian expansion

    2008-04-14T16:54:00Z

    EUROPE - The European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV) is to expand into unlisted Asian property.

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    IPE Real Estate Awards seeks outstanding contributions

    2008-04-10T17:31:00Z

    There's only a few days to tell us who YOU think should be rewarded for their outstanding work in Europe’s Real Estate Industry over the last 18 months.

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    Urdang raising hit by European pensions retreat

    2008-04-10T17:28:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Urdang Capital Management did not reach the expected initial capital raising for its latest commingled fund, the Urdang Value-Added Fund II.

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    Swiss pensions increase AIFAA’s US play

    2008-04-10T17:25:00Z

    UNITED STATES/SWITZERLAND - AIFAA, an investment company backed by 12 Swiss pension funds, has doubled the size of its real estate portfolio in the United States by acquiring two properties in all-cash deals for $72m (€45.9m).

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    VastNed forced to reconsider takeover

    2008-04-10T17:23:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - VastNed Retail, the €1.8bn property fund, has beenforced by majority shareholders, such as pensions investor PGGM, tore-consider its initial refusal to a takeover bid.

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    New York stores assets in Europe

    2008-04-10T17:21:00Z

    UNITED STATES - New York Common Retirement Fund has added European self-storage properties to its real estate investment program for the first time with the acquisition of a 51% interest in Public Storage’s Shurgard Europe operations.

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    Pension fund shops for real estate via AEW-Weingarten JV

    2008-04-10T17:20:00Z

    UNITED STATES - AEW Capital Management and Weingarten Realty Investors have formed a $229m (€144.2m) partnership for the recapitalization of a US-based retail portfolio, which is expected to benefit an unnamed US pension fund.

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    Texas Teachers applies $600m to non-core property

    2008-04-10T17:16:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Teacher Retirement System of Texas approved $600m (€382.1m) of new real estate commitments in March to non-core real estate commingled funds.

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    Finnish PFs invest in Portuguese retail

    2008-04-07T16:35:00Z

    FINLAND/PORTGUAL - Finnish investors, including the €24.3bn Local Government Pensions Institution and pension insurer Ilmarinen, are among the reference investors in a Portuguese shopping centre fund.

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    European capital shifts to Bavaria

    2008-04-07T16:04:00Z

    GERMANY - Fidelity is shifting its pan-European real estate operations to Munich, in an expression of confidence in the recovering German property market.

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    Pension funds are "comfortable" with global investment

    2008-04-07T16:00:00Z

    GLOBAL - Pension funds are increasingly comfortable investing in overseas markets they see as subject to increasingly global standards of transparency, according to Standard Life Investments.

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    Norway pension fund allocates 5% to real estate

    2008-04-07T15:15:00Z

    NORWAY – Europe’s largest pension fund, the NOK2136bn (€267bn)Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global, has said it will switch 5%of its asset to real estate, while moving more money into emerging markets.