Top Stories – Page 1048
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Thursday people roundup
GLOBAL – Pimco, Brockton Capital, Valad Europe, BNP Paribas Real Estate, HGA Capital, KBW
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Investors beginning to weigh up fund terminations, says INREV
EUROPE – Real estate investors are beginning to consider liquidation as a fund exit strategy for the first time since 2007, according to the European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV).
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IPD shines light on Asian property performance
GLOBAL – Investment Property Databank (IPD) has provided the first-ever approximation of a pan-Asian real estate index, based on pooling data from markets in Japan, Hong Kong, China, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
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APG joins group aiming to take over ING's €850m industrial portfolio
GLOBAL – Algemene Pensioen Groep (APG) is one of a number major global investors – also believed to include Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and China Investment Corporation (CIC) – seeking to acquire a A$1.2bn (€846m) industrial portfolio from ING Real Estate Investment Management.
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Maine approves $75m allocation to debt fund
GLOBAL – The Maine Public Employees Retirement System has approved a $75m (€54m) commitment to the Prima Mortgage Investment Trust (PMIT), aiming to take advantage of a lack of debt players in the market.
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Illinois Municipal hires Cornerstone, INVESCO for core strategy
GLOBAL – The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund has hired Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers and INVESCO Real Estate as core open-ended commingled fund managers.
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NCREIF index shows improved returns for third quarter running
GLOBAL – The National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF) has reported improved returns for the NCREIF Property index (NPI) for the third straight quarter.
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Lack of European prime stock slows global transactional recovery
GLOBAL – The recovery in global real estate transactions has levelled off, driven by a constrained availability of prime properties in Europe, according to Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).
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Helical Bar, Thameling join central European development drive
EUROPE – Helical Bar and Thameling Group have joined forces to develop pre-let warehouse and distribution properties in central Europe.
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Investors back Sveafastigheter Nordic opportunity fund
SWEDEN – Sveafastigheter, the Stockholm-based private equity real estate fund manager, has made a second closing on its new Nordic opportunistic fund.
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OMERS, British Land team up to develop London's Cheesegrater
UK – Oxford Properties, the real estate division of Canadian pension fund OMERS, has entered into a 50:50 joint venture with British Land to develop the Leadenhall Building in the City of London, otherwise known as the Cheesegrater.
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Pacific Star Europe closes, Stürmer moves to Capital Dynamics
EUROPE – Pacific Star Europe, the start-up global fund of funds manager co-founded by the former head of real estate at E.ON Energie pension fund Matthias Stürmer, is to be dissolved.
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Canada Pension Plan swoops in on prime DC assets
GLOBAL – The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has invested $91m (€65m) in return for a 45% stake in two prime office buildings in Washington DC, its first investment in the US capital.
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Real estate markets failing to recover in Italy, Japan
GLOBAL – The Italian commercial real estate market has continued its gradual decline in capital values in the first half of 2010, according to Investment Property Databank (IPD).
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Former WP Carey colleagues launch global sale-and-leaseback venture
GLOBAL – Gordon DuGan and three other former W P Carey executives have launched a new investment company that will specialise in sale-and-leaseback real estate deals.
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UK government cuts social housing spending, backs infrastructure
UK – The coalition government in the UK has revealed it will cut funding for social housing projects by £4.4bn (€4.95bn), effectively a 50% drop on the previous government's commitment to spend £8bn between 2008 and 2011.
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Unilever Progress selects core Aberdeen product as it moves into funds
NETHERLANDS – Progress, the Dutch Unilever pension fund, has committed €35m to a core pan-European real estate fund managed by Aberdeen Property Investors.
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Mass PRIM hires AEW to take over RREEF separate account
GLOBAL – The Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board has selected AEW Capital Management as its fifth core separate account manager.
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Alaska Retirement to hold back on real estate investments
GLOBAL – The Alaska Retirement Management Board has no plans to increase investment in real estate over the next 12 months.
