Real Estate News – Page 778

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    Maryland State to double real estate allocation

    2008-03-20T17:20:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Maryland State Retirement Agency is doubling its targeted allocation for real estate from 5% to 10%.

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    LACERA books $250m into hotels and Reits

    2008-03-20T17:19:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association has approved $250m (€158.9m) worth of new real estate commitments, to invest in listed real estate and hotels.

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    Mass PRIM plants natural resources RFP

    2008-03-20T17:17:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a global natural resources investment mandate worth $900m (€570.6m).

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    Pennsylvania eyes opportunities in $461m placement

    2008-03-20T17:16:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System has approved new real estate commitments totaling $461.5m (€293.5m) in the opportunistic sector.

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    San Francisco extends real estate holdings

    2008-03-20T17:14:00Z

    UNITED STATES - San Francisco City and County Employees’ Retirement System made changes to its real estate portfolio to take advantage of market dislocation.

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    Ilmarinen to finance Sponda’s Russian expansion

    2008-03-17T15:40:00Z

    FINLAND/RUSSIA - Finnish pensions provider Ilmarinen has signed a deal to part-fund property firm Sponda’s aggressive Russian expansion strategy.

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    ING shuffles European managers for healthcare launch

    2008-03-17T15:30:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - ING Real Estate Investment Management (ING REIM) has shuffled its European management team ahead of the launch of the firm’s first healthcare property fund.

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    West Sussex mulls overseas move

    2008-03-17T15:20:00Z

    UK - West Sussex local authority pension fund has reappointed Cushman & Healey in a £340,000 deal to manage its direct property portfolio.

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    CPPIB renounces rights to acquire Auckland airport

    2008-03-17T15:10:00Z

    CANADA/NEW ZEALAND – THE Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has headed off government attempts to block foreign ownership of strategic infrastructure assets, by gaining 57.7% shareholder approval for a carefully worded bid for a minority stake in Auckland International Airport.

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    Developing Europe keeps investors local

    2008-03-17T15:00:00Z

    EUROPE - Turkey and Russia now outclass other European property markets for both development and investment, indicating a shift away from “Old Europe” towards new holdings and developments, suggests a report co-published by the Urban Land Institute and PwC.

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    CalSTRS buys into opportunistic projects

    2008-03-14T12:33:00Z

    UNITED STATES - California State Teachers Retirement System has grown its opportunistic real estate portfolio by $154m (€100.2m) through two new commitments, including one to a new development project in Washington DC.

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    Chicago Police eyes more real estate

    2008-03-14T12:31:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Chicago Policemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund has increased its allocation to real estate from 5% to 7%.

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    New player to enter 'B-Class' real estate

    2008-03-14T12:29:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Former principals of Somera Capital Management have created a new player in the real estate manager market called Pacific Retail Capital Partners

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    ING Clarion pays $116.2m for apartments

    2008-03-14T12:27:00Z

    UNITED STATES - ING Clarion Partners has closed one of the largest single apartment investments in some time and purchased a 217-unit in Hoboken, New Jersey, for $116.2m (€75.5m).

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    Principal creates California JV

    2008-03-14T12:24:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Principal Real Estate Investors has created a new joint venture with The Martin Group to invest in Californian real estate.

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    APG and ATP back INREV index campaign

    2008-03-10T17:05:00Z

    EUROPE - European pension funds have lent their weight to a campaign organised by the European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV), aimed at increasing transparency among unlisted property funds.

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    Finland peers down from 10-year peak

    2008-03-10T17:03:00Z

    FINLAND - Finnish real estate delivered the market’s strongest performance in a decade last year, returning 11.3% –an increase of 1.3% over the previous year, according to figures published by KTI.

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    UK industry defends 'pretty good' valuers

    2008-03-10T17:02:00Z

    UK - Fund managers have shored up the value of property indices against claims they adequately fail to reflect the market.

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    UK property set to stabilise in summer

    2008-03-10T16:59:00Z

    UK – The Real Estate Investment Trust Association (Reita) has become the latest industry body to forecast a mid-year pick-up in the UK property market.

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    Fortis forms car pool with Vinci

    2008-03-10T16:57:00Z

    EUROPE - Insurer Fortis is in exclusive talks with French firm Vinci to pool the firms’ European carpark assets in a joint venture.