Retail – Page 118
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Tesco makes second property pledge to pension
UK – Tesco, the global supermarket chain, has signed another sale-and-leaseback deal with pension fund trustees, which will see the fund take a 50% stake in assets worth £458m.
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BP pension fund shops for real estate
UK - The £20.3bn (€23.1bn) pension fund for BP has bought an out-of-town retail park in the UK and an office building in London, and plans to invest a further £100-150m in its domestic real estate market before the end of the year.
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MagazineGetting defensive
Investment activity in the European retail sector, while down, is holding up well relative to the commercial property market as a whole. Lynn Strongin Dodds investigates retail’s potential to ride the current storm
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USS keeps shopping for UK real estate
UK - The £28bn (€31.7bn) Universities Superannuation Scheme has bought large retail and industrial assets in the UK and plans to make more acquisitions in the near future as it looks to rebuild its domestic portfolio.
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Rockwood Capital hits fundraising target
UNITED STATES - Rockwood Capital has closed the money raising on its Rockwood Capital Real Estate Partners Fund VIII just shy of its target, at $964m (€720.6m).
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NYSTRS extends its real estate limits
UNITED STATES - New York State Teachers Retirement System has bought a further share in a real estate backed by a European pension fund, as well as extending current management contracts.
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IPD claims German buoyancy may attract investors
GERMANY – The IPD Germany Annual Property Index showed Germany’s property returns proved more resilient during the downturn than most European real estate markets – a situation which the body argues is likely to draw more institutional investors into the market.
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Kesko sign sale-and-leaseback deal with pension fund
FINLAND – The Kesko Pension Fund has bought four retail properties for €50m from the Finnish trading company Kesko Group.
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Pensions investors enticed by Catalyst opportunities
EUROPE – Catalyst Capital LLP, a European investment and asset management firm, has secured the support of major institutional investors for its €228.5m pan-European property fund.
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West Midlands makes supermarket sweep
UK – The West Midlands Pension Fund has purchased a £36.5m (€39.6m) supermarket property in Birmingham from Land Securities, to strengthen its position for the future.
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San Diego City plans tactical moves in real estate
UNITED STATES - San Diego City Employees’ Retirement System is planning to take advantage of tactical investment opportunities in the second half of this year in certain property types.
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Norway sees property slip into the red
NORWAY –Norwegian commercial property returns fell into negative territory in 2008 after delivering 15% plus returns for three consecutive years, according to the IPD Norway Annual Property Index.
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Ahorro to create and market a 'property bad bank'
SPAIN – Ahorro Corporación, the financial services arm of Spain’s savings banks, has launched a new vehicle to dispose of over €3bn of defaulted properties on behalf of its banks.
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France to bounce back after poor 2008 - API
FRANCE - French property investments more than halved in value in 2008, however experts are confident activity will pick up, according to the Aberdeen Property Investors’ French quarterly property snapshot.
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Fund eyes retail shopping sales
UK – Sovereign Land and Strutt & Parker Real Estate Financial Services (SPREFS) are working together to create a £300m (€327m) fund to invest in UK shopping centres.
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Down but not out
Despite grim news in the US retail sector, all is not doom and gloom for investors. There are bargains to be had and innovative retailers are still identifying development potential. Stephanie Schwartz-Driver reports
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Sweden sees first signs of real estate downturn
SWEDEN – Swedish commercial real estate returns fell to -3.3% in 2008, according to latest figures from the SFI/IPD Index published by the Investment Property Databank (IPD).
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Pension funds to raise real estate holdings to over 10%
GERMANY – German retirement vehicles are among the institutional investors planning the largest increase in their real estate holdings over the next two years, according to research conducted by Feri Advisors.
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Illinois Teaches ends two separate account relationships
UNITED STATES – The Teachers Retirement System of the State of Illinois is terminating separate account relationships with Commonwealth Realty Advisors and Stone Levy, and has asked Heitman to manage some of the assets instead.
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Canadian real estate hits 14-year low
CANADA – Canadian real estate returns fell 12.1% in 2008 to a 14-year low, according to figures released by Investment Property Databank (IPD).
